Year 2
Academic year: 2024/25,
Starting in: August
Notes:
Students who may wish to transfer to single Honours Politics in third year should opt to take PLIT08009 Introduction to Political Data Analysis (and please note that students must achieve 50% or more at first attempt).
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.
Compulsory courses
You must take these courses
Course options
Courses from School of LLC and PPLS Level(s) 8
Select exactly 20 credits
of the following courses
Notes:
Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France is only available to students who have passed French 1A or French 1B.
Nordic Languages: Diversity and Historical Developments is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in Year 1.
Communicating across the Scandinavian Languages is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in Year 1.
For LEL2 courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1 or A Brief Introduction to Language.
AND
Group A
Select exactly 40 credits in this group.
Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Select between 0 and 40 credits
of the following courses
Year 3
Academic year: 2024/25,
Starting in: August
Notes:
During 3rd year, when permitted, at least 30 weeks to be spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in Politics and the relevant language completed in an approved establishment. During sessions when this is not permitted students will be offered an alternative means of engagement.
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.
1. Italian Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Italian Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Italian (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Italian Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. Politics YA Work
6. Politics YA Work (Same mark as 5)
7. MEL Year Abroad work OR MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Long Essay OR MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. Italian Hons option course
10. Politics option 1
11. Politics option 2
12. Politics option 3
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: 2024/25,
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.
1. Italian Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Italian Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Italian (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Italian Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. Politics YA Work
6. Politics YA Work (Same mark as 5)
7. MEL Year Abroad work OR MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Long Essay OR MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. Italian Hons option course
10. Politics option 1
11. Politics option 2
12. Politics option 3
Compulsory courses
You must take these courses
Course options
European Languages and Cultures - Italian Level 10 courses