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Programme Specification for the 2024/5 academic year

BA (Hons) Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3-year)

1. Programme Details

Programme nameBA (Hons) Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3-year) Programme codeUFA3HPSSML22
Study mode(s)Full Time
Part Time
Academic year2024/5
Campus(es)Streatham (Exeter)
NQF Level of the Final Award6 (Honours)

2. Description of the Programme

The BA (Hons) Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3-year) programme is an exit route only and not available for direct application. Transfer to this programme is subject to agreement from the Director of Education and Student Experience for Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies.

 

You can switch to BA Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies after completing one or two years of BA Philosophy and Modern Languages. If you switch into the programme for second year, you will take only optional cultural modules from across Modern Languages and Cultures (no core language modules) in second year. If you pass 60 credits of language modules over years 1 and 2 and then switch to Global Cultural Studies for your third year, this will be recognised in your degree title (see Programme Specific Award Rules).

3. Educational Aims of the Programme

Please see the programme specifications for BA Philosophy and Modern Languages (3 year) for full details. The difference between programmes is that you do not take core language modules once you change to BA Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3 year) and so do not develop your language skills to the same extent.

4. Programme Structure

The BA (Hons) Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3-year) is a three-year full-time programme of study at Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 6 (as confirmed against the FHEQ). This programme is divided into three stages. Each stage is normally equivalent to an academic year. The programme may also be taken part-time in up to 6 years.

 

You begin on BA Philosophy and Modern Languages and change to BA Global Cultural Studies (three year) in the following cases:

You fail your core language at first or second year.

You are studying a beginners language and you do not do a year abroad, so transfer at the end of second year.

You decide you no longer want to study any core language modules after first or second year.

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.

Modern Languages modules https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/studyinformation/modules/?prog=mod-lang
Philosophy modules https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/studyinformation/modules/?prog=philosophy

You may take optional modules as long as any prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module. You are expected to balance your credits in each stage of the programme, taking 60 credits from International Relations, and 60 credits from Global Cultural Studies. You may switch to Global Cultural Studies after studying one or two years of BA Modern Languages. When you switch to Global Cultural Studies, you will no longer take core language modules, and instead take 60 credits of options per year.

Stage 1


Follow the guidelines for BA Philosophy and Modern Languages. The only difference between programmes is that language modules are condonable, so if you fail a core language at first year, you can move onto the BA Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3 year) as an exit programme.

45 credits of compulsory Philosophy modules, 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language and 45 credits of optional modules (including 15 credits of Philosophy modules, and 30 consisting of content related to your chosen language.

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

a - select 45 credits of compulsory Philosophy modules from the list below

b - select 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language.

 

Compulsory Modules

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
PHL1002A Knowledge and Reality 1 [See note a above]15No
PHL1005A Evidence and Argument 1 [See note a above]15No
PHL1006 Introduction to Philosophical Analysis [See note a above]15No
PHL1002B Knowledge and Reality 2 [See note a above]15No
PHL1013 Philosophy of Morality [See note a above]15No
Modern Languages Stage 1 Compulsory Language Modules [See note b above]
MLF1001 French Language 30 Yes
MLF1052 French Language for Beginners 30 Yes
MLG1001 German Language 30 Yes
MLG1052 German Language for Beginners 30 Yes
MLI1001 Italian Language 30 Yes
MLI1052 Italian Language for Beginners 30 Yes
MLM1052 Beginners Chinese 30 Yes
MLP1052 Portuguese Language for Beginners 30 Yes
MLR1001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral 30 Yes
MLR1030 Russian Language for Beginners 30 Yes
MLS1001 Spanish Language 30 Yes
MLS1056 Spanish Language for Beginners 30 Yes

Optional Modules

15 credit Philosophy module. Philosophy modules https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/studyinformation/modules/?prog=philosophy

c - select 30 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language; on the Modern Languages side of your programme, you may select a maximum of 15 credits of either the SML- or HUM-coded modules for the year. Please note that certain modules may only be available to students on Single Honours programmes, or to students who have taken a particular language module. This information will be given in the pre-requisites or co-requisites section of the relevant module descriptor.

