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Programme Specification for the 2020/1 academic year

BA (Hons) History and Ancient History with Employment Experience Abroad

1. Programme Details

Programme nameBA (Hons) History and Ancient History with Employment Experience Abroad Programme codeUFA4HPSCTH05
Study mode(s)Full Time
Part Time
Academic year2020/1
Campus(es)Streatham (Exeter)
NQF Level of the Final Award6 (Honours)

2. Description of the Programme

The History and Ancient History programme builds on a broad foundation in the first year, to highly specialised work in the final year, including the study of a particular subject in depth.

There is a diverse amount of module choice covering time periods from the Greek and Roman History to the 1960s and topics as diverse as the Vikings, food and medicine in antiquity, early medieval empires, British politics since 1900, women in society, the Norman conquest, magic and witchcraft in early modern Europe and reformation London.

You will become grounded in the main themes of History through a combination of both broad and detailed focuses on particular aspects of the past, study of a range of time periods, and study of different geographical areas; who understand the methods which historians use to study the past; and who can analyse the development of past societies.

For Ancient History, you will study the main issues of Greek and Roman History, consider the problems that are posed for modern scholars seeking to access that history, and explore the ways in which Greeks and Romans thought about their own past. You’ll also have the chance to explore the main issues in Greek and Roman society, politics, religion and philosophy.

This programme is studied over four years. The first two years and the final year are university-based, and the third year is spent gaining employment experience at a suitable location Abroad.

This Employment Experience Abroad variant of the programme is a great way to incorporate graduate-level work placement or placements undertaken outside of the United Kingdom directly into your programme of study, to reflect critically upon these experiences, and for them to count towards the assessment of your degree. There is no better way to gain valuable employment experience that can be rewarded and recognised clearly by future employers. With preparation, support and approval from the College of Humanities, including in foreign languages if required, you can also demonstrate adaptability and resourcefulness by organising suitable placements in areas of employment related to your interests and potential future career. This variant of the programme also provides a great way to demonstrate to employers your adaptability, cultural awareness, independence and resourcefulness. Experiencing the differences and similarities of education and people in another culture will increase your confidence and broaden the ways in which you see and relate to the world and the world of work.

You are required to find your own placement with suitable employers and organisations with preparation, support and approval from the College of Humanities. If you are taking this variant you are strongly encouraged to take HUM2000 or HUM2001 (Humanities in the Workplace) at stage 2 and must participate in the pre-departure briefing sessions for Humanities Employment Experience Abroad.

Advice and guidance on your programme can be sought from your personal tutor and programme director. All staff offer regular office hours that you can drop into without a prior appointment for this purpose

3. Educational Aims of the Programme

This programme aims to develop your competence in the subject-specific and research skills required in History and Ancient History, through extended engagement with primary sources and methodologies, relevant critical material, and theoretical contexts.

You will become grounded in the main themes of History through a combination of both broad and detailed focuses on particular aspects of the past, study of a range of time periods, and study of different geographical areas; who understand the methods which historians use to study the past; and who can analyse the development of past societies. You will also become grounded in the main themes of Ancient History through a combination of modules which develop a deep understanding of some pervasive and problematic features of the discipline.

You will also acquire advanced competence in core academic, personal and key skills, providing a basis for career progression in the academic and professional worlds. You will be exposed to a variety of teaching and assessment methods within appropriate learning environments, supported by feedback and monitoring. You will also be given an opportunity to develop your independent study skills through a piece of individual research.

The programme provides an intellectually stimulating, satisfying experience of learning and studying, and forms a sound basis for further study in History, or related disciplines. It aims to develop a range of subject-specific, academic and transferable skills, including high order conceptual literacy and communication skills of value in graduate employment. History and Ancient History, like other programmes offered within the College of Humanities, encourages you to become a global citizen, a productive, useful and questioning member of society, and provides thorough training for further study or a specialist career. You may utilise the skills you develop in a range of sectors, including consultancy, market research, the civil service, education, teaching, new media industries, journalism and publishing, research, charities, information science, advertising and public relations.

