Programme structure: Social Policy with Criminology (BSc) - what's running in 2017/18

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Understanding Public Policy	SPOL20026	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Social Research Methods	SOAD20004	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Select at least TWO UNITS from:
Drugs and Society	SPOL21011	20	Optional	TB-2
Punishment in Society	SPOL20052	20	Optional	TB-1
Youth Justice	SPOL20022	20	Optional	TB-2
Youth, Sexualities and Gendered Violence	SPOL22023	20	Optional	TB-1
Controlling Crime and Social Harm	SPOL10021	20	Optional	TB-2
Understanding Crime, Harm and Society	SPOL10020	20	Optional	TB-1
Select up to TWO UNITS from:
Comparative Social Policy in a Globalizing World	SPOL20048	20	Optional	TB-2
Social Policy in East Asia	SPOL20049	20	Optional	TB-2
Health Policy in a Global Context	SPOL20055	20	Optional	TB-1
Social Policy and Development	SPOL20050	20	Optional	TB-1
Cities and communities in the urban age	SPOL20038	20	Optional	TB-2
Changing Families and the State	SPOL21008	20	Optional	TB-1
Societal Change and the Transformation of Work	SPOL22030	20	Optional	TB-2
Housing, Economy and Society	SPOL22020	20	Optional	TB-1
Diploma of Higher Education		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions of the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
For further information and a definition of must pass units and conditional progression please see the Glossary of Terms.