Programme structure: Childhood Studies with Innovation (BSc) - what's running in 2021/22

This programme is available by transfer only.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Past, Present and Futures	INOV20001	10	Mandatory		TB-2
Transdisciplinary Group Project 2: Solving Someone's Problem	INOV20002	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Social Research Methods	SOAD20004	20	Mandatory		TB-2
Introduction to Child and Adolescent Health	SPOL20060	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Select 40 CP from the following: (not all optional units are offered in each session)
Family Support	SOWK20002	20	Optional		TB-2
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
Youth Policy and Social Welfare	SPOL22022	20	Optional		TB-1
Youth, Sexualities and Gendered Violence	SPOL22023	20	Optional		TB-1
Select 10CP (or up to a maximum of 20CP of open units)
Independent Study Work Placement	INOV20003	10	Optional		TB-4
Introduction to Computer Programming	EMAT10007	10	Optional		TB-1
Choose open units up to a maximum of 20CP	OPEN	20	Optional
Students may take up to 20CP of open units such as a language but note this will take them to 130CP for their second year You may not take INOV20003 Independent Study Work Placement if you are taking SPOL20040 Work and Work Placements: Childhood Studies
Diploma of Higher Education		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).