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BALibArts Religious Studies

Academic Year 2020/21

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Programme Title

BALibArts Religious Studies

Final Award
(exit route if applicable for Postgraduate Taught Programmes)

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts

Programme Code

RST-BLA

UCAS Code

HECoS Code

100065 - Liberal arts - 100

ATAS Clearance Required

Mode of Study

Full Time

Type of Programme

Single Honours

Length of Programme

3 Academic Year(s)

Total Credits for Programme

360

Exit Awards available

INSTITUTE INFORMATION

Teaching Institution	St. Mary's University College
School/Department	St. Mary's University College
Quality Code https://www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code Higher Education Credit Framework for England https://www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code/higher-education-credit-framework-for-england	Level 6
Subject Benchmark Statements https://www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements The Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/quality-code/qualifications-frameworks.pdf	N/A
Accreditations (PSRB)

REGULATION INFORMATION

Does the Programme have any approved exemptions from the University General Regulations
(Please see General Regulations)

Yes 1. Students enrol for a specific subject option. For new students enrolling, these are Business Studies, English, Irish, History, Physical Education and Religious Studies. Once enrolled it is not normally possible to transfer to another subject option. 2. They must register for modules worth 120 Level 1 CATS points and 120 Level 2 CATS points in Stages 1 and 2 respectively before proceeding to take modules leading to 120 Level 3 CATS points in Stage 3. To graduate with a BA honours degree students must receive credit for 240 CATs points at Levels 1 and 2 and at least 100 Level 3 CATS points. 3. Students will normally be required to pass or be granted credit for all modules in each stage before progressing to the next stage. However, students may, at the discretion of the Pathway Board of Examiners, be allowed to proceed from a stage if they have received credit for modules worth at least 80 CATs points at that level. Students who have not received credit for 120 Stage 1/Level 1 CATs points will not be permitted to proceed to Stage 3/Level 3. 4. Attendance at work based learning/placement activities and/or participation on other practical work outside the University College or normal teaching time will normally be a requirement of the degree course.

Programme Specific Regulations

1. For students first enrolled on the programme prior to 2009/10 the regulations in force at the date of entry will apply and thus the following module weightings will be used when calculating the honours classification: Stage 2 40%, Stage 3 60%.
For students first enrolled on the programme in or after 2009/10, the following module weightings will be used when calculating the honours classification: Stage 1 10%, Stage 2 30% and Stage 3 60%.
2. If a student fails a module at the first attempt, repeat assessment, as determined by the Pathway Board of Examiners, will be scheduled as follows:
(a) Where a student is required to resit an examination paper, or repeat other assessment components (without class attendance), this will normally take place before the end of the academic year;
(b) Where a student is required to repeat assessment components (with class attendance), this will normally take place when the failed module is next available. If the failed module is no longer being offered, the student will have to take a substitute module approved by her/his Adviser of Studies;
3. The programme is offered in a full time mode (3 years) and consists of three elements: Element 1, Human Development Studies; Element 2, International Studies; Element 3, Subject Studies.
4. In Stage 1 students must take MLA1003, MLA1004 and the option modules in one of the subjects offered.
5. In Stage 2 students not participating in SOCRATES (ERASMUS) Outward Mobility will take, MLA2005, MLA2006, MLA2010 and the option module(s) in one of the subjects offered.
ERASMUS students will take MLA2081, MLA2082, MEO2054 and the option module(s) in one of the subjects offered, in the first semester in the home institution. There will be an integrated Learning Programme, agreed by the home and host institutions, in the second semester. This Learning Programme shall merit 30 European Credit Transfer System credits and thus be equivalent to three modules.
6. In Stage 3 students will take MLA3020; one module from MLA3009, MLA3010, MLA3013 and MLA3014 and two option modules in one of the subjects offered; and one additional module.

Students with protected characteristics

N/A

Are students subject to Fitness to Practise Regulations

(Please see General Regulations)

EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF PROGRAMME

The programme aims to develop -

an intellectual and ethical framework for living and working in tomorrow's world;

an understanding of Europe as a cultural concept and as a business environment;

knowledge and understanding in certain key areas of a selected subject;

a range of communication, practical, study, interpersonal, career management and professional skills;

so that students:
(a) are prepared for lifelong learning and professional development;

(b) are well-equipped for a range of employment opportunities at graduate level;

d) can achieve personal fulfilment.