BCU degree classification help

Hi,

I need some help figuring out what my final grade is. I’ve listed all my grades and the module credits.
2nd year in total is worth 40%: 74% 20 credits, 73% 20 credits, 55% 20 credits, 70% 20 cretics, 70% 20 cretics and 83% 20 credits these are all my grades.

3rd year in total is worth 60%: 68% 40 credits, 59% 20 credits, 70% 20credits, 69% 20 credits, 61% 20 credits.

Please could someone help me it would be very much appreciated <3

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DataVenia

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Original post by Anonymous

Hi,

I need some help figuring out what my final grade is. I’ve listed all my grades and the module credits.
2nd year in total is worth 40%: 74% 20 credits, 73% 20 credits, 55% 20 credits, 70% 20 cretics, 70% 20 cretics and 83% 20 credits these are all my grades.

3rd year in total is worth 60%: 68% 40 credits, 59% 20 credits, 70% 20credits, 69% 20 credits, 61% 20 credits.

Please could someone help me it would be very much appreciated <3

BCU's Academic Regulations say, "The mark for a module, stage mean and grand mean (overall degree weighted mark) shall be a whole number rounded up (≥ 0.45%) or down (≤ 0.44%)." In this context "stage" means "year". So they round each year's mark.

The average of your second year scores (74%, 73%, 55%, 70%, 70% and 83%) is 71% (rounded).

Treating the 40 credit module as to 20 credit modules, the average of your third year scores (68%, 68%, 59%, 70%, 69%, 61%) is 66% (rounded).

Apply the weightings, we get 40% of 71% (i.e. 28.4%) + 60% of 66% (i.e. 39.6%) for an overall degree weighted mark of 68%. That's a 2:1.

(There are rules for "students falling within a borderline area of one percent below each classification boundary", but those don't apply here.)

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Anonymous #2

I just got my final grade at BCU and my overall grade is 69.25. Will the borderline classification apply and will I be bumped to a first? Or will that be a 2:1

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DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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Original post by Anonymous

I just got my final grade at BCU and my overall grade is 69.25. Will the borderline classification apply and will I be bumped to a first? Or will that be a 2:1

Have you calculated it at 69.25? Or is that the figure BCU came up with? I ask as their regulations say:

"4.2.1 The mark for a module, stage mean and grand mean (overall degree weighted mark) shall be a whole number rounded up (≥ 0.45%) or down (≤ 0.44%)."

So, according to their regulations, 69.25 isn't a valid overall grade - it would be 69.

Anyway, they also say:

"5.5.1 Rounding of marks may result in a grand mean mark coming close to but below a degree classification boundary. Students falling within a borderline area of one percent below each classification boundary as follows will be eligible for reclassification:
69-70 Boundary for 2:1/1st and for postgraduate merit/distinction
59-60 Boundary for 2:2/2:1 and for postgraduate pass/merit
49-50 Boundary for 3rd/2:2 and for postgraduate borderline fail
39-40 Borderline fail for undergraduate"

So you're in the borderline area, which means 5.5.2 applies:

"5.5.2 To ensure equity in the consideration of borderline candidates at undergraduate level, a borderline candidate will be automatically reclassified where they have achieved 50% of the credit that contributes to classification in the higher class."

So, of the credits that contribute to the degree classification (i.e. from Stages 2 and 3), were more than half of them at 70% or above?

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Anonymous #2

Hello,

I calculated it myself and it came up to 69.25.

I got an average of my third year grade and multiple by 0.6(60%) and multipled the average of my second year grade by 0.4 (40%) and I added the the two together to get 69.25.

My second year avaerage is 70% and third year average is 68.75.

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DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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Original post by Anonymous

Hello,

I calculated it myself and it came up to 69.25.

I got an average of my third year grade and multiple by 0.6(60%) and multipled the average of my second year grade by 0.4 (40%) and I added the the two together to get 69.25.

My second year avaerage is 70% and third year average is 68.75.

Then it seems like 5.5.2 applies, and that you should be awarded a first. :smile:

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DataVenia

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Original post by Savageee

Hello,
Please can you explain what you mean “by the credits that contribute to the degree classification”

Thank you

I'm just repeated what's in the regulation. It says, "...where they have achieved 50% of the credit that contributes to classification in the higher class."

