Programme structure: Criminology with Quantitative Research Methods (MSci) - what's running in 2020/21

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Criminology)	SPOL30064	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Inequality, Harm and Public Policy	SPOL30061	20	Mandatory	TB-1
And select 20 or 40 credit points from:
And select 20 or 40 credit points from:
Drugs and Society	SPOL30011	20	Optional	TB-2
And select up to 20 credit points from:
Child Nutrition, Activity and Health	SPOL30034	20	Optional	TB-1
Children and Young People in the Law A	SPOL30057	20	Optional	TB-1
Interprofessional Working in Children's Services	SPOL30037	20	Optional	TB-2
Cities and communities in the urban age	SPOL30062	20	Optional	TB-2
Criminology with Quantitative Research Methods (BSc)		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).