Programme structure: International Social and Public Policy with Study Abroad (BSc) - what's running in 2021/22

Pre-requisite for Study Abroad: 55% for the overall year 1 average - at first attempt.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Comparative and International Policy Studies	SPOL10035	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Segregation and Inequality in International Perspective	SPOL10038	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Critical Skills for Social Scientists: (International Social and Public Policy)	SPOL10036	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Key Concepts, Theories and Ideologies in Social Policy	SPOL10033	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Select 20 credit points from:
World in Crisis?	GEOG16001	20	Optional	TB-1
Contemporary Debates in Global Childhood	SPOL10024	20	Optional	TB-2
Collective Action and Policy Change	SPOL10040	20	Optional	TB-2
Understanding Crime, Harm and Society	SPOL10020	20	Optional	TB-1
And select 20 credit points from the following list:
Contemporary Debates in Global Childhood	SPOL10024	20	Optional	TB-2
Understanding Crime, Harm and Society	SPOL10020	20	Optional	TB-1
Social Policy Past and Present	SPOL10034	20	Optional	TB-1
Science of Happiness	PSYC10014	20	Optional	TB-1,TB-2
Sustainable Development	UNIV10001	20	Optional	TB-2
Creative Futures: Tools for Changing the World	UNIV10007	20	Optional	TB-2
City Futures: Migration, Citizenship, and Planetary Change	UNIV10005	20	Optional	TB-2
Understanding global problems using data: inequality, climate change and the economy	UNIV10008	20	Optional	TB-2
Choose open units	OPEN	20	Optional
Certificate 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).