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1. Admissions/ Management Information
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Title of the programme – including any lower awards
Please provide the titles used for all awards relating to this programme. Note: all programmes are required to have at least a Postgraduate Certificate exit award.

See guidance on programme titles in:
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Masters History of Art (Pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms)
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Postgraduate Diploma N/APlease indicate if the Postgraduate Diploma is available as an entry point, ie. is a programme on which a student can register, is an exit award, ie. is only available to students exiting the masters programme early, or both.N/A
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Postgraduate Certificate Students who do not progress to the dissertation can be recommended for a Postgraduate Certificate as an exit award in keeping with University regulations.Please indicate if the Postgraduate Certificate is available as an entry points, ie. is a programme on which a student can register, is an exit award, ie. is only available to students exiting the masters programme early, or both.Exit
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Level of qualificationLevel 7
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This document applies to students who commenced the programme(s) in:2022/23
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Awarding institutionTeaching institution
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University of York University of York
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Department(s):
Where more than one department is involved, indicate the lead department		Board of Studies
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Lead Department History of ArtHistory of Art
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Other contributing Departments: Archaeology, English, History, Philosophy
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Route code
(existing programmes only)		N/A
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Admissions criteria
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BA 2:1 or better in History of Art or related subject, and, for non-native speakers, high levels of English language competency, usually equated to an overall IELTS score of 6.5 with 6.0 in all units. Candidates must also be able to satisfy the general admissions requirements of the University of York. Applications must include a sample of written work. Applications are evaluated by the Graduate Chair, and where it is felt necessary, s/he may invite applicants for interview, particularly in the case of mature applicants. The History of Art department welcomes applications from candidates with a wide range of educational backgrounds, and from mature and overseas students. In certain cases, the Graduate Chair may put additional conditions on entry.
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Length and status of the programme(s) and mode(s) of study
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ProgrammeLength (years/ months) Status (full-time/ part-time)
Please select		Start dates/months
(if applicable – for programmes that have multiple intakes or start dates that differ from the usual academic year)		Mode
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Face-to-face, campus-basedDistance learningOther
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MA in History of Art (Pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms)1 yearFull-timeN/APlease select Y/NYesPlease select Y/NNoN/A
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MA in History of Art (Pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms)2 yearsPart-timeN/APlease select Y/NYesPlease select Y/NNoN/A
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Language(s) of study
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English (with options to study other languages)
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Language(s) of assessment
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English
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2. Programme accreditation by Professional, Statutory or Regulatory Bodies (PSRB)
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2.a. Is the programme recognised or accredited by a PSRB
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Please Select Y/N: Noif No move to section 3
if Yes complete the following questions
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3. Additional Professional or Vocational Standards
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Are there any additional requirements of accrediting bodies or PSRB or pre-requisite professional experience needed to study this programme?
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Please Select Y/N: Noif Yes, provide details
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4. Programme leadership and programme team
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4.a. Please name the programme leader for the year to which the programme design applies and any key members of staff responsible for designing, maintaining and overseeing the programme.
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Prof Anthony Geraghty (Graduate chair) 2022
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5. Purpose and learning outcomes of the programme
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5.a. Statement of purpose for applicants to the Masters programme
Please express succinctly the overall aims of the programme as an applicant facing statement for a prospectus or website. This should clarify to a prospective masters student why they should choose this programme, what it will provide to them and what benefits they will gain from completing it.
