Calendar 2019/20

Regulations Governing Academic Programmes

1 Faculty of Taught Programmes

1.2 Regulations Governing Honours Degrees
1 Admission to Programmes
1.1 With the approval of the Dean/ Associate Dean acting on behalf of the Board of the Faculty of Taught Programmes and the Senate, applicants who satisfy the entrance requirements shall be admitted to programmes on the recommendation of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean(s) of College concerned.
2 Credit-rating of Programmes
2.1

All modules comprising an approved programme of study carry a specific credit value.

In accordance with the Office for Students definitions, all full-time programmes should;

- Require involvement in study* for at least 21 hours per week for at least 24 weeks per year, and/or;
- Involve modules normally to a value of at least 120 credits per year.

Programmes with a time and/ or credit threshold beneath that stipulated above for full-time study should be considered to be part time programmes.

For the award of a 3 stage programme students are required to follow modules to the value of 360 credits with 480 credits for a four- stage programme, in accordance with the University's Assessment, Progression and Awarding: Taught Programmes Handbook. The content of programmes must observe the University's approved conventions for levels and awards, as set out in the Credit and Qualifications Framework.

*This includes guided independent study.
3 Transfer of Credits
3.1 On the recommendation of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean(s) of College concerned, studies at degree level pursued in another university or institution of higher education may be counted towards the credit requirements for the degree provided that:
  (a) the number of credits does not exceed 180 in a 360-credit programme or 240 in a 480-credit programme and
  (b) The final 120 credits of the programme are studied at the University of Exeter
  Exceptionally, these minima may be reduced in recognition of credits accumulated from elsewhere, subject to the approval of the Dean/ Associate Dean of the Faculty in the case of individual applications, and of the Board of the Faculty in the case of other institutions' specific programmes (see 6: Intercalated Degrees)
3.2 On the recommendation of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean(s) of College concerned, a graduate of the University may, on completion of not less than 120 credits of additional study in the University, be accepted as a candidate for an honours degree in another subject or subjects.
4 Programme of Modular Study
4.1 The Degree may also be awarded on completion of a programme of modular study.
4.2 Candidates will successfully complete Stage 1 in a Single or Combined Honours discipline.
4.3 During each of Stages 2 and 3, candidates are permitted to design their own programme to the total of 240 credits over the two years, subject to the approval of the Flexible Combined Honours Degree Board and to conformity with the following framework: either
  (a) with one field of study: at least 80 credits in each stage within the designated field and at least 15 credits in each stage outside that field.
  (b) with two fields of study: the two fields will normally take up 120 credits in each stage , but up to 15 credits in each stage may be chosen outside those fields.
4.4 The title of the discipline of the Degree to be awarded shall be determined at the end of Year 2 as approved by the Flexible Combined Honours Degree Board.
5 Intercalated Degrees
5.1

Students following a degree at the University of Exeter Medical School or another appropriate medical institution may apply to undertake an intercalated degree at the University of Exeter, provided that the student's home College or institution approves of the intercalation, and that the student has successfully completed at least the second year (240 credits) of their medical degree
5.2 Admission is subject to approval as set out in 1.1. It should be noted that admission is not based on a credit transfer system, but on agreements between institutions.
5.3 Students on an intercalated degree programme will normally join the final stage of a degree programme, and be assessed in at least 120 credits.
5.4 Students may join existing programmes taking part in the intercalated scheme, or join the Flexible Combined Honours Degree, where they will be able to design their programme (see section 5). However, in most cases, the award of an intercalated degree will not result in the recognition by professional or statutory accrediting bodies.
5.5 The classification of an award will be based on the achievement during the study at the University of Exeter only.
6 Assessment, Re-assessment and Classification of Awards
6.1 The assessment and re-assessment of candidates and the classification of awards shall be governed by the provisions set out in the University's approved undergraduate degree assessment procedures and supplemented by programme-based assessment procedures.
6.2 Candidates for final Honours and for other language module assessments in French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Arabic may on the recommendation of the examiners, be awarded a distinction in the oral assessment.
6.3 Candidates for final Honours may, on successful completion of a minimum of 60 credits of spoken language modules taken in a single foreign language, on the recommendation of the relevant Assessment, Progression and Awarding committees be awarded a degree title to include ‘with proficiency in <named foreign language>’. They may also have the words ‘with advanced proficiency in <named foreign language>’ applied instead if they pass a minimum of 60 credits of Foreign Language Centre modules at NQF level 6 or 60 credits of advanced Modern Language modules at NQF levels 4 or 5 on the recommendation of the relevant Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee.
6.4 Candidates for final Honours may, on successful completion of a minimum of 60 credits of modules taken from approved lists in the appropriate programme specifications, on the recommendation of the relevant Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee be awarded a degree title to include ‘with proficiency in applied data analysis’.
6.5 Candidates for final Honours may, on successful completion of a minimum of 60 credits of modules taken from approved lists in the appropriate programme specifications, on the recommendation of the relevant Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee be awarded a degree title to include ‘with proficiency in entrepreneurship’.