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
Chinese Stage 1 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note c above]
MLM1010 China of the Senses: Approaching Chinese Culture and Environments 15 No
PHL1010 Introduction to Asian Philosophy 15 No
SML1208 Language, Culture, International Relations 15 No
French Stage 1 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note c above]
MLF1017 The Making of Modern France 15 No
MLF1018 The Devil is in the Detail: An Introduction to the Short Story in French 15 No
SML1207 Introduction to Film 15 No
MLF1103 The French Language, Present and Past 15 No
MLF1121 French Visual History 15 No
MLF1105 An Introduction to French Thought 15 No
SML1208 Language, Culture, International Relations 15 No
German Stage 1 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note c above]
MLG1017 Turning Points in German History 1200 - 2000 15 No
MLG1021 Outside In: An Introduction to Outcasts and Outsiders in German-language Literature and Film 15 No
SML1207 Introduction to Film 15 No
MLG1014 A Nation Remembers: Issues in German Cultural Memory 15 No
MLG1022 Divided Germany in Film and Visual Culture 1949-1990 15 No
SML1208 Language, Culture, International Relations 15 No
Italian Stage 1 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note c above]
MLI1016 Italy Inside Out: Popular Visual Narratives about Italy 15 No
SML1207 Introduction to Film 15 No
MLI1121 A Thousand Faces: Cultures and History in 19th-Century Italy 15 No
Portuguese Stage 1 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note c above]
SML1207 Introduction to Film 15 No
MLP1002 Introduction to the Lusophone World 15 No
SML1208 Language, Culture, International Relations 15 No
Russian Stage 1 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note c above]
MLR1023 Russia: Empire and Identity 15 No
SML1207 Introduction to Film 15 No
MLR1006 An Emotional Experience: Russian Literature and the Expression of Feeling 15 No
Spanish Stage 1 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note c above]
MLS1067 Ideology in the Hispanic World 15 No
MLS1068 An Introduction to the Literature and Film of Spain 15 No
SML1207 Introduction to Film 15 No
MLS1066 The Making of Modern Latin America: History Through Literature and Culture 15 No
MLS1164 A Journey of Discovery: Hispanic Global Culture 15 No
SML1208 Language, Culture, International Relations 15 No

Stage 2


If you move into BA Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3 year) for your second year, please follow the pattern below. Otherwise, please see BA Philosophy and Modern Languages. On BA Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3 year) language modules are condonable, so if you fail a core language at second year, you can move onto the BA Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3 year) as an exit programme.

 

60 credits of optional modules in Philosophy and 60 credits of optional modules in Modern Languages and Cultures, including SML- and HUM-coded options.

 

Compulsory Modules

choose 30 credits of Philosophy modules from the list below.

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
PHL2010A Philosophy of Mind 1 15No
PHL2043 Philosophical Research 15No
PHL2015 Body and Mind 15No
PHL2016 Metaphysics 15No
PHL2018 Philosophy of Language 15No
PHL2118 Moral agency in social context 15No

Optional Modules

select 60 credits of optional modules in Philosophy. Philosophy modules https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/studyinformation/modules/?prog=philosophy

d /e - 30 credits of core language, if viable, and 30 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language. Or 60 credits of optional modules in Modern Languages and Cultures, including SML- and HUM-coded options.