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The MA in History of Art with a Pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms is a degree that offers you a programme of exceptional historical and geographical breadth and depth, from late Roman art to the so-called dawn of the Middle Ages, with the opportunity to study in one of the largest and most vibrant History of Art departments, recognised for the excellence of its research in medieval studies and research-led teaching, in the largest community of scholars of medieval art in the UK. Flexibility and rigor are the programme's distinctive features, allowing you to immerse yourself in diverse fields of study that complement your expertise. You have free choice of a wide range of modules giving you the opportunity to study medieval art chronologically, to focus on one or more media, or to pursue a particular methodological perspective, leading to the production of supervised essays and a dissertation at the forefront of scholarly research. You will also have the option to foster your interdisciplinary interests by taking modules at the Centre for Medieval Studies, home to over thirty scholars researching the Middle Ages through archaeological, literary, and historical perspectives. Through the MA, you will be able to bring together research questions and sources from different approaches to hone your skills in visual and material analysis in in order to understand how medieval artworks produce meaning, at the time of their creation as well as today. This is accompanied by extensive provision of skills training in academic writing, archival research, palaeography, medieval vernaculars, and object-focused study. The “core” module will introduce you to some key aspects of studying medieval art and architecture, such as issues in conservation or the political appropriations of medieval monuments to construct nationalisms. Through the other "optional" modules, you will instead encounter a wide range of evidence and approaches. As part of the Pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms, you will be part of a lively scholarly environment including seminars, reading groups, research lectures and field trips, some of which are developed with our regional and national museum partners (including the National Gallery, Tate, the V&A), and York Museums Trust). This offering will enable you to develop key research skills, and the ability to explore and solve problems independently. Being in York gives you access to some of the world's most extraordinary resources for the study of medieval and medieval revival art. These include the York Minster, with its archive, library and the largest collection of medieval stained glass in Britain. Museums and churches in York contain internationally important collections of sculpture from the early Anglo-Saxon period onwards. Significant monuments in the surrounding region include the great Cistercian abbeys of Fountains and Rievaulx, and a large number of nineteenth-century revivalist churches. The ecclesiastical archives of the University's Borthwick Institute contain unparalleled holdings of church records from medieval times onwards. By undertaking the MA in History of Art with a pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms you will develop skills which with prepare you for further PGR study, and to seek employment in a wide range of professions, including archives, libraries, museums, galleries, publishing companies, the media, education, the heritage sector, and the art market.
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5.b.i. Programme Learning Outcomes - Masters
Please provide six to eight statements of what a graduate of the Masters programme will be able to do.
If the document only covers a Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma please specify four to six PLO statements in the sections 5.b.ii and 5.b.iii as appropriate.
Taken together, these outcomes should capture the distinctive features of the programme. They should also be outcomes for which progressive achievement through the course of the programme can be articulated, and which will therefore be reflected in the design of the whole programme.
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PLOOn successful completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:
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1Depth of Knowledge: Demonstrate in-depth understanding of current research, theoretical approaches, context, sources and advanced scholarship at the forefront of medieval art studies
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2Methodological Rigor: Synthesise information in a sophisticated and mature fashion and critically analyse a wide range of materials by rigorously applying observational, descriptive, analytical and methodological skills
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3Originality: Deploy knowledge of specialist fields within the broader remit of medieval and neo-medieval arts - examples might include the visual construction of kingship, the civic roles of cathedrals, or the making of manuscript illuminations and nautical maps - in order to formulate innovative questions regarding the uses, the contexts, and the underlying conditions of medieval art and medievalisms and answer them from original readings of archival, written, and visual sources.
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4Critical Evaluation: Analyse and critique the assumptions, theoretical principles and the use of evidence employed in present and past readings of medieval art and architecture and situate them within larger art historical and political dynamics
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5Communication and Digital Literacy: Confidently present relevant information and sophisticated arguments verbally and visually to a high professional standard to a range of academic and other audiences
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6Project Management: Initiate, conduct, and take responsibility for independent research projects, drawing on skills honed by graduate-level research training
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5.c. Explanation of the choice of Programme Learning Outcomes
Please explain your rationale for choosing these PLOs in a statement that can be used for students (such as in a student handbook). Please include brief reference to:
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i) ... in what way will these PLOs result in an ambitious, challenging programme which stretches the students?
