Programme structure: Childhood Studies with Quantitative Research Methods (MSci) - what's running in 2018/19

The following units are must pass: POLI20001 and SOCI20069. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms.

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Child Health in the Early Years	COBM20000	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Conducting a Research Project using Secondary Data	POLI20001	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Principles of Quantitative Social Science	SOCI20069	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Select three units from the following list:
Family Support	SOWK20002	20	Optional	TB-2
Play and Creativity	SPOL22021	20	Optional	TB-2
Youth Policy and Social Welfare	SPOL22022	20	Optional	TB-2
Youth, Sexualities and Gendered Violence	SPOL22023	20	Optional	TB-1
Youth Justice	SPOL20022	20	Optional	TB-2
Child and Adolescent Psychology	SPOL20032	20	Optional	TB-1
Work and Work Placements: Childhood Studies	SPOL20040	20	Optional	TB-4
UG Diploma		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).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions of the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
For further information and a definition of must pass units and conditional progression please see the Glossary of Terms.