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
Chinese Stage 2 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note e above]
HUM2005 Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence 15 No
MLM2003 Chinoiserie and Europeenerie: Artistic and cultural exchanges between China and Europe 15 No
MLM2008 Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature 15 No
SML2246 Intercultural Communication 15 No
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society 15 No
French Stage 2 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note e above]
MLF2012 Evolution of the French Language 15 No
MLF2069 East is East? Cross-Cultural Encounters in Medieval French Literature 15 No
MLF2076 Subversive Texts: Baudelaire and Rachilde 15 No
HUM2005 Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence 15 No
HIH2208A Medieval Paris 30 No
MLF2070 Violence and Virtue: Early Modern French Theatre 15 No
MLF2029 Varieties of French 15 No
MLF2006 French-language Road Movies: Space, Place and Identity 15 No
HIH2591 Philip Augustus and the Making of France, 1180-1223 30 No
SML2246 Intercultural Communication 15 No
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society 15 No
German Stage 2 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note e above]
MLG2003 Youth and Age: Generations in German Fiction and Film 15 No
MLG2018 Berlin - Culture, History and Politics 15 No
MLG2019 Gender, Race and Migration in 20th and 21st-century German Literature 15 No
SML2246 Intercultural Communication 15 No
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society 15 No
Italian Stage 2 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note e above]
MLI2019 Italian(s) in the World 15 No
HUM2005 Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence 15 No
MLI2004 From Page to Screen: The Italian Female Detective in Literature, Film and Television 15 No
SML2246 Intercultural Communication 15 No
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society 15 No
Portuguese Stage 2 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note e above]
SML2004 Contemporary Latin American Cinema 15 No
SML2246 Intercultural Communication 15 No
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society 15 No
Russian Stage 2 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note e above]
MLR2023 A Russian Carnival of the Animals 15 No
MLR2026 The Deceptive City: the Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature 15 No
MLR2021 Understanding Russia 15 No
MLR2025 Imperfect Murder: Reading Crime and Punishment 15 No
SML2246 Intercultural Communication 15 No
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society 15 No
Spanish Stage 2 Option Modules 2024-5 [See note e above]
MLS2044 How to be a Knight: Political Lessons from 14th-Century Spain 15 No
MLS2072 Place and Identity in Contemporary Venezuelan Culture 15 No
SML2004 Contemporary Latin American Cinema 15 No
HIH2145A Spain from Absolutism to Democracy 30 No
MLS2045 Federico Garcia Lorca: Theatre and Poetry 15 No
MLS2061 The Latin American Short Story 15 No
MLS2073 Literary Non-Fiction in Argentina: When Writing Meets the Real 15 No
MLS2158 "What is Love? And Do I Need It?" An Introduction to Spanish Renaissance Love Poetry 15 No
SML2246 Intercultural Communication 15 No
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society 15 No
Modern Languages Stage 2 Compulsory Language Modules [See note d above]
MLF2001 French Language, Written and Oral 30 No
MLF2152 Intermediate French 30 No
MLG2001 German Language, Written and Oral 30 No
MLG2052 Intermediate German 30 No
MLI2001 Italian Language, Written and Oral 30 No
MLI2051 Italian Language 30 No
MLM2052 Intermediate Chinese (One) 30 No
MLP2052 Intermediate Portuguese 30 No
MLR2001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral I 30 No
MLR2030 Intermediate Russian 30 No
MLS2001 Spanish Language, Written and Oral 30 No
MLS2156 Spanish Language (ex-beginners) 30 No

Stage 3


60 credits of optional Philosophy modules, 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language and 30 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language

 

 

 

Optional Modules

select 60 credits of option modules in Philosophy. Philosophy modules https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/studyinformation/modules/?prog=philosophy

f - 60 credits of optional cultural modules from across Modern Languages and Cultures, including SML and HUM options. Please note you may only select one dissertation module across the two programmes.

