1. The degree of Bachelor of Science in the Social Sciences is awarded by Senate on the recommendation of the Board of the School of Social Sciences. It may be awarded with honours or as an ordinary degree.
   
   
2. For admission to any programme leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in the Social Sciences, candidates must have:
   
   
   1. satisfied the regulations for admission to degree programmes as specified in Section IV : General Regulations for Students;
      
      
   2. passed the General Certificate of Secondary Education, or equivalent examination, in Mathematics (according to programme specific entry requirements);
      
      
   3. satisfied the programme requirements appertaining to the relevant degree.
      
      
3. On registration, every candidate shall enter one of the following degree programmes:
   
   Accounting and Economics
   Applied Social Sciences
   Applied Social Sciences (Anthropology)
   Applied Social Sciences (Criminology)
   Applied Social Sciences (Criminology & Psychological Studies)
   Economics
   Economics with Actuarial Sciences (first entry 2007/8)
   Economics with Actuarial Studies (first entry 2006/7)
   Economics with Econometrics (final entry 2005/6)
   Economics and Finance
   Economics and Management Sciences
   Economics and Politics (final entry 2006/7)
   International Relations
   Master of Economics
   Politics
   Politics and Economics (first entry 2007/8)
   Politics and International Relations
   Politics and Social Policy
   Politics and Sociology
   Population Sciences
   Social Policy and Administration
   Social Work
   Sociology
   Sociology and Social Policy
   
   
4. Full-time degrees normally consist of three years study (with the exception of M.Econ). All degrees are normally also available on a part-time basis.
   
   
5. With the permission of the School Board, a student may transfer between full-time and part-time study and vice versa. Part-time students will be subject to the same individual programme requirements as full-time students. A part-time programme shall extend over not less than four and not more than eight academic years, and students will be expected to register for a minimum of three and a maximum of six units per academic year.
   
   
6. Degree programmes are based on a common unit structure as follows:
   
   
   1. The subjects available in the School are divided into units; candidates are required to study the equivalent of 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 programme.
      
      
   2. A unit is a self-contained part of a programme of study. Each unit will have its own aims and objectives, syllabus and assessment requirements. Units will normally be assessed during and/or at the end of the semester in which the student takes the unit.
      
      
7. Where the programme provides for a choice of subject, such choice shall be subject to the requirements and limitations set out therein. Choices may nevertheless be amended by the Board of the School.
   
   In order to progress to Parts 2 and 3 of the degree programme, students must satisfy the University progression rules.
   
   
8. The examination for Parts 2 and 3 shall be conducted by examination papers and such other methods of assessment as may be approved by the School Board.
   
   
9. Where assessed work, dissertations and project reports are prepared as part of the final examination, they shall be submitted in accordance with School requirements.
   
   In order to progress to Part 3 of a degree programme, must satisfy the University progression rules.
   
   
10. In re-examining students, the method of assessment used originally will be repeated unless otherwise specified.
    
    
11. A candidate may transfer from one programme to another, normally not later than the end of the first year of the programme, subject to:
    
    
    1. the Heads of Teaching Programmes concerned being satisfied that the candidate's Part I subjects are appropriate for the programme he/she wishes to enter;
       
       
    2. the agreement of the Heads of Teaching Programmes concerned; and
       
       
    3. the approval of the School Board.
       
       
12. All students are required to follow, and be examined in, approved units in Quantitative Methods. The approved units are as follows:
    
    

    PROGRAMME	REQUIRED QM UNITS
    Single or Joint Honours Applied Social Sciences, International Relations, Politics, Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work Studies, Population Sciences (except Politics and Economics).	STAT1003 and STAT2009
    Economics with Actuarial Sciences	ECON1007, ECON1008 and ECON1011
    Other single and joint honours Economics* (including Accounting and Economics, Economics and Management Sciences and Politics and Economics)	Either ECON1005 and ECON1006 or ECON1007 and ECON1008

    
    * Students following Economics Single Honours or joint honours in Economics and Finance who do not qualify to take ECON1007 must take ECON1005, ECON1006 and ECON1008.
    
    
13. All students registered for Economics Single Honours or Joint Honours with Accounting, Economics or Management Sciences are required to follow and be examined in an approved programme in Economics according to the rules set out in the School Part I booklet.
    
    
14. With the permission of the Head of the relevant Teaching Programme, students who are not registered on degree programmes 'with' a modern language, or on a joint honours programme including a language, may nevertheless 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.
    
    
15. Where regulations allow students to take only a single unit of language as an option, this must be taken in Semester 1. Students will not normally be permitted to continue with that language in the following year. However, where number of options and prerequisites allow, and with the agreement of the relevant Head of Teaching Programme and the Language Centre, a single unit option in a different language may be taken in subsequent years.
    
    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).
    
    Where individual programme regulations allow, students taking a double unit may be permitted (but are not required) to continue with that language in the following year, either as a single or a double unit, but they will not normally be permitted to take optional units in a different language.
    
    Students registering for a double unit may change to a single Semester 1 language unit up to the end of week 3 of Semester 1; after this point they may not normally transfer to a single unit.
    
    

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Last reviewed: 04-Feb-2008
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