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The PLOs reflect the ambitious character of the programme, demanding intellectual engagement and rigorous critical skills. Throughout the programme, students are engaged with, and encouraged to interrogate, a broad range of evidence and to develop original and creative approaches to the study and understanding of medieval arts and architecture. Through skills modules, seminars and lectures they are then encouraged to expand and develop a multiplicity of approaches to critically evaluate current scholarly debates as well as primary sources. The training received allows the students to develop as independent researchers, with detailed knowledge and critical understanding in a variety of materials, areas, and epochs. The teaching on the MA encourages the students to develop as able communicators, both verbally and visually. Throughout, the breadth of approaches studied allows students to consider how their graduate skills can be applied to future careers or research after the MA.
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ii) ... in what way will these PLOs produce a programme which is distinctive and advantageous to the student?
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The breadth of the range of approaches that can be used to understand the arts and the world of architecture are reflected in the PLOs, informed by the key skills developed by students. The intellectual challenges and rewards of the MA in History of Art with a pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms are reflected in PLOs 1, 2 and 4. These PLOs highlight the distinctive character of the MA which requires students to critically analyse evidence from the different periods and obtained through a multiplicity of approaches. PLO3 and PLO5 highlight the key elements of the programme that allow students to develop as original and independent researchers. These PLOs reflect the unique skills students develop by engaging on art historical issues for sustained periods of time and the ability to communicate complex concepts effectively through texts, oral presentations, and visual materials. PLO6 reflects the fact that MA students will be able to reflect on their managing capacities and personal development and apply these to future study or employment.
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iii) ... how the design of the programme enables students from diverse entry routes to transition successfully into the programme? For example, how does the organisation of the programme ensure solid foundations in disciplinary knowledge and understanding of conventions, language skills, mathematics and statistics skills, writing skills, lab skills, academic integrity
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The range of the MA in History of Art with a pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms means that it is typical for students to commence the programme from diverse entry routes. Students' transition is facilitated through the 'Research Skills' core course, which introduces them to the different approaches and research questions of the periods and geographical areas covered by the MA. Module seminars allow students to ask questions, engage in discussions and benefit from peer learning. The deconstruction of important essays in class enable them to refine their writing as well as analytical skills. Assessment comprises conference-style presentations and reports, both supported by individual training sessions. The core module prepares students with the skills associated with the production and communication of academic scholarship, including bibliographic and referencing skills, use of electronic and archival resources. One-year long, the skills module focuses in the first term on introducing the different approaches of scholarly research and presentation, while, in the second, enables student to reflect on their progress and to refine their argument, introduced them to specialized skills of their choice, and prepare them for the task of writing the findal dissertation.
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iv) ... how the programme is designed to enable students to progress successfully - in a limited time frame - through to the end of the award? For example, the development of higher level research skills; enabling students to complete an independent study module; developing competence and confidence in practical skills/ professional skills. See QAA masters characteristics doument http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/Masters-Degree-Characteristics-15.pdf
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The structure of the MA in History of Art with a parthway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms ensures that students are provided with a programme allowing progression, with appropriate support, towards achieving a master's degree. Introductory sessions with the library, an online Academic Integrity tutorial, and the Research Skills core module provide the grounding and the tools that allow student development and progression from the beginning of their MA. Skills are further developed as students follow their interests through a combination of specialized modules in the Autumn and Spring terms. Throughout, students are engaged in friendly and lively seminars with expert and research-led teaching. Student learning is supported with case studies used in seminars and reading lists facilitating an introduction to relevant approaches and methods and engaging students with advanced academic and scholarly work. Students need to show competence in research, logic and argumentation, and visual presentation through written assessment and oral presentations, which receives individualised written and verbal feedback. This provides structured supportive comments on development to be incorporated into future work, including the dissertation. The dissertation is supported through the assigning of a specialist research supervisor of the student's choice, with four support meetings arranged from the beginning of the Summer term. Supervisors provide guidance on bibliography, footnoting, planning and structuring the dissertation, and give feedback on the first drafts of written work.
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v) ... how this programme (as outlined in these PLOs) will develop students’ digital literacy skills and how technology-enhanced learning will be used to support active student learning through peer/tutor interaction, collaboration and formative (self) assessment opportunities (reference could be made to such as blogging, flipped classroooms, response 'clickers' in lectures, simulations, etc).