The programme aims to:

  • Offer an excellent Honours-level education in History and Ancient History
  • Ensure that graduates from the programme are useful, productive and questioning members of society.
  • Produce graduates who are grounded in the main themes of History through a combination of both broad and detailed focuses on particular aspects of the past, study of a range of time periods, and study of different geographical areas; who understand the methods which historians use to study the past; and who can analyse the development of past societies
  • Produce graduates who are grounded in the main themes of Ancient History through a combination of modules which develop a deep understanding of some pervasive and problematic features of the discipline.
  • Develop students' competence in the specific skills required in History and in Ancient History, and in core academic and personal and key skills.
  • Offer a wide range of choice within the programme of study, insofar as this choice is consistent with the coherence and intellectual rigour of the degree.

4. Programme Structure

5. Programme Modules

The following tables describe the programme and constituent modules. Constituent modules may be updated, deleted or replaced as a consequence of the annual programme review of this programme.

www.intranet.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/studying/undergraduates/

You may take optional modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.

You may take elective modules up to 30 credits outside of the programme in any stage of the programme as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.

Stage 1


45 credits of compulsory History modules, 30 credits of compulsory Classical Studies modules, 15 credits of optional History modules and 30 credits of optional Classical Studies modules

Subject to choosing 120 credits for the stage overall, you must:

select either HIH1410 or HIH1420

select either CLA1001 or CLA1002; the modules run in alternate years so you must select the one which is running in this academic year.

select 15 credits of History modules from this list

select 30 credits of Classical Studies modules from this list

Compulsory Modules

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
HIH1400 Making History 15Yes
HISS HIH1410 or HIH1420 [See note a above]
HIH1410 Understanding the Medieval and Early-Modern World 30 No
HIH1420 Understanding the Modern World 30 No
CLA CLA1001-CLA1002 [See note b above]
CLA1001 Greek History: Problems and Sources 30 No
CLA1002 Roman History: Problems and Sources 30 No

Optional Modules

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
HISS S1 BA CH opt 2020-1 [See note c above]
HIH1057 The Opium War: the British Empire encounters the Middle Kingdom 15 No
HIH1612 Renaissance Florence 1350-1550 15 No
HIH1506 The First Day of the Somme 15 No
HIH1505 The First Crusade 15 No
HIH1402 Britain, America, and the Global Order, 1846-1946 15 No
HIH1411 From Wigan Pier to Piccadilly: Britain between the Wars 15 No
HIH1600 Images of Stalinism 15 No
HIH1053 Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages 15 No
HIH1136 'Dangerous woman'? The Lives and Afterlives of Emma Goldman 15 No
CLA S1 BA AH CH opt 2020-1 [See note d above]
CLA1201 Classical Language and Texts: Greek I 30 No
CLA1202 Classical Language and Texts: Greek II 30 No
CLA1204 Classical Language and Texts: Greek III 30 No
CLA1251 Classical Language and Texts: Latin I 30 No
CLA1252 Classical Language and Texts: Latin II 30 No
CLA1254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30 No
CLA1005 Greek and Roman Narrative 30 No
CLA1272 Text and Context: Persuasion in Ancient Greece 15 No
CLA1301 Ancient Sources (Written Evidence) - Tyranny 15 No
CLA1303 Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Roman Historical Writing 15 No
CLA1358 Ancient Sources Material Evidence: Building Communities in Archaic Greece 15 No
CLA1359 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Barbarian Societies 15 No
CLA1406 Text and Context: Roman Love Elegy 15 No
CLA1508 Ancient World: Roman Philosophy 15 No
CLA1515 Ancient Sources: Roman Death 15 No

Stage 2


30 credits of compulsory Classical Studies modules, 30 credits of optional Classical Studies modules, 60 credits of optional History modules

Subject to choosing 120 credits for the stage overall, you must:

select either CLA2001 or CLA2002; the modules run in alternate years so you must select the one which is running in this academic year.

select 30 credits from this list of Classical Studies modules

select 60 credits from this list of optional History modules (you must take HIH2001 Doing History: Perspectives on Sources if you intend to select HIH3005 History Dissertation in the final stage).

