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In addition to this handbook and the 乱伦秀 Academic Regulations, important information relating to your programme and courses are contained in other documents.Programme Specifications
A detailed outline of the aims and objectives of each degree programme and of the knowledge, understanding and skills that the programme develops is given in the Programme Specification. At 乱伦秀, programme specifications are not designed to be a primary source of information for students, but they do form part of our internal programme approval, quality monitoring and review processes.
6.1 Scheme of Award
SSEES Postgradaute programmes uses the Masters Progression and Award Requirements in the 乱伦秀 Academic Manual, Chapter 4, Section 6: Progression and Award.
SEES has developed a Scheme of Award for all one year MA programmes, and a separate Scheme of Award for the MRes programme which is included in the MRes Handbook Supplement. These documents contain programme-specific requirements such as details of compulsory courses, the rules for condoning failed courses, degree classifications and awards. The Scheme of Award is updated annually and part-time students will be governed by the Scheme of Award in force in the academic year when they first registered for their programme. It is important that you refer to the correct version.
It is important that you should take the opportunity to view the Scheme of Award for your programme in full听(links to which are provided on the current postgraduate student pages. These are available on the Current Students page of the SSEES website:听
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/current-students/postgraduate
Students on the IMESS and MRes programme should consult their specific Scheme of Awards as these have some different requirements than the standard versions.听
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/current-students/postgraduate
Further information:
Course Outlines
More detailed information on teaching, learning and assessment methods for individual courses is given in Course Outlines which are available on the SSEES website:听http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/current-students/postgraduate.
Additional details are normally contained in a Course Handbook or directly on the course Moodle page.
6.2 Consequences of Failure
Re-entry to Examinations or to Other Forms of Academic Assessment
- Students who obtain a mark below the condoned mark range will be required to re-enter that examination at the next normal occasion except for MRes students who are enrolled on an integrated MRes/Doctoral programme who should be offered their taught element resit opportunity before or in August of the same year.
- MRes students who fail the dissertation can resubmit the dissertation by the end of the first term of the following academic year.
Number of Permitted Attempts
- If a student does not meet the Progression and Award requirements at the first attempt, and there are no Extenuating Circumstances (ECs) material to that failure, they will be permitted one Reassessment attempt. Depending on the volume of failure, reassessment will take the form of a Resit or a Repeat.
- Students who have valid Extenuating Circumstances at the first attempt are eligible for a Deferral i.e. a new first attempt.
- Students who have valid Extenuating Circumstances at the second attempt (i.e. ECs on a Resit or Repeat) are eligible for a Deferral i.e. a new second attempt.
- Taught Postgraduate students who meet the Condonement Criteria, and therefore the Progression and Award Requirements, will not be permitted a further attempt (however they will now be eligible for a Merit or Distinction classification).
- Students are not permitted a second attempt if they are eligible for the award of a degree, or if they have been excluded for academic insufficiency, academic misconduct or disciplinary issues.
- Students cannot be reassessed in a passed module (unless there are valid ECs).
Students who have been Awarded a Degree
Students who have been awarded a degree will not be permitted to re-enter any failed module.
Repeating a Passed Module
Students who have passed a module cannot repeat the assessment for the module nor can they enter for the same assessment for another module which is deemed to overlap with the module examination which they have already taken and passed.
Format of the Reassessment
Students will resit only the failed assessment elements, unless the regulations for their programme require that students must retake all assessed elements of a module.
6.3 Award of Postgraduate Degree
SSEES MA programmes use听the Taught Postgraduate Classification Scheme in the 乱伦秀 Academic Manual (Chapter 4, Section 7: Classification).
SSEES MRes programmes use听the Research Masters Classification Scheme in the 乱伦秀 Academic Manual (Chapter 4, Section 7: Classification).
All returning Part Time studnets, as well as any other students who entered onto their programme prior to 2018/19 are subject to the Classification Scheme as described in the individual Programme Handbooks and听the Academic Manual (Chapter 4, Section 7: Classification).
For students on taught programmes at 乱伦秀, a programme is complete when a student has been declared by a Board of Examiners to be complete on all components for that programme taking into account the following:
MA/MSc/MRes Programmes (180 乱伦秀 Credits)
Students must have been enrolled, and been academically assessed, on modules up to a value of 180 乱伦秀 credits. Students must have achieved a pass mark in all 180 credits; subject to the programme Scheme of Award, students may have a mark of 40-49% condoned in up to 25% of the programme.
MA/MSc/MRes Programmes (360 乱伦秀 Credits)
Students must have been enrolled, and been academically assessed, on modules up to a value of 360 乱伦秀 credits. Students must have achieved a pass mark in all 360 credits; subject to the programme Scheme of Award, students may have a mark of 40-49% condoned in up to 25% of the programme.
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6.4听Information on Condonement
Condonement allows a student to progress from one year to the next and/ or to be awarded a qualification where they are carrying a small amount of failure, as long as their overall performance is of a good standard and the requirements of any relevant Professional, Statutory or Regulatory Bodies are met. Students who meet the Condonement Criteria will not be reassessed.
A student鈥檚 eligibility for Condonement in any given module is determined by the programme on which they are enrolled - some modules may be 鈥楴on-Condonable鈥� i.e. students must pass them. Condonement applies to module marks falling within a certain range, and students will need to meet defined criteria to be eligible for Condonement.
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