Every uni uses different credits to work out your final degree classification. It looks like BCU use all the credits from Year 2 and all the credits from Year 3. So I guess those are the credits we're talking about.

Original post by Savageee

I hope so.

Thank you for responding.

Also, I haven’t had anything less than 50% in all my grades. Does that help?
I have had 90,79,52,54 this year.
I also contested one of the grades but didn’t get a response.

"haven’t had anything less than 50%" isn't relevant. What's relevant is if half your credits were at 70% or more across the two years.

Those marks for the 4 modules this year - were they equally sized at 30 credits per module? What about last year? How many credits for each module, with what marks?

I ask because this year exactly 50% of your credits are at or over the 70% boundary. So there no wiggle room. You need the same to be true last year too.

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Anonymous #3

I'm hoping someone can help me clarify something about how our final degree grade is calculated. I've been told by three different lecturers that in Year 2, our lowest grade will not be counted towards the final degree calculation. However, when I asked the student faculty team, they informed me that all modules from Year 2 will be included.
This is a bit confusing, and I'd really appreciate it if anyone knows the definitive answer to how the Year 2 grades contribute to our final degree. Does anyone have official information or past experience that can confirm which method is correct?

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Savageee

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All your graded modules in year 2 will be included in your final degree classification. However, year 2 grades will only make up 40% of your final grade, while year 3 grade makes 60% of your final grade.

For example if you have an overall of 70% in year 2 and 60% in year 3. Your final grade will be

70 x 40% =28

60 x 60% =36

Your final grade will be 28+36=64%.

I hope it makes sense.

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DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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Original post by Anonymous

I'm hoping someone can help me clarify something about how our final degree grade is calculated. I've been told by three different lecturers that in Year 2, our lowest grade will not be counted towards the final degree calculation. However, when I asked the student faculty team, they informed me that all modules from Year 2 will be included.
This is a bit confusing, and I'd really appreciate it if anyone knows the definitive answer to how the Year 2 grades contribute to our final degree. Does anyone have official information or past experience that can confirm which method is correct?

You've asked for "official information". There are a few different versions of BCU's academic regulations on their web site, as they've undergone some changes recently. So, for an accurate response we'd need to know which applies to you. Are you currently at the end of your second year or the end of your third year?

To use the terminology used by the academic regulations themselves, were you one of the "New students starting in September 2023 to study an Honours Degree"? (That would put you at the end of your second year now.) If so, then this set of regulations applies, from which the screenshot below was taken. Assuming you're doing an undergraduate honours degree, then all 240 credits from Years 2 and 3 are used.

Screenshot 2025-06-04 121926.png

However, if you're at the end of your third year then you'll have been one of the "Students returning in September 2023 to begin the second year of a 3 year or 4 year degree course", in which case this set of regulations applies. As you will see from the screenshot below, it essentially says the same thing:

Screenshot 2025-06-04 123545.png

So the three different lecturers you've spoken with are wrong. :frown:

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Oreo084

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Original post by Anonymous

I'm hoping someone can help me clarify something about how our final degree grade is calculated. I've been told by three different lecturers that in Year 2, our lowest grade will not be counted towards the final degree calculation. However, when I asked the student faculty team, they informed me that all modules from Year 2 will be included.
This is a bit confusing, and I'd really appreciate it if anyone knows the definitive answer to how the Year 2 grades contribute to our final degree. Does anyone have official information or past experience that can confirm which method is correct?

Hey my lecturers also said the same thing, however I don’t think it has formally been changed yet as it was changed this year and there’s no handbook for this year.

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Anonymous #4

Original post by Anonymous

I'm hoping someone can help me clarify something about how our final degree grade is calculated. I've been told by three different lecturers that in Year 2, our lowest grade will not be counted towards the final degree calculation. However, when I asked the student faculty team, they informed me that all modules from Year 2 will be included.
This is a bit confusing, and I'd really appreciate it if anyone knows the definitive answer to how the Year 2 grades contribute to our final degree. Does anyone have official information or past experience that can confirm which method is correct?

yes they’re right they just haven’t changed the academic regulations yet. Your best 100 credits for both years is what will contribute to your final grade.

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