2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Modern Languages and Politics (Italian)

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

For entry requirements for this course please visit: Coursefinder

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Languages, Cultures and Societies:
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/SBS-Languages-Cultures-and-Societies-15.pdf
Politics and International Relations: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/SBS-politics-15.pdf

Programme specification:

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must ensure that they enrol on the correct Italian language pathway. Those students with prior knowledge of the language should ensure that they meet the pre-requisites for Advanced Italian - see Coursefinder.
In level 1, students must take 120 credits in total. Students are required to take 40 credits of PIED modules, a 20 credit MODL module and a minimum of either 40 or 60 credits in Italian, depending on whether they have prior knowledge of the language. Students who have prior knowledge of Italian are required to take 40 credits in Italian. Students who have no prior knowledge of Italian are required to take 60 credits in Italian. Students combining Politics with advanced Italian will have 20 credits of Discovery modules. Students with no prior knowledge of Italian will have no space available for Discovery modules at level 1. Students are required to pass a minimum of 40 credits in each of their two main subjects.

Compulsory modules:

Students must study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students with prior knowledge of Italian (B1 CEFR) will be required to study the following modules:

Students with no prior knowledge of Italian will be required to study the following modules:

Discovery modules:

Students taking ITAL1010 and ITAL1020 should take 20 credits of Discovery modules:

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

At Level 2, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Politics and a minimum of either 40 or 60 credits in Italian depending on whether they have prior knowledge of the language. Of the remaining credits, these should be taken as further optional modules in Politics and/or Italian, or as Discovery modules.
Students are required to pass a minimum of 40 credits in each of their two main subjects.

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students who took ITAL1010 and ITAL1020 at level 1 will be required to study the following module:

Students who took ITAL1025, ITAL1030 and ITAL1032 at level 1 will be required to study the following module:

POLITICS:
Students will be required to study TWO of the following core Politics modules, one from each list.

List A

List B

In addition, students may choose to take additional modules from the following list:

Students taking ITAL2015 will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules;
Students taking ITAL2016 will be required to study a minimum of 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Students wishing to choose MODL2001 as one of their Italian options must take a minimum of 60 credits in Italian in Level 2.

Discovery modules:

Students may choose to study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules (or take further optional modules in Politics or Italian).

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students will spend this year of their programme in a country or region where the language of interest is used both in official contexts and as a daily means of communication. Where residence abroad involves studying at a University, a list of approved locations and institutions will be provided for you. Where you are able to choose locations, you must have these approved by the Year Abroad Tutor in your language area.

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following core residence abroad module. Please note that the appropriate Level 2 module(s) in the language needs to be passed in order progress to the Year Abroad.

Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 3 students must study 120 credits, which includes a 40-credit Final Year Project Module. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in both Italian and Politics: the Final Year Project module can be taken in - and count towards - either of the two subjects. Any remaining credits should be taken as optional modules in either Italian or Politics, or as Discovery modules.

Compulsory modules:

Students must study the following compulsory module:

Optional modules:

Students are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

Students who take an MODL-coded Final Year Project are required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules.

Students who take the PIED-coded Final Year Project may choose to study 20 credits from the optional modules below:

Students who take the PIED-coded Final Year Project are required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules.

Students who take an MODL-coded Final Year Project may choose to study 20 credits from the optional modules below:

Discovery modules:

Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional optional modules in Politics or Italian.

Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.

Last updated: 18/08/2022 12:25:34

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