Repeat the whole year

Hi. Recently got my results and it shows I have to repeat the whole year. Because i failed in 4 modules including 20 credit module (literature review) and I got 48%, 48%, 43%, 46%.so is there any possible way to resit the literature review, because that's the one with high credit. If I did it means, I think I can resit other exams too. Please help me with this. I'm worried and I can't repeat the year also. If there is a way, help me.

Thank you :smile:

Reply 1

DataVenia

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Original post by swathi24

For an undergraduate degree, anything over 40% is a pass, so perhaps you're talking about a postgraduate degree. Are you?

Every uni has its own rules and regulations with this kind of stuff, so to give accurate advice as to your options, we'd need to know what uni you're at.

You refer to "20 credit module (literature review)" and then "literature review, because that's the one with high credit". Most degrees have 120 credits per year, in which case 20 credits would not be "high credit". Is your uni one of those which has 60 credits per year, perhaps?

Reply 2

swathi24

Original post by DataVenia

For an undergraduate degree, anything over 40% is a pass, so perhaps you're talking about a postgraduate degree. Are you?
Every uni has its own rules and regulations with this kind of stuff, so to give accurate advice as to your options, we'd need to know what uni you're at.
You refer to "20 credit module (literature review)" and then "literature review, because that's the one with high credit". Most degrees have 120 credits per year, in which case 20 credits would not be "high credit". Is your uni one of those which has 60 credits per year, perhaps?

Nope. That means, compared to other modules(ie 10 credit module) 20 is high. And I'm a postgraduate student at Cardiff University. And University has 180 credits.

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DataVenia

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Original post by swathi24

Nope. That means, compared to other modules(ie 10 credit module) 20 is high. And I'm a postgraduate student at Cardiff University. And University has 180 credits.

Thanks. If 20 credits is high, and 10 credits is the norm, then is sounds like you have 50 failed credits across the four modules. Agreed?

According to Cardiff's Academic Regulations 2023/2024 (with my added emphasis):

"5.9 If a student has not achieved sufficient credit to progress, the student will be permitted to resit failed assessments/module(s) during the Resit
Examination period provided they have not failed more credit than in the resit rule adopted by their School. If the amount of credit failed is more than permitted by the relevant resit rule, students may be permitted to repeat study if they are within the threshold set for the Repeat rule adopted by their School (see 5.13 below)."

5.10 then says that different schools within the uni allow a resit if the number of failed credits is up to 30, 40, or 60 credits. However, I can find no publicly available resource which says which schools follow which rules. But, given that you have not been offered a resit opportunity, it seems likely that your school uses the 30 or 40 credits rule. As you've exceeded that figure, resits are not an option. Sorry. :frown:

5.12 and 5.13 then explains the similar concept of repeat rules. No schools disallow a repeat for 50 failed credits, so a repeat is the natural outcome.

You are not being asked to repeat all modules, are you? You're presumably only being asked to repeat the four modules (50 credits) you failed. Is that right?