Progression
| Level One to Level Two |
Progression from Level One to Level Two is normally automatic for students who have been awarded 120 credits.
The Examiners have discretion to decide whether students who have been awarded 100 or 110 credits may be deemed to have passed at Level One and permitted to proceed to Level Two, but only in cases where a grade of at least 30 has been achieved in the failed module(s). Permission to proceed in these circumstances is not automatic, and in reaching their decision the Examiners will take into account:
- Whether satisfactory progress has been made across Level One as a whole
- Whether the student's performance in those modules which have been passed provides compensation for the failed module(s)
- Whether the student has made a demonstrable effort to succeed in the failed module(s), evidenced by adequate attendance and participation and completion of the relevant assessed work and examinations.
It should be noted that some Level Two modules require passes in Level One core modules, and that, even if permission is granted to proceed to Level Two with fewer than 120 credits, passes will normally be required in these core modules.
The above discretion may be exercised when results are approved by Faculties in June, or in August following the resit examinations. Where discretion is not exercised in June, and where the student fails again in August with a lower grade, the Examiners will take into account the original, higher, grade when deciding whether or not the student should be allowed to proceed to Level Two.
The Faculty may permit a student who has failed part of the Level One examination to repeat the whole year as an internal student with attendance. In such cases, although all the original grades will be retained in University records, only the new grades will be taken into account at the end of the repeated year. It is important that students are aware of the consequences of this arrangement, if permitted, since there is no guarantee that all grades will be improved during the repeated year.
| Level Two to Level Three |
The History Department normally requires students to complete 120 credits at Level Two in order to proceed to Level Three. Progression in these circumstances is automatic.
Students who achieve fewer than 120 credits because they have failed to attend an examination or to submit coursework for medical or equivalent reasons that have been accepted by the Board of Examiners are normally entitled to sit a further examination or submit outstanding coursework as required in July and August as a first attempt.
Students who achieve fewer than 120 credits because they have either failed, or failed to attempt, coursework or examinations without a valid excuse, will normally be required to resubmit new pieces of coursework or to resit examinations in their failed modules as necessary in July and August. Such coursework and examinations can only be submitted for a pass mark (i.e. a maximum of 40, applied to the module as a whole). If a student obtains a lower fail mark at the second attempt, the higher mark will stand.
Students who have only achieved 100 or 110 credits at the conclusion of the resit period may be permitted to proceed to Level Three, but only at the discretion of the examiners, who will take into account the general record of the student concerned. Permission to proceed in these circumstances does not imply the waiving of normal course requirements. Progression from Level Two to Level Three with fewer than 100 credits is not permitted under any circumstances.