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Programme structure: Dental Surgery (BDS) - what's running in 2022/23

Please note: you are viewing unit and programme information for a past academic year. Please see the current academic year for up to date information.

Please note: where zero credit points are shown it is because this is not a credit bearing programme.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Year 5 BDS ORDSM0037 0 Optional AYEAR
The following list shows the BDS finals examinations
BDS Final Part 1 - Knowledge Based Assessment ORDSM0046 40 Optional AYEAR
BDS Final Part 2 - Adult and Child Case Presentations ORDSM0047 40 Optional AYEAR
BDS Final Part 3 - Unseen Case Assessments ORDSM0048 40 Optional AYEAR
The following are for timetabling purposes only
Restorative Dentistry ORDSM0039 0 Optional AYEAR
Community Dental Practice ORDSM0040 0 Optional AYEAR
Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics ORDSM0063 0 Optional AYEAR
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ORDSM0058 0 Optional AYEAR
Oral Medicine ORDSM0059 0 Optional AYEAR
Oral Pathology ORDSM0060 0 Optional AYEAR
Urgent Dental Care ORDSM0061 0 Optional AYEAR
Whole Person Care ORDSM0062 0 Optional AYEAR
Radiology ORDSM0045 0 Optional AYEAR
Ethics, Law, Professionalism and Social Accountability ORDSM0041 0 Optional AYEAR
Lifelong Learning and Wellbeing ORDSM0064 0 Optional AYEAR
Dental Surgery (BDS)   0    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Professional Programmes (MBChB, BDS, BVSc): 50 out of 100

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 Gateway 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:

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.

Additional progress information

Unit Pass Mark for Professional Programmes (MBChB, BDS, BVSc): 50 out of 100. For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for the Assessment and Progression of Students on Taught Programmes and the relevant Faculty Handbook.

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