Programme structure: Chemistry with Study in Continental Europe (MSci) - what's running in 2013/14

Entry is onto MSci; students can transfer to BSc.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Introductory Chemistry	CHEM10600	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Chemistry for Life Scientists	CHEM10700	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Chemistry for Physical Scientists	CHEM10800	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Mathematical Skills for Chemists	CHEM10900	20	Mandatory	TB-4
Units from the following list totalling 40 credit points
An appropriate 20 credit point language unit
Big Ideas in Science	CHEM10001	20	Optional	TB-4
Mathematics 1A20	MATH11004	20	Optional	TB-1
Mechanisms of Drug Action 1A	PHPH10005	20	Optional	TB-1
Core Physics I:Mechanics and Matter	PHYS10006	20	Optional	TB-1
Stars and Planets 106	PHYS10600	20	Optional	TB-1
Language for General Purposes - French Level 1, Grade 1	LANG11042	20	Optional	TB-4
French for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE)	LANG12022	20	Optional	TB-4
French for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level)	LANG13022	20	Optional	TB-4
German for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 1 (ab-initio)	LANG11043	20	Optional	TB-4
German for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE)	LANG12023	20	Optional	TB-4
German for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level)	LANG13023	20	Optional	TB-4
Italian for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 1 (ab-initio)	LANG11044	20	Optional	TB-4
Italian for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE)	LANG12024	20	Optional	TB-4
Italian for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level)	LANG13024	20	Optional	TB-4
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 1 (ab-initio)	LANG11045	20	Optional	TB-4
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE)	LANG12025	20	Optional	TB-4
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level)	LANG13025	20	Optional	TB-4
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).