Programme structure: International Foundation Programme Social Sciences and Law for 2021/22 entry cohort

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Students are required to take the following academic language and academic literacy units.
Text Response	LANG00010	30	Mandatory		TB-4
Academic Writing	LANG00006	30	Mandatory		TB-4
Instead of the above academic language and academic literacy units, students with a minimum IELTS 7.0 (overall) and a 6.0 in writing) will take the following units:
Accelerated Academic Language and Literacy	LANG00023	40	Optional		TB-4
Language and Communication Studies	LANG00017	20	Optional		TB-4
Students take a selection of units from the list below to reach a total of 120 credits on the programme (the team at the Centre for Academic Language and Development will advise what units are required for progression on to particular degree programmes):
Foundations of Finance and Economics	LANG00040	20	Optional		TB-4
Foundations of Management	LANG00041	20	Optional		TB-4
Foundations of Law and Politics	LANG00045	20	Optional		TB-4
Introduction to the Social Sciences	LANG00042	20	Optional		TB-4
What Does it Mean to be Human?	LANG00046	20	Optional		TB-4
Foundations of Psychology	LANG00033	20	Optional		TB-4
Mathematics for Social Sciences	LANG00034	20	Optional		TB-2
Introductory Mathematics	LANG00036	20	Optional		TB-1
Essential Mathematics	LANG00037	20	Optional		TB-4
International Foundation Programme Social Sciences and Law		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.