Compulsory Modules

 Please note, modules CLA2001 and CLA2002 run in alternate years.  Students will take whichever module is running.

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
CLA CLA2001-CLA2002 [See note e above]
CLA2001 Greek History: Problems and Sources 30 No
CLA2002 Roman History: Problems and Sources 30 No

Optional Modules

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
CLA S2 BA AH CH opt 2020-1 [See note f above]
CLA2202 Classical Language and Texts: Greek II 30 No
CLA3204 Classical Language and Texts: Greek III 30 No
CLA2205 Classical Language and Texts: Greek IV 30 No
CLA3254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30 No
CLA2254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV 30 No
CLA2252 Classical Language and Texts: Latin II 30 No
CLA2005 Greek and Roman Narrative 30 No
CLA2272 Text and Context: Persuasion in Ancient Greece 15 No
CLA2301 Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Tyranny 15 No
CLA2303 Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Roman Historical Writing 15 No
CLA2358 Ancient Sources Material Evidence: Building Communities in Archaic Greece 15 No
CLA2359 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Barbarian Societies 15 No
CLA2406 Text and Context: Roman Love Elegy 15 No
CLA2508 Ancient World: Roman Philosophy 15 No
CLA2515 Ancient Sources: Roman Death 15 No
HISS S2 BA CH opt 2020-1 [See note g above]
HIH2001 Doing History: Perspectives on Sources 30 No
HIH2002 Uses of the Past 30 No
HIH2014A Decolonisation and the Collapse of the British Empire, 1919-1968 30 No
HIH2016A Living Through the Global: Colonial Migrants and the British Empire from the Eighteenth Century to the Present 30 No
HIH2032A Europe 1650-1800: From Enlightenment to Romanticism 30 No
HIH2037 American Frontiers: The West in U.S. History and Mythology 30 No
HIH2092A Europe in the Tenth Century: Continuity and Change 30 No
HIH2137A Inventing Modern Man: Constructions of Mind, Body, and the Individual, 1400-1800 30 No
HIH2185A China in the World, 1500-1840 30 No
HIH2186A Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England 30 No
HIH2200A Islam and the Making of Medieval Europe, c.600-1300 30 No
HIH2209A African American History 30 No
HIH2011A Forgetting Fascism, Remembering Communism: Memory in Modern Europe 30 No
HIH2030A Peoples and Empires in Latin America, 1492-1820s 30 No
HIH2034A Anarchism: Theory, Practice, History 30 No
HIH2036A Albion's Fatal Tree: Capital Punishment in England, 1688-1965 30 No
HIH2145A Spain from Absolutism to Democracy 30 No
HIH2181A The Witchcraze in Europe and its Colonies c.1300-1800 30 No
HIH2203A Crime and Society in England, 1500-1800 30 No
HUM HUM2000-HUM2001
HUM2000 Humanities in the Workplace 30 No
HUM2001 Humanities in the Workplace 15 No

Stage 3


120 credits of compulsory modules 

Compulsory Modules

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
HUM3997 Employment Experience Abroad 120Yes

Stage 4


0-30 credits of compulsory Classical Studies modules, 0-30 credits of compulsory History modules, 30-60 credits of optional Classical Studies modules, and 30-60 credits of optional History modules.

