A Programme Specification is published for each Programme leading to an Award. The Programme Specification describes the Programme content and states what a student must do to satisfy the overall Programme outcomes for the Award in order to pass, including any Programme Regulations approved by Senate (as set out in Appendix 1).
The Programme Specification must set out the amount of credits available for each Module, information on assessment for the Programme and the how the Award classification will be calculated.
Undergraduate Programmes are made up of a series of Modules that make up a Programme Stage. Each Programme Stage must be completed and passed before a student can progress to the next Programme Stage, except in exceptional circumstances where permitted by the Assessment Board (see Section 4.7).
Postgraduate Programmes are made up of a series of Modules. Postgraduate Programmes are not normally divided into Programme Stages. Some Postgraduate Programme contain more than one block of study separated by progression points at which certain requirements have to be met; where this is the case, it will be detailed in the Programme Specification.