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The MA introduces students to academic research through digital platforms, ensuring that their core research and writing skills are supported by digital awareness. The MA makes extensive use of the VLE, which is a crucial element of the student’s interaction with the programme. All modules have VLE sites, through which students access week-by-week teaching content, images and further reading and resources. It is used for an online Academic Integrity tutorial completed before students submit their first piece of assessed work. For the core Research Skills course and in option modules, tutors engage with relevant digital resources across the module or for individual seminars. Students use word processing for essay and dissertation submissions, reference management systems to compile bibliographies and presentation software to produce the poster for the core module in the Autumn term. All students have access to digital literacy training through the university’s central provision. Much importance is given to the editing and quality of images. The range of single subject modules of the MA introduces students to a broad spectrum of digital literacy skills, supported by bespoke guides and a subject liaison librarian.
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vi) ... how this programme (as outlined in these PLOs) will support and enhance the students’ employability (for example, opportunities for students to apply their learning in a real world setting)?
The programme's employablity objectives should be informed by the University's Employability Strategy:
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The breadth and variety of modules offered by the MA in History of Art with a Pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms, combined with its focus on skills training, provide students with a distinctive skill set that can be applied to a wide range of careers. The digital literacy skills associated with writing essays and preparing the dissertation provide a solid foundation and have application in the work place, enabling graduates to undertake independent research and to produce high quality written and visual material. The structure of the MA also prepares students for group work and verbal presentations, and for managing their work load to ensure tasks are completed to deadlines. Students learn to handle objects at a professional level and about the subtelties of visual communication, thus ensuring them the possibility of a career in advertising, marketing, museums and galleries, conservation, interiors and architecture. Career development for postgraduate students is provided through bespoke support from the Careers Service whilst additional workshops and interdisciplinary training programmes are also led by the Humanities Research Centre.
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viii) ... how learning and teaching on the programme are informed and led by research in the department/ Centre/ University?
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The international reputation of History of Art Department for research forms a core component of the teaching for the MA in History of Art with a Pathway in Medieval Art and Medievalisms. The core Research Skills module introduces cutting-edge research standards, allowing students to understand how different approaches and methods are used to study the arts and architecture. Through the Spring and Autumn terms, students taking single subject options engage with research-led teaching by staff working at the forefront of their own research fields. Options from other departments and research clusters allow students to interact with staff teaching from an inter or trans-disciplinary perspectives. Teaching provides students with an understanding of the framework within which research is carried out through an introduction to key issues within each module, encouraging engagement in debates and questioning of evidence. Students also have access to a research seminar series from world-leading academics presenting their latest research, which further expands the reach of the artworks and buildings to which they are exposed. These provide students with an insight into high-level research which feeds into their essay writing and preparation for dissertations. Dissertations are supported through the expertise of a supervisor working at the forefront of their discipline and through a structured supervisory process. Staff experience is invaluable in supporting students in considering future employment and/or academic research.
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5.d. Progression
For masters programmes where students do not incrementally 'progress' on the completion of a discrete Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma, please summarise students’ progressive development towards the achievement of the PLOs, in terms of the characteristics that you expect students to demonstrate at the end of the set of modules or part thereof. This summary may be particularly helpful to students and the programme team where there is a high proportion of option modules and in circumstances where students registered on a higher award will exit early with a lower one.

Note: it is not expected that a position statement is written for each masters PLO, but this can be done if preferred.
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On completion of modules sufficient to obtain a Postgraduate Certificate students will be able to:
If the PG Cert is an exit award only please provide information about how students will have progressed towards the diploma/masters PLOs. Please include detail of the module diet that students will have to have completed to gain this qualification as an exit award.
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The PG certificate forms the exit award for the programme, awarded to students. To be eligible, students must have passed 60 credits. This means that any three of the four option modules must be completed successfully to earn the PG certificate.
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On completion of modules sufficient to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma students will be able to:
If the PG Diploma is an exit award only please provide information about how students will have progressed towards the masters PLOs. Please include detail of the module diet that students will have to have completed to gain this qualification as an exit award.
