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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2017/2018

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Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Notes:
Level 7 language courses cannot be taken for credits on this degree programme.

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours
(1) students must pass courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years
(2) students must achieve 50% or more at first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree
(3) students must achieve at least 50% overall in the relevant second-year language course(s), including at least 50% in the language component of that course.
(4) All courses (including outside subjects) must be passed before embarking on the year abroad, an outside course passed at Resit in August will be acceptable.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures and Philosophy, Psychology and Language G - I Level(s) 8

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Scandinavian Languages 2 is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in year one.
For LEL2 courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1 or A Brief Introduction to Language.

OR

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
3rd year: At least 30 weeks to be spent in Portuguese and Italian speaking countries. The minimum period of residence in the country of either of the languages will be eight consecutive weeks.

Final Assessment: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)

1. Portuguese Language Paper 1.
2. Portuguese Language Paper 1.
3. Italian Language Paper 1.
4. Italian Language Paper 1.
5. Oral for Portuguese.
6. Oral for Italian.
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8) or Socrates Marks or Year Abroad Assessment.
8. MEL Dissertation Completion or MEL Long Essay.
9. Honours option for Portuguese.
10. Honours option for Portuguese.
11. Honours option for Italian.
12. Honours option for Italian.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

DELC Year Abroad Options

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.).
1. Portuguese Language Paper 1.
2. Portuguese Language Paper 1.
3. Italian Language Paper 1.
4. Italian Language Paper 1.
5. Oral for Portuguese.
6. Oral for Italian.
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8)or Socrates Marks or Year Abroad Assessment.
8. MEL Dissertation Completion or MEL Long Essay.
9. Honours option for Portuguese.
10. Honours option for Portuguese.
11. Honours option for Italian.
12. Honours option for Italian.


Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

DELC Dissertation or Long Essay

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

European Languages and Cultures - Italian Level 10 courses

AND

European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Level 10 courses


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