1. All students registered for the degree of BSc must:
   
   
   1. satisfy the Regulations for Admission to Degree Programmes as specified in the General Regulations;
      
      
   2. satisfy the appropriate programme requirements.
      
      
2. The programmes available in the School are listed in the Programme Regulations.
   
   
3. All programmes leading to the degree of BSc are three academic years except for those requiring a year working in industry during which registration is suspended, and the Intercalated Biomedical Sciences degree which is designed specifically for students registered for the Bachelor of Medicine course at the University of Southampton. To qualify for the award of a single or combined honours degree candidates will take an approved pattern of study in accordance with the regulations set out below. All undergraduate programmes are based on a comon structure as follows:
   
   
   1. The subjects available are divided into courses which are credit-rated in line with national recommendations.
      
      
   2. Candidates are required to take the equivalent of 120 credit points in each year to form a coherent pattern of study.
      
      
   3. Each degree programme may prescribe certain courses which are core or compulsory and general information on this is included in the Programme Regulations.
      
      
4. To proceed from one year of the programme to the next, candidates must reach a standard deemed satisfactory by the School Board in the relevant assessments. Candidates who have successfully met all the requirements of their programme will be recommended to the University for the award of the degree of BSc. The classification will depend upon a candidate's performance in assessments in years 2 and 3.
   
   
5. A full honours programme consists of 360 credit points, 120 to be taken in each year of study. Each course normally lasts one semester and is offered at levels 1, 2 and 3 with the level coinciding notionally with the year of study. In each year at least 90 credit points must be at the corresponding level.
   
   
6. In the second and third years candidates choose courses, other than those which are core or compulsory, from the appropriate second and third level courses in consultation with their tutors and relevant Programme Managers. Normally no more than 30 credit points of courses run by other Schools may be taken in any one year of the programme.
   
   
7. General details of Programme Structure are given in the Programme Regulations.

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Last reviewed: 04-Feb-2008
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