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 units FREN20001 and ITAL20001 are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| List A: Mandatory Units - Students must take 40 CP's in each language studied within the degree programme. | ||||
| French Language and Cultures 2a | FREN20074 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
| Students take FREN20075 if you took FREN10034 in year 1. | ||||
| French Language and Cultures 2b | FREN20075 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Italian Language and Cultures 2 | ITAL20048 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
| List B: Showcase units - All students on this programme must take at least one language specific showcase unit and two showcase units in total. If you are a post abinito student you must take the associated language specific showcase unit, FREN20077 or FREN20073 or ITAL20049 from list D. Select at least one but no more than two units from this list. | ||||
| French in the World | FREN20077 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| General Linguistics | MODL20016 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Introduction to teaching Modern Languages as Foreign Languages | MODL20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| List C: Cultural Optional units - You are only permitted to select a unit from this list, list C1 if you have selected only one unit from list B. | ||||
| Introduction to French Cinema | FREN20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| France at War | FREN20076 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Destination Italy: Cultural Responses to Migration | ITAL20032 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Dante's Inferno | ITAL20047 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| List C1: Cultural Optional units - you are only permitted to select a unit from this this if you have 40CP in each language studied within the degree programme | ||||
| The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel | RUSS20069 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| World Cinemas: from national to transnational | MODL23016 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| List D: Showcase units - if you took ITAL10038b in year 1 you must take ITAL20049. | ||||
| Paris 1857-97: Text and Image | FREN20073 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| The Idea of Italy | ITAL20049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| List E: Cultural Optional units - select one unit from this list or list F | ||||
| Algeria and France: Memory and Migration in Text and Image | FREN20059 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| French Thought | FREN20068 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Historical Linguistics | MODL20017 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Fairy Tales Across Borders | MODL20029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| List F: Contextual units - select one from this list, Or select an additional unit from List E. | ||||
| 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 |
| Can take 20cp from UWLP or Faculty Wide Units | OPEN | 20 | Optional | |
| 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).
