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| Academic Unit |
Southampton Business School |
| Final Award |
Master of Business Administration
Exit awards:
Postgraduate Diploma
Postgraduate Certificate |
| Programme(s) |
Business Administration (also part-time) |
| Last modified |
May 2016
Reviewed in June 2017; no changes made |
The General Academic Regulations which are in Section IV (General Academic Regulations) of the University Calendar apply to and regulate the programmes listed above.
On occasion, programmes can be exempted from one or more of the clauses in the General Academic Regulations, or one or more of the clauses can be varied.
- Exemptions are characterised by the omission of the relevant clause.
- Variations are characterised by the replacement of the clause with alternative wording.
The programmes listed have approval from the Academic Quality and Standards Committee for the exemptions and/or variations to the regulations noted below.
Additional requirements are also listed.
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| Variations |
| The clause(s) listed below describe where a variation to the General Regulations exists. |
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| Existing University Regulation |
Approved Variation |
| 3.2 |
http://www.calendar.soton.ac.uk/sectionIV/progression-regs-standalonemasters.html
Compensation: A student passing all Core Modules but failing to achieve the Pass Mark in non-Core Modules totalling no more than 15 ECTS points (30 CATS) for a Masters programme or Postgraduate Diploma, or no more than 10 ECTS points (20 CATS) for a Postgraduate Certificate, may be awarded credit provided no Module mark is less than the Qualifying Mark. In Standalone Masters programmes with a 10 ECTS (20 CATS) credit architecture, Compensation may be awarded in up to 20 ECTS (40 CATS) for Masters or Postgraduate Diploma and 10 ECTS (20 CATS) for Postgraduate Certificate. Where students have failed more modules than can be compensated, the modules with the lowest marks will be those selected by the Board of Examiners for Compensation, with the highest failure marks being the modules that are to be Referred. |
Compensation: A student passing all Core Modules but failing to achieve the Pass Mark in non-Core Modules totalling no more than 10 ECTS points (20 CATS) for a Masters programme or Postgraduate Diploma, or no more than 5 ECTS points (10 CATS) for a Postgraduate Certificate, may be awarded credit provided no Module mark is less than the Qualifying Mark. Where students have failed more modules than can be compensated, the modules with the lowest marks will be those selected by the Board of Examiners for Compensation, with the highest failure marks being the modules that are to be Referred. |
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| Additional Requirements relating to the Award of Qualification |
| The programme consists of 100 ECTS/200 CATS. |
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These regulations should be read in conjunction with the programme specification.
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| Disclaimer |
| As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our programmes to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. As a result, these regulations may be revised during a student's period of registration, however, any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Please read our Disclaimer to see why, when and how changes may be made to a student's programme. |
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