Subject to choosing 120 credits for the stage overall, you must:

select a Dissertation in either Classical Studies or History: CLA3009 or HIH3005 (you cannot choose more than one module from this group).

if selecting HIH3005, select 60 credits from this list of optional Classical Studies modules.

if selecting HIH3005, select 30 credits from this list of optional Comparative Histories modules.

if selecting CLA3009, select 60 credits from this list of optional History Sources and Context modules; you must select both the Sources module and its co-requisite Context module

Compulsory Modules

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
HISS CH Dissertation HIH3005 or CLA3009 [See note h above]
HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation 30 No
CLA3009 Dissertation 30 No

Optional Modules

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
CLA SF BA AH CH opt 2020-1 [See note i above]
CLA3202 Classical Language and Texts: Greek II 30 No
CLA3204 Classical Language and Texts: Greek III 30 No
CLA3205 Classical Language and Texts: Greek IV 30 No
CLA3059 Classical Language and Texts: Greek V: Imperial Greek Prose 30 No
CLA3252 Classical Language and Texts: Latin II 30 No
CLA3254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30 No
CLA3206 Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV 30 No
CLA3251 Classical Language and Texts: Latin V: Epic 30 No
CLA3007 The Crisis of the Athenian Polis 30 No
CLA3008 The Age of Cicero 30 No
CLA3020 Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World 30 No
CLA3028 Philip II and Alexander the Great of Macedon 30 No
CLA3042 Ancient Literary Criticism 30 No
CLA3045 Thucydides and the Idea of History 30 No
CLA3054 Domination and Resistance in Roman Britain 30 No
CLA3056 Ovid and the Erotic Passions 15 No
CLA3113 Art in Greek Society 15 No
CLA3118 The World(s) of Didactic Poetry 30 No
CLA3121 Imperial Bodies: the Classical Body, Self, and Society 30 No
CLA3255 Greek Political Thought 15 No
CLA3257 Living in the Roman World: Society and Culture 30 No
CLA3259 The Ancient Greek Novel 15 No
CLA3260 Tales of the Unexpected: Paradoxography, Fiction and the Culture of Wonder 15 No
CLA3264 Ancient Science and Society 15 No
CLA3267 Dialogues with the Past: Creative Interpretative Project 15 No
CLA3273 Polybios and the Challenge of Change 15 No
CLA3274 The Persians in a Near Eastern Context 30 No
CLA3276 Courage in the Ancient World 15 No
CLA3277 Lost Works and Fragments 15 No
CLA3046 Virgil's Georgic Environment 15 No
HISS SF BA Comparative modules 2020-1 [See note j above]
HIH3617 News, Media and Communication 30 No
HIH3618 Power Elites: Ruling Groups across Space and Time 30 No
HIH3619 Sexualities 30 No
HIH3626 Heroes: Conceptions, Constructions and Representations 30 No
HIH3629 Disease 30 No
HIH3632 Violence 30 No
HIH3633 Revolutions 30 No
HIH3634 Race, Resistance, and Decolonisation 30 No
HISS SF BA Sources and Contexts 2020-1 [See note k above]
HIH3038 The Invisible Empires: American Society and the Ku Klux Klan since 1866: Sources 30 No
HIH3039 The Invisible Empires: American Society and the Ku Klux Klan since 1866: Context 30 No
HIH3042 Britain and the Age of Revolution, 1775-1832 (Sources) 30 No
HIH3043 Britain and the Age of Revolution, 1775-1832 (Context) 30 No
HIH3110 The Celtic Frontier: Sources 30 No
HIH3111 The Celtic Frontier: Context 30 No
HIH3117 The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Sources 30 No
HIH3118 The Age of AEthelred 'the Unready': Context 30 No
HIH3157 The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Sources 30 No
HIH3158 The Irish Revolution, 1912-23: Context 30 No
HIH3182 Critics of Empire: Sources 30 No
HIH3183 Critics of Empire: Context 30 No
HIH3187 Everyday Stalinism: Life in the Soviet Union, 1928-53: Sources 30 No
HIH3188 Everyday Stalinism: Life in the Soviet Union, 1928-53: Context 30 No
HIH3206 A New Jerusalem? Being Protestant in Post-Reformation England: Sources 30 No
HIH3207 A New Jerusalem? Being Protestant in Post-Reformation England: Context 30 No
HIH3216 The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Sources 30 No
HIH3217 The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914: Context 30 No
HIH3257 The Russian Revolution: Sources 30 No
HIH3258 The Russian Revolution: Context 30 No
HIH3266 Magic in the Middle Ages: Sources 30 No
HIH3267 Magic in the Middle Ages: Context 30 No
HIH3314 Governing the World: A History of Internationalism from WW1 to the Present: Context 30 No
HIH3315 Governing the World: A History of Internationalism from WW1 to the Present: Sources 30 No
HIH3316 The Holocaust and Nazi Occupation of Eastern Europe, 1939-1945: Context 30 No
HIH3317 The Holocaust and Nazi Occupation of Eastern Europe, 1939-1945: Sources 30 No
HIH3318 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Sources 30 No
HIH3319 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century: Context 30 No
HIH3320 Making A New China: Ideas, Networks, and the Intelligentsia: Sources 30 No
HIH3321 Making A New China: Ideas, Networks, and the Intelligentsia: Context 30 No
HIH3322 Crusades in Christendom, 1179-1588: Sources 30 No
HIH3323 Crusades in Christendom, 1179-1588: Context 30 No
HIH3325 Britain and Slavery: Context 30 No
HIH3624 Literature, Culture, and Politics in Early Modern England: Sources 30 No
HIH3625 Literature, Culture, and Politics in Early Modern England: Context 30 No
HIH3324 Britain and Slavery: Sources 30 No

