Programme structure: Drama and Portuguese (BA) - what's running in 2015/16

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Mandatory Unit Portuguese Language is must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Performance Histories DRAM23125 20 Mandatory TB-1
Film and Television Histories Not available in this year DRAM23123 20 Mandatory
Portuguese Lang for Joints/ML HISP20302 20 Mandatory TB-4
Students must choose at least one but no more than two units from the following list:
Race, Religion, and Gender: Readings in the History of the Iberian Atlantic World, 1430-1830 HISP20062 20 Optional TB-2
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula HISP20088 20 Optional TB-1
Urban Narratives in the Lusophone World HISP20091 20 Optional TB-1
Images of Power in Lusophone Culture HISP20092 20 Optional TB-2
On the Matter of Poetry: Concrete and Material Poetics in 20th Century Brazil and Chile HISP20094 20 Optional TB-2
20 credit points of optional Drama units:
The Film Director's Vision DRAM23133 20 Optional TB-1
Film and TV Comedy DRAM23122 20 Optional TB-1
Popular Performance: Cabaret, Music Hall, Musicals and Revue DRAM23124 20 Optional TB-2
Performing the Archive: Re-use, Re-enactment and Adaptation DRAM23129 20 Optional TB-2
Interpreting Plays DRAM23128 20 Optional TB-2
Documentary Histories and Practices DRAM23135 20 Optional TB-2
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Political Systems of Modern Europe MODL20008 20 Optional TB-2
Memory and History in the Twentieth Century MODL20010 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to Linguistics MODL23013 20 Optional TB-1
World Cinemas: from national to transnational MODL23016 20 Optional TB-2
Woman and Nation MODL23017 20 Optional TB-2
Gender in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern Europe MODL20011 20 Optional TB-1
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Catalan Language (Elementary) MODL23014 20 Optional TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary) MODL23015 20 Optional TB-4
Diploma of Higher Education   120      

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

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For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

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