What is an ordinary degree?

At my university, if you get between 35 and 40% in a year then you are put on a "pass" degree (i.e. one without honours). Below 35% and you fail completely.
Jenn xx

At my university, if you get between 35 and 40% in a year then you are put on a "pass" degree (i.e. one without honours). Below 35% and you fail completely.

It must be somthing like that at Salford then, I wonder if you get the option of resitting then.

Two people on my course got these, where as the other 50 who passed got honours. I know to get a 3rd class honours you need to get 40% overal. If you get less than this you fail completly and have to resit, so how come two people have got none honours degees i.e less than 40%?

Two people on my course got these, where as the other 50 who passed got honours. I know to get a 3rd class honours you need to get 40% overal. If you get less than this you fail completly and have to resit, so how come two people have got none honours degees i.e less than 40%?

In Swansea, if you "fail" a module (under 40%) in the second or final year (doesnt count in the first year) then the re-sit is capped at 40%, i.e, however well you do in the resit, you can only get 40%.

Same at Imperial.
Also, if you get less than 60% (ie a 2:1) you're booted off the 4 year MSci course onto a BSc.

That happens to the university that I'm going to too that offers integrated masters degree. The university's website didn't mention about repeats for the integrated masters course. If a person does not get a 2:1 in the second year, is it possible to repeat the second year so you could have another chance to progress to 4 year course?

Same at Imperial.
Also, if you get less than 60% (ie a 2:1) you're booted off the 4 year MSci course onto a BSc.

No, Imperial doesn't allow repeats of a whole year, just resits of failed modules for minimum credit. If you don't get your 2:1, I'm pretty much certain you have to be downgraded to a 3 year BSc.

Same at Warwick as well with the 2:1 for the 4 year course. If you resit modules though I believe you don't actually get a better mark overall (e.g. if you got 28% the first time round and 100% in the resit you'd still have a mark of 28% for that module). You only resit to "pass" the module and be allowed to progress with the rest of the course.
Jenn xx

Alright then. I guess that will happen in my university that I'm going too then.

I think if you're marks are generally ok, but your dissertation isn't good enough, then sometimes you can only get an ordinary degee

At Leeds you had to pass a certain number of modules (100 credits per year) to get honours. If you got between 80 and 100 credits you could still graduate, just without honours (ordinary degree)