Programme structure: Virology and Immunology (BSc) - what's running in 2018/19

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Research Skills	PANM33011	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Student must choose three of the following units:
Medical Virology	PANM33009	20	Optional	TB-4
Immunopathology and Applied Immunology	PANM33002	20	Optional	TB-4
Frontiers in Infectious Diseases	PANM30001	20	Optional	TB-4
Students may choose one of the following units:
Medical Microbiology	PANM33008	20	Optional	TB-4
Developmental Genetics and Embryonal Cancers	PANM33003	20	Optional	TB-4
Cancer Mechanisms and Therapeutics	PANM33004	20	Optional	TB-4
Advanced Immunology	PANM33001	20	Optional	TB-4
Regenerative Medicine	PANM33005	20	Optional	TB-4
Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation	PANM33006	20	Optional	TB-4
Virology and Immunology (BSc)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.