This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning progression and completion are held in the University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional requirements.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
If you are selecting optional units, ensure that you have a balanced workload through the year.
Mandatory Unit HISP20124 is must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
| Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students must take 40 CP Film units and 40 CP Portuguese units | ||||
| A - You may choose one unit from this list | ||||
| Screen Industries | FATV20033 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| B - You may choose one unit from this list | ||||
| Film Genre | FATV20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Film and Television Authorship | FATV20032 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| C1 - You may choose one unit from this list | ||||
| Screenwriting: From Idea to Pitch | FATV20036 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| C2 - You may choose one unit from this list | ||||
| Documentary Histories and Practices | FATV20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Animated Film | FATV20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Short Fiction Film | FATV20022 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| D - You must take | ||||
| E - You may choose one unit from this list | ||||
| Contemporary Television Drama | FATV20035 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| F - Open/optional units - You may choose 20 CP from this group in place of one language or Film optional unit | ||||
| 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units | OPEN | 20 | Optional | |
| PORTUGUESE | ||||
| Mandatory unit | ||||
| Portuguese Language and Cultures 2 | HISP20124 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
| TB1 optional units - choose 20 CP from this group (as you are studying Portuguese you must NOT take MODL20022) | ||||
| General Linguistics | MODL20016 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Introduction to teaching Modern Languages as Foreign Languages | MODL20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Mobility and Displacement in the Lusophone World | HISP20120 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| World Cinemas: from national to transnational | MODL23016 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Independent Research Project | MODL20031 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 |
| TB2 optional units - choose 20 CP from this group | ||||
| Visual Politics: Latin American and Iberian Cinema and Art | HISP20128 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Catalan Language (Elementary) | MODL23014 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Beginners Portuguese | MODL20022 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Contemporary Latin(x) American Poetry | HISP20115 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Historical Linguistics | MODL20017 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Fairy Tales Across Borders | MODL20029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Diploma of Higher Education | 120 | |||
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
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.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
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 100 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).