6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods

Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
On successfully completing this programme you will be able to:
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be...
...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class):...and evidenced by the following assessment methods:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the philosophical problems confronting historians.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the philosophical problems confronting historians.
3. Show awareness of the variety of approaches taken to historical research; ability to evaluate the professionalism and scholarly value of historical works; ability to evaluate the reasons for changes in historiographical approaches.
4. Define a suitable research topic in the subject area and pursue it to completion.
5. Use different types of historical source; evaluate different and complex types of historical source; use primary sources in a professional manner.
6. Present work in the format expected of historians, including footnoting and bibliographical references.
7. Show knowledge of how quantitative data can be used in historical research. Ancient History
8. Show knowledge of how quantitative data can be used in historical research. Ancient History
9. Demonstrate an awareness of and critical engagement with aspects of Greek and roman society, and be able to evaluate the similarities and differences with our own society.
10. Evaluate, analyse and synthesise a wide range of sources relating to ancient Greece and Rome.
11. Describe and evaluate a range of viewpoints on problems of interpretation and evaluation, and adopt a variety of critical approaches to the subject drawn from different disciplines within the subject area.

ILO’s 1, 2 and 3 are developed though lectures, seminars, and written work. ILO 1 is further developed at stage two. ILO’s 2 and 3 form the backbone of all modules taken at all stages, but the level of complexity and nuance develops according to stage. Students are encouraged to use the stage one Making History and stage two Doing History as a way of addressing ILO 4, and concentrate on doing so in the Dissertation at stage 3. More generally, the choice of essays that they are given in all modules develops this skill in them from the outset of their programme. ILO 5 is a requirement of all modules, but there is particular primary source emphasis - developing in complexity as the student progresses through the stages of the programme - at level 1 in Understanding the

Medieval and early Modern World and Understanding the Modern World, at level 2 Doing History, and at level 3 in the Special Subject and Dissertation. Students are given clear guidelines about 6 in the Undergraduate Handbook, and are instructed in such matters in Making History, and are expected to demonstrate it in all modules. 7 is developed through Sources ad Skills and may be developed in other elective modules. Many modules have a requirement of some work with quantitative data. 8-11 are developed through Ancient History modules at all levels by means of essays, gobbet answers, discussion in seminars, and oral presentations. 8 and 9 are specifically addressed through modules offered at levels 1 and 2, and may also be developed in relation to particular topics and periods through specialised modules and the optional dissertation at

level 3. 10 and 11 form the backbone of all Ancient History modules at all levels, though greater sophistication is expected at level 3.