CodeModule Credits Non-condonable?
Chinese Final Stage Option Modules 2024-5 [See note g above]
HUM3015 The Place of Meaning: Gardens in Britain and China 15 No
SML3015 Dissertation 15 No
SML3013 Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind 15 No
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism 15 No
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures 15 No
MLM3008 Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature 15 No
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration 15 No
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World 15 No
HUM3002 Aliens Abroad: Science Fiction in Global Literature 15 No
SML3030 Extended Dissertation 30 No
French Final Stage Option Modules 2024-5 [See note g above]
SML3015 Dissertation 15 No
SML3030 Extended Dissertation 30 No
SML3013 Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind 15 No
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism 15 No
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures 15 No
MLF3034 Sociolinguistics of French 15 No
MLF3079 Sex, Subversion and Censorship: Libertine Literature in Seventeenth-Century France 15 No
MLF3007 Multilingualism, Audiovisual Translation and Power in Cinema-monde 15 No
MLF3078 Philosophers, Prophets and Mystics in French Culture 15 No
MLF3080 Les Miserables from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day 15 No
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration 15 No
SML3044 Migration in World Cinema 15 No
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World 15 No
German Final Stage Option Modules 2024-5 [See note g above]
MLG3040 Sex, Sciences and the Arts 15 No
SML3015 Dissertation 15 No
SML3013 Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind 15 No
SML3034 Contemporary French Visual Culture 15 No
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures 15 No
MLG3036 Dictatorships on Display: History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria 15 No
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration 15 No
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World 15 No
SML3030 Extended Dissertation 30 No
Italian Final Stage Option Modules 2024-5 [See note g above]
MLI3199 Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend 15 No
SML3015 Dissertation 15 No
SML3013 Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind 15 No
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism 15 No
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures 15 No
MLI3033 Multicultural Italy 15 No
HUM3002 Aliens Abroad: Science Fiction in Global Literature 15 No
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration 15 No
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World 15 No
SML3030 Extended Dissertation 30 No
Portuguese Final Stage Option Modules 2024-5 [See note g above]
SML3013 Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind 15 No
SML3015 Dissertation 15 No
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism 15 No
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures 15 No
SML3044 Migration in World Cinema 15 No
SML3014 Socialist Thought and Practice in Latin America and Africa 15 No
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration 15 No
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World 15 No
SML3030 Extended Dissertation 30 No
Russian Final Stage Option Modules 2024-5 [See note g above]
MLR3026 The Deceptive City: The Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature 15 No
MLR3123 A Russian Carnival of the Animals 15 No
SML3015 Dissertation 15 No
SML3013 Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind 15 No
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism 15 No
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures 15 No
MLR3021 Women Writers in Twentieth - century Russian Literure 30 No
MLR3025 Apocalypse/Utopia: The Russian Roots of Revolution 15 No
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World 15 No
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration 15 No
HUM3002 Aliens Abroad: Science Fiction in Global Literature 15 No
SML3030 Extended Dissertation 30 No
Spanish Final Stage Option Modules 2024-5 [See note g above]
MLS3037 Women and Feminism in 20th Century Spain 15 No
MLS3057 Cross Currents: Memory, Myth and Modernity in Latin America 15 No
MLS3071 The Chilean Road to Socialism (1970-1973): What Happened and Why? Elements for a Debate 15 No
SML3015 Dissertation 15 No
SML3013 Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind 15 No
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism 15 No
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures 15 No
MLS3072 Unlawful Sex: Sexualities on Trial in Medieval Spain 15 No
SML3031 Advanced Translation Skills 15 No
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World 15 No
SML3014 Socialist Thought and Practice in Latin America and Africa 15 No
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration 15 No
SML3044 Migration in World Cinema 15 No
HUM3002 Aliens Abroad: Science Fiction in Global Literature 15 No
SML3030 Extended Dissertation 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. Show detailed knowledge of chosen aspects of the history and cultures of the relevant country/countries, and ability to evaluate them critically, using appropriate methodologies.
2. Analyse and interpret texts in the chosen language (including non-literary texts and other media, e.g. film) in relation to their cultural, historical and generic contexts, and articulate his/her understanding orally and in writing.
3. Show familiarity with philosophical ideas about the nature of society and the social sciences.
4. Reflect upon the conditions of human social life.
5. Show familiarity with the history of modern philosophy
6. Demonstrate an understanding of basic concepts in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophies of mind and nature
7. Analyse concepts in ethics
8. Analyse and criticise substantial works by important historical and contemporary moral and political philosophers
9. Engage in logical and conceptual analysis and abstract reasoning
10. Apply a reflective and sophisticated analytic understanding to a range of complex issues and subject matters.

1 and 2: The level 1 cultural modules give students a foundation knowledge on which to base their choice of options at higher levels, enabling them to explore and develop their interest in particular areas of their chosen language discipline. Knowledge of the relevant aspects of culture is acquired through lectures and seminars, guided reading of primary and secondary texts (including literature, film, visual culture and linguistics), and directed independent study. Students learn to use the critical methodologies appropriate to the options chosen (literary criticism, linguistic or philological study, political or social history, film studies, etc) through writing exams and essays and preparing seminar presentations, following initial guidance from lecturers, and through feedback on work submitted.

In explicit terms, skills 3 and 4 are developed through lectures, seminars and essay work on Social Philosophy; 5 and 6 through similar methods and strategies on Knowledge and Reality, Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Nature; 7 and 8 through similar methods on Ethics, and 9 through practical exercises on Evidence and Argument. However, depending on the student's chosen portfolio of modules, they will be developed, further in the modules chosen at level 3. 10 is developed especially through the optional modules taken at level 3.

1 and 2 are assessed by a combination of essays and other forms of coursework produced during the module, and end-of-year written examinations.

