This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning progression and completion are held in the University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional requirements.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
All mandatory units are must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
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Climate Change and Education | EDUCM0090 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Educational Futures | EDUCM0089 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Educational Action Research | EDUCM0099 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Introduction to Educational Inquiry | EDUCM5000 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1,AYEAR |
Dissertation | EDUCM1900 | 60 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Students can choose from the range of available Master’s units for 40 credits’ worth of optional units that complement the core units. The following units (each worth 20 credits), however, would be recommended: | ||||
Education, Inequality and Social Justice | EDUCM0022 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Education in a Time of Social and Technological Change | EDUCM0064 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Education, Peace and Sustainability | EDUCM0094 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Leading & Managing Change | EDUCM0018 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Education and International Development | EDUCM0095 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
If none or only one of the above have been selected, the following optional units are available: | ||||
Assessment in Schools | EDUCM0037 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Autism in theory and practice | EDUCM0086 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Brain, Mind and Education | EDUCM5404 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing in Educational Contexts | EDUCM0079 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Children Learning Mathematics - School-based Inquiry | EDUCM5304 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Cognition and Learning | EDUCM0042 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Cognitive Neuroscience and Classroom Practice | EDUCM0078 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Contemporary Perspectives on Learning | EDUCM5918 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Controversial Issues in Special and Inclusive Education | EDUCM5601 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Counselling Learners with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs | EDUCM0061 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Current issues in language, education and global mobility | EDUCM0098 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Curriculum Design and Development in School Mathematics | EDUCM5303 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Designing Technologies for Learning | EDUCM0044 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Developmental Psychology | EDUCM5411 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
Education Policy in a Global Context | EDUCM5202 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
How Educational Systems Can Respond to Diversity and Inclusion | EDUCM0082 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Language Testing and Assessment | EDUCM5907 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Managing People in Education | EDUCM5204 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Multivariate Statistical Methods in Education | EDUCM5507 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Quality and Improvement in Education | EDUCM5207 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Statistics in Education | EDUCM5504 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Teaching and Learning in Mathematics | EDUCM5301 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Teaching and Learning with Technology | EDUCM0043 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Dynamics of Global Higher Education | EDUCM0068 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
The Psychology of Individual Differences. | EDUCM5410 | 10 | Optional | TB-2D |
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The pass mark set by the University for any level 7 unit is 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.
An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.
The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:
Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.
** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.
All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.
To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 7.
To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level 7.