The assessment of all these skills is through a combination of term-time essays, oral presentations, wikis, project and dissertation work, and examinations. The criteria of assessment pay full recognition to the importance of the various skills outlined.  

Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
On successfully completing this programme you will be able to:
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be...
...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class):...and evidenced by the following assessment methods:

12. Draw thematic comparisons between material from different sources.
13. Show awareness of contrasting approaches to research and judge between competing views.
14. Judge between competing views.
15. Show a clear understanding of the nature of both qualitative and quantitative evidence.
16. Show clear awareness of the basic philosophical questions arising from academic research.
17. Think and write broadly about large themes.
18. Comprehend complex terminology and discourses, and deploy such terminology in a comprehensible manner.
19. Comprehend complex terminology and discourses, and deploy such terminology in a comprehensible manner.
20. Deploy argument, based on professional standards of evidence use.
21. Identify problems of reliability and bias in, and more generally evaluate, evidence.
22. Collate data from a range of sources.
23. Reference sources accurately in written work.
24. Answer questions concisely in writing
25. Present work and answer questions orally.
26. Ask pertinent and intellectually demanding questions of other students.
27. Focus on and comprehend complex tasks

These skills are all developed throughout the degree programme, but the emphasis becomes more complex as students move from stage to stage. They are developed through lectures and seminars, written work, and oral work (both presentation and class discussion).

All these skills are assessed through a combination of term-time essays, wikis, dissertations, assessed presentations, and examinations.

Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
On successfully completing this programme you will be able to:
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be...
...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class):...and evidenced by the following assessment methods:

28. Undertake independent study and work to deadlines.
29. Use a word processor and the world-wide web to a high standard.
30. Digest, select and organise material for written work and oral presentations, and write to varying word lengths.
31. Evaluate own work.
32. Sit timed, unseen examinations of a challenging nature.
33. Participate in oral discussions; present and evaluate complex arguments and ideas orally; digest, select and organise material for oral presentations.
34. Work with others as part of a team on challenging material.
35. Interact effectively with peers and staff.
36. Undertake group work, including the presentation and discussion of material in groups.
37. If taking 'Doing History' and/or Dissertation in either subject: Plan the execution of demanding work over a very long time scale.
38. If taking History Varieties: Evaluate peers’ work formally in a structured setting.

ILO 28 is an essential part of the successful completion of the programme but is particularly developed in the Dissertation.

ILO 29 is developed through essay and presentation work throughout the programme.

ILO 30 is developed through making History at stage one (end of term deadline), Doing History at stage two (3 formal deadlines over the year) and, at stage three, through the Dissertation, whether in History or Ancient History, which has a single end of year deadline.

ILO 31 is developed through seminars, which form the whole or part basis of all modules. The skills in 31 and ILO 32 are developed to some extent in all modules, through interaction in seminars and in discussion with tutors about essay work, and in response to criticism both collective and individual. However, there is particular emphasis on ILO’s 31, 32 and 33 in stage one Making History, where students work as part of a team to present and respond to the presentations of others, and in the Uses of the Past and Comparative Histories at stages two and three.

The skills in ILO’s 28, 29 and 30 are assessed in all History modules. ILO 30 is covered by the fact that students write essays which are summatively assessed of differing lengths. In addition, where applicable, presentations are formally assessed – by peers with tutor moderation in Comparatives, and by the tutor in Specials. Self-assessment (ILO 31) forms the basis of summative assessment in Sources and Skills. Timed examinations form part of the assessment for Perspectives, Options and (where applicable) Special Subjects:-Context (67%). Formative assessment of work in seminars (33) takes place in Options, and there is assessment of presentations as stated above. 37, where applicable, is covered by the Dissertation (in either subject) and, to a lesser extent, 'Doing History'. Where applicable, team work skills are formally assessed in Uses of the Past by peer assessment of group presentations (34-36, 38).

