Programme structure: Foundation Year in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (CertHE) - what's running in 2022/23

• Credit will be awarded for any failed units, without the opportunity or requirement to resit, provided that the student achieves an overall mark of 40 across the Foundation Year. Students who do not achieve an overall mark of 40 across the Foundation Year at the first attempt, will be given a further opportunity to resit all failed units for a capped mark of 40
• To progress to an undergraduate degree programme, students must pass all units, achieve an overall year mark of at least 60, and meet any particular specified criterion in their TB2 Maths unit.
• Students who do not progress to an undergraduate degree programme at the University of Bristol will be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, provided that they achieve an overall mark of 40 across the Foundation Year.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Essential Foundation Mathematics	MATH10021	20	Mandatory	TB-1,TB-2
Foundation Skills for Science, Engineering and Mathematics	CHEM10018	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Foundation Project for Science, Engineering and Mathematics	CHEM10019	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Select one Unit from the following list
Foundation Chemistry	CHEM10017	40	Optional	TB-4
Foundation Physics	PHYS10010	40	Optional	TB-4
Select one Unit from the following list
Discovering Foundation Mathematics	MATH10020	20	Optional	TB-1
Extension Foundation Mathematics	MATH10022	20	Optional	TB-2
Foundation Year in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (CertHE)		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.