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N/A
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6. Reference points and programme regulations
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6.a. Relevant Quality Assurance Agency benchmark statement(s) and other relevant external reference points
Please state relevant reference points consulted (e.g. Framework for Higher Education Qualifications, National Occupational Standards, Subject Benchmark Statements or the requirements of PSRBs): See also Taught Postgraduate Modular Scheme: Framework for Programme Design:
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6.b. University award regulations
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The University’s award and assessment regulations apply to all programmes: any exceptions that relate to this programme are approved by University Teaching Committee and are recorded at the end of this document.
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7. Programme Structure
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7.a. Module Structure and Summative Assessment Map
Please complete the summary table below which shows the module structure and the pattern of summative assessment through the programme.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
If the structure of your programme does not fit the usual academic year (for instance students start at the beginning of September or in January) please contact your Academic Quality Team contact in the Academic Support Office for guidance on how to represent the structure in an alternative format.

To clearly present the overall programme structure, include the name and details of each invidual CORE module in the rows below. For OPTION modules, ‘Option module’ or 'Option from list x' should be used in place of specifically including all named options. If the programme requires students to select option modules from specific lists by term of delivery or subject theme these lists should be provided in the next section (7.b).

From the drop-down select 'S' to indicate the start of the module, 'A' to indicate the timing of each distinct summative assessment point (eg. essay submission/ exam), and 'E' to indicate the end of teaching delivery for the module (if the end of the module coincides with the summative assessment select 'EA'). It is not expected that each summative task will be listed where an overall module might be assessed cumulatively (for example weekly problem sheets).

Summative assessment by exams should normally be scheduled in the spring week 1 and summer Common Assessment period (weeks 5-7). Where the summer CAP is used, a single ‘A’ can be used within the shaded cells as it is understood that you will not know in which week of the CAP the examination will take place. (NB: An additional resit assessment week is provided in week 10 of the summer term for postgraduate students. See Guide to Assessment, 5.4.a)
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http://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/support-and-admin/registry-services/guide/
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Full time structure
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CreditsModuleAutumn TermSpring Term Summer Term Summer Vacation
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CodeTitle12345678910123456789101234567891012345678910111213
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20Options ModuleSEA
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20Options ModuleSEA
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20Options ModuleSEA
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20Options ModuleSEA
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10Medieval Art & Medievalisms: Research SkillsSESEA
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90DissertationSESE
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Please indicate when any Progression Board and Exam board will be held and when any reassessments will be submitted.
NB: You are required to provide at least three weeks notice to students of the need for them to resubmit any required assessments, in accordance with the Guide to Assessment section 4.9
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Progression BoardWeek 7, Summer Term 2023
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ReassessmentThree weeks after the initial release of results for the relevant assessment
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Exam BoardWeek 3, Autumn Term 2023
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Part time structures
Please indicate the modules undertaken in each year of the part-time version of the programme. Please use the text box below should any further explanation be required regarding structure of part-time study routes.
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Year 1 (if you offer the programme part-time over either 2 or 3 years, use the toggles to the left to show the hidden rows)
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CreditsModuleAutumn TermSpring Term Summer Term Summer Vacation
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CodeTitle12345678910123456789101234567891012345678910111213
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20Options ModuleSEA
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20Option ModuleSEA
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10Medieval Art & Medievalisms: Research SkillsSESEA
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Dissertation (preliminary research)SESE
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Please indicate when any Progression Board and Exam board will be held and when any reassessments will be submitted.
NB: You are required to provide at least three weeks notice to students of the need for them to resubmit any required assessments, in accordance with the Guide to Assessment section 4.9
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Progression BoardWeek 7, Summer Term 2023
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ReassessmentThree weeks after the initial release of results for the relevant assessment
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Exam BoardWeek 3, Autumn Term 2023
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Year 2
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CreditsModuleAutumn TermSpring Term Summer Term Summer Vacation
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