7. Programme Regulations

Programme-specific Progression Rules

To progress to Stage 2 you must normally achieve an average mark of at least 50% in Stage 1. If you do not achieve an average mark of 50% in Stage 1, you will be interviewed to determine whether you can continue on the Employment Experience Abroad programme; if you do not succeed in that interview you will be required to transfer to the three-year programme. This is to ensure that only those students who are likely to succeed in their Employment Experience are selected. If you are unsuccessful in your application for Employment Experience Abroad, you will be transferred to the three-year programme.

HUM3997 Employment Experience Abroad counts as a single 120-credit module and is not condonable; you must pass this module to graduate with the degree title of BA History and Ancient History with Employment Experience Abroad. If you fail the Employment Experience your degree title will be commuted to BA History and Ancient History.

Classification

Full details of assessment regulations for all taught programmes can be found in the TQA Manual, specifically in the Credit and Qualifications Framework, and the Assessment, Progression and Awarding: Taught Programmes Handbook. Additional information, including Generic Marking Criteria, can be found in the Learning and Teaching Support Handbook.

8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning

All students within History and Ancient History have a personal tutor for their entire programme of study and who is available at advertised ‘office hours’. There are induction sessions to orientate students at the start of their programme. A personal tutoring system will operate with regular communication throughout the programme. Academic support will be also be provided by module leaders. You can also make an appointment to see individual teaching staff.

Programme handbooks and other useful information can be accessed via the student intranet: http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/studying/taughthandbook/ .

Other useful information and student resources can be accessed via the Exeter Learning Environment (ELE): http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/login/index.php , which has specific information on library skills, essay writing and research skills.

9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning

Please refer to the University Academic Policy and Standards guidelines regarding support for students and students' learning.

10. Admissions Criteria

Undergraduate applicants must satisfy the Undergraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.

Postgraduate applicants must satisfy the Postgraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.

Specific requirements required to enrol on this programme are available at the respective Undergraduate or Postgraduate Study Site webpages.

11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards

Each academic programme in the University is subject to an agreed College assessment and marking strategy, underpinned by institution-wide assessment procedures.

The security of assessment and academic standards is further supported through the appointment of External Examiners for each programme. External Examiners have access to draft papers, course work and examination scripts. They are required to attend the Board of Examiners and to provide an annual report. Annual External Examiner reports are monitored at both College and University level. Their responsibilities are described in the University's code of practice. See the University's TQA Manual for details.

(http://as.exeter.ac.uk/support/admin/staff/qualityassuranceandmonitoring/tqamanual/fullcontents/)

12. Indicators of Quality and Standards

The programme is not subject to accreditation and/ or review by professional and statutory regulatory bodies (PSRBs).

13. Methods for Evaluating and Improving Quality and Standards

The University and its constituent Colleges draw on a range of data to review the quality of educational provision. The College documents the performance in each of its taught programmes, against a range of criteria on an annual basis through the Annual Programme Monitoring cycle:

  • Admissions, progression and completion data
  • In Year Analysis data
  • Previous monitoring report
  • Monitoring of core (and optional) modules
  • External examiner's reports and University and College responses (reported to SSLC)
  • Any Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body/accrediting body or other external reports
  • Consultation with employers and former students
  • Staff evaluation
  • Student evaluation
  • Programme aims

Subject areas are reviewed every four years through a periodic subject review scheme that includes external contributions. (http://admin.exeter.ac.uk/academic/tls/tqa/Part%209/9JREVISEDPSRSCHEME.pdf)

14. Awarding Institution

University of Exeter

15. Lead College / Teaching Institution

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)

16. Partner College / Institution

Partner College(s)

Not applicable to this programme

Partner Institution

Not applicable to this programme.

17. Programme Accredited / Validated by

0

18. Final Award

BA (Hons) History and Ancient History with Employment Experience Abroad

19. UCAS Code

V192

20. NQF Level of Final Award

6 (Honours)

21. Credit

CATS credits

360

ECTS credits

180

22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group

[Honours] Classics and ancient history (including Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek)
[Honours] History

23. Dates

Origin Date

21/08/2017

Date of last revision

13/08/2019