2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Modern Languages and Philosophy (Japanese)

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
Philosophy: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/SBS-philosophy-15.pdf

Programme specification:

Year1 - View timetable

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

Students are required to take 120 credits in Level 1.

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Students with prior knowledge of Japanese may, subject to a placement test, study more advanced language modules as appropriate in their first year (40 credits from EAST2300, EAST2305, FLTU1026, FLTU1030).

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study one of the following optional modules and are strongly recommended to study either EAST1269 or EAST1270:

Students will be required to study ONE of the following cornerstone modules:

Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional Philosophy modules:

Students may choose to study up to 20 credits from the following optional Philosophy modules:

Discovery modules:

Year2 - 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 this period of residence abroad involves studying at a University, a list of approved locations and institutions will be provided for you during Level 1. Where you are able to choose a location, you must have this approved by the Year Abroad Tutor in your language area.

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Year3 - View timetable

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

Students are required to take 120 credits in Level 2.

Compulsory modules:

Students must study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students will be required to study a minimum of 40 credits of the following optional Philosophy modules, including at least one module from each list.

List A

List B

Students will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Students may choose to take up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Philosophy or their chosen language.

Year4 - View timetable

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

In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in both Philosophy and their chosen language. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as Discovery modules. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects. Please note that not all modules will be available every year.

In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at Level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at Level 3).

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 will be required to study between 40-80 credits in Philosophy. The number of credits you have available for options modules will depend on whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in Philosophy or your other subject. If you take your Final Year Project in Philosophy, you will be able to take fewer option modules in this subject.

Candidates can choose to study further credits from the following optional Philosophy modules:

Students will be required to study between 40-80 credits in Japanese. The number of credits you have available for options modules will depend whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in Japanese or Philosophy. If you take your Final year project in Japanese you will be able to take fewer option modules in this subject.

Students will be required to study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Philosophy or their chosen language.
- 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: 06/05/2022 08:30:15

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