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The degree of Bachelor of Science in the Social Sciences is awarded by Senate on the recommendation of the School Board. It may be awarded with honours or as an ordinary degree. |
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For admission to any programme leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in the Social Sciences, applicants must have:
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- satisfied the Regulations for Admission to Degree Programmes as specified in Section IV : General Regulations for Students;
- passed the General Certificate of Secondary Education, or equivalent examination, in Mathematics (according to programme specific entry requirements);
- satisfied the programme requirements appertaining to the relevant degree.
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On enrolment, every student shall enter one of the following degree programmes: |
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Accounting and Finance
Management
Management Sciences
Management Sciences and Accounting
Management with Entrepreneurship |
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Degree programmes are based on a common unit structure. Part I extends over one year full-time and comprises 8 units each of which is worth 15 credit points; Part II extends over 2 years full-time and students are required to study 8 units in each year, each of which is worth 15 credit points. (For further details of the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS), see Section IV : General Regulations for Students.) The content of each part is prescribed in the separate regulations for each programme. Details of the assessment procedure for each programme shall be as provided in the regulations for the programme. |
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Where the regulations of any programme provide for a choice of subject, such choice shall be subject to the requirements and limitations set out in the programme regulations. Choices may nevertheless be amended by the School Board. |
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The Part I and Part II examinations shall be conducted by examination papers and such other methods of assessment as may be approved by the School Board. Where assessed work, dissertations and project reports are prepared as part of the final examination, they shall be submitted in accordance with School requirements. |
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Each student shall, in the case of failure, have one right to resit his/her undergraduate programme and shall not be allowed a further resit unless the School Board, in exceptional circumstances, so permits. Students resitting an examination in the academic year following initial failure will normally be required to take the papers set for that year irrespective of any syllabus change. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ascertain whether any such changes have been made. |
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Part I : Students must achieve honours-equivalent standard in the Part I examinations in order to progress to Part II of the degree programme. For an individual unit this requires a mark of 40%.
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- In assessing overall performance in Part I, one mark below 40% will be condoned provided it is not in a core unit for the student's degree programme, and provided that the aggregate mark across 8 units is at least 320. Core units for each programme are as specified in the School Part I booklet. Some programmes may designate all Part I units as being 'core'.
- Students failing to satisfy the examiners will be required to retake all units in which they have secured less than 40%, usually in the supplementary period.
- Students failing to satisfy the examiners after the supplementary assessments may resit the units in which they have secured less that 40% on one further occasion only, in January/June of the following academic year as an external student. Students failing to satisfy the examiners after resit are normally recommended for termination of programme.
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Part II : In order to progress from one year of a degree programme to the next, candidates must reach a standard in the examinations deemed satisfactory by the School Board, including practical examinations and unit assessment where these are prescribed. A satisfactory standard similarly must be obtained in the final year of the programme to qualify for the award of Bachelor of Science in the Social Sciences.
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- To progress from year 2 to year 3, students must pass at least 6 out of 8 units, including all units listed for the degree programme as those units that must be passed.
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Students failing to satisfy the examiners in any second year unit may retake these on one further occasion only, normally during the supplementary examinations period. The mark for all retaken papers will be capped at 40%.
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In cases where the format of a piece of assessment makes it impractical for a student to retake it (group work, for example), an alternative form of assessment will be set for retake purposes.
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Students who fail to qualify to progress to year 3 after taking supplementary assessments, and who did not use the right to retake first year units on two further occasions in order to pass Part I, may resit the units in which they have obtained less that 40% on one further occasion only. Normally this involves resitting examinations in the following academic year as an external student. Students failing to progress to year 3 at such a third attempt are normally recommended for termination of their programme.
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Students who fail to progress to year 3 after taking supplementary assessments, and who did use the right to retake first year units on two occasions in order to pass Part I, will normally be recommended for termination of their course.
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Students who fail to satisfy the examiners in the final examination may resit the failed units provided they have not previously exercised their right to resit. Normally this involves retaking examinations in the following academic year as an external student. The mark for all retaken papers will be capped at 40%.
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A list of successful students within each programme will be issued with the names arranged in the following classes: first class honours; second class honours (in two divisions); third class honours and ordinary. Within each class the names will be arranged in alphabetical order. |
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A student may transfer from one programme to another, normally not later than the end of the first year of a programme, subject to:
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- the Heads of Teaching Programmes concerned being satisfied that the student's Part I subjects are appropriate for the programme he/she wishes to enter;
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the agreement of the Heads of Teaching Programmes concerned; and
- the approval of the School Board.
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With the permission of the Head of the relevant Teaching Programme, students may be permitted to spend one semester studying at a University in Europe under the SOCRATES scheme in either their second or third years where an approved link exists between the School and the European institution concerned. |
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Where regulations allow students to take only a single unit of language as an option, this must be taken in Semester 1. |
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Where regulations provide for students to take a language option in each of Semester 1 and Semester 2, students may choose either to take a single language unit in Semester 1 (in which case they register as above) and take a further non-language option in Semester 2 as specified in the regulations, or they take a double language unit (one unit in each semester). |
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Students registering for a double unit may change to a single Semester 1 language unit up to the end of week 2 of Semester 1; after this point they may not normally transfer to a single unit. |