The assessment of skills 3-10 is made through a combination of course essays, oral presentations, examinations; also, where appropriate, Research Methods Project or dissertation.

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:

11. Examine critically any form of discourse arising from the close reading and analysis of texts.
12. Show understanding of the variety of approaches to research in the field of languages and related studies, and of the reasons why such approaches may change.
13. Demonstrate receptiveness to foreign cultures and ability to see the relativity of one’s own cultural perspective.
14. Understand and demonstrate the different uses of qualitative and quantitative data, and evaluate their relative advantages and disadvantages
15. Show awareness of the basic philosophical questions arising from academic research.
16. Think and write broadly about large themes.
17. Develop and deploy argument, grounded in theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence
18. Identify problems of reliability and bias in, and more generally evaluate, empirical evidence
19. Identify problems of reliability and bias in, and more generally evaluate, empirical evidence
20. Deploy complex terminology in a comprehensible manner

11-13 are developed through lectures and seminars in optional modules, with progression from a relatively high level of input from lecturers at stage 1, to greater student autonomy at later stages. Modules at stage 3 (and to a limited extent also at stage 2) are normally related to the research specialism of the staff teaching the module, giving students an insight into relevant research issues.

13 is implicit in all study of the language and cultures of another country, and all modules challenge students to reflect critically on their receptiveness to foreign cultures.

Skills 14-20are developed throughout the Philosophy degree programme by lectures and seminars, written work and oral work (both oral presentations and class discussion). A more sophisticated use of these skills is developed in the second and third stages; in the third stage, independent use of these skills is developed through the dissertation and level 3 optional modules selected by the student.

11-20 are assessed by essays and other coursework,  end-of year examinations and a dissertation (if chosen), as described under A above.

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:

21. Select, organise and analyse material for written work and oral presentations of different prescribed lengths.
22. Present an argument orally in a clear, organized and effective manner
23. Present an argument in a written form in a clear and organized manner, with appropriate use of correct English
24. Formulate and express ideas at different levels of abstraction
25. Undertake group work, including the presentation and discussion of challenging material in groups
26. Work creatively, flexibly and adaptably with others, both peers and academic staff
27. Demonstrate autonomy, manifested in self-direction and intellectual initiative, both in learning and study and in the management of time
28. Evaluate and reflect on your own work
29. Write and think under pressure and to meet deadlines
30. Plan the execution of demanding work based on individual research over a long time

21, 22, 24 and 25 are developed through the preparation and delivery of oral presentations in most modules at all levels in both sides of the programme, and through the oral discussion of challenging material in all modules in the programme.

 

26 is also developed through meetings with personal tutors, one-to-one tutorials giving feedback on written work and through discussion in seminars.

 

21, 23, 24, 27, and 29 are developed through written assignments (essays) and examinations in most modules at all levels.

 

27-28 form essential parts of the successful completion of the programme but are encouraged especially through preparation for written and oral assignments and seminars..

 

30 is developed through the dissertation if chosen.

21 and 22: In Philosophy, oral contribution to seminars and presentations are assessed formatively.

 

21, 23, 24, 27, and 29 are assessed through examinations and/or written work at all levels and in all modules.

 

24 Group presentations are assessed in some optional modules; in those where team-working skills are not explicitly assessed, these skills nonetheless contribute to the successful outcome of oral and written presentations.

 

Skill 30 is assessed by the dissertation.

7. Programme Regulations

Programme-specific Award Rules

Your degree classification will be calculated from the credit-weighted average marks for stages 2 and 3 combined in the ratio 1:2 respectively.

Your degree title will be ‘BA Art History & Visual Culture and Global Cultural Studies (3 year)’. If you have passed at least 60 credits of a language in stages 1 and 2, you will get ‘with proficiency in [language]’. If you have passed at least 60 credits of a language at advanced level (MLx1001, MLx2001 or Language Centre equivalents), you will get ‘with proficiency in advanced [language]’.

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

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.

(Quality Review Framework.

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) Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (3-year)

19. UCAS Code

Not applicable to this programme.

20. NQF Level of Final Award

6 (Honours)

21. Credit

CATS credits

360

ECTS credits

180

22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group

[Honours] Languages and related studies
[Honours] Philosophy

23. Dates

Origin Date

23/08/2019

Date of last revision

25/04/2024