Progression after resits

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Hi, I'm currently in second year and hoping to progress to third year in October. I've had a really bad year this year for various reasons and ended up failing 5 of 8 modules. I did my resits and most of them went pretty well except for one. I had a module this year that really wasn't for me and I found it difficult the first time round - I did manage to get extra support during the resit (it was coursework, we had about 1 week to do it) but counting up my marks I think the best I could possibly have got it 40/100 and I reckon I'll have got a few marks knocked off for something or other.

Anyway, I'm really stressed about getting my results next week. Does anyone know if you need to pass every module in order to progress, or if you just need to pass overall? If you need to pass overall I'm fine, if not I'm screwed. I really don't want to have to redo the whole year :frown:

I have emailed my uni but its been two weeks and they haven't got back to me for some reason.

Thanks, Maisie

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DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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Original post by maisiem448

Hi, I'm currently in second year and hoping to progress to third year in October. I've had a really bad year this year for various reasons and ended up failing 5 of 8 modules. I did my resits and most of them went pretty well except for one. I had a module this year that really wasn't for me and I found it difficult the first time round - I did manage to get extra support during the resit (it was coursework, we had about 1 week to do it) but counting up my marks I think the best I could possibly have got it 40/100 and I reckon I'll have got a few marks knocked off for something or other.

Anyway, I'm really stressed about getting my results next week. Does anyone know if you need to pass every module in order to progress, or if you just need to pass overall? If you need to pass overall I'm fine, if not I'm screwed. I really don't want to have to redo the whole year :frown:

I have emailed my uni but its been two weeks and they haven't got back to me for some reason.

Thanks, Maisie

Every uni handles situations like this differently; which uni are you at?

The factors that typically impact what happens, and which would help provide an accurate answer are:
1. How many credits is this particular module worth? (If you're doing 8 modules this year, it's likely to be worth 15 credits, but it's worth checking.)
2. Is the module labelled as "core", "mandatory", or similar in the module description or program specification?
3. Is the course one which is accredited by an external body? (Those external bodies sometimes impose restrictions on how failed modules can be handled.)

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maisiem448

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Original post by DataVenia

Every uni handles situations like this differently; which uni are you at?
The factors that typically impact what happens, and which would help provide an accurate answer are:
1. How many credits is this particular module worth? (If you're doing 8 modules this year, it's likely to be worth 15 credits, but it's worth checking.)
2. Is the module labelled as "core", "mandatory", or similar in the module description or program specification?
3. Is the course one which is accredited by an external body? (Those external bodies sometimes impose restrictions on how failed modules can be handled.)

Hi, I'm at Lancaster Uni. In my course all modules are mandatory and worth 15 credits. I don't think its handled by an external body - nothing like that has ever been mentioned.

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DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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Original post by maisiem448

Hi, I'm at Lancaster Uni. In my course all modules are mandatory and worth 15 credits. I don't think its handled by an external body - nothing like that has ever been mentioned.

OK. Thank you. Lancaster's current Undergraduate Assessment Regulations are here. One thing which is a little odd is that some of the regulations make reference to your "aggregation score" rather than your mark as a percentage, with a conversion table being provided in Appendix 2.

Like many universities, Lancaster has a "condonement" process, whereby they turn a blind to a failure in a small module (if certain conditions apply) and award you the credits anyway. The regulations which cover this are:

"UG 7 CONDONATION
UG 7.1 GENERAL
UG 7.1.1 Where a student, after all opportunities for reassessment, has failed, the examination board should, subject to the learning outcomes for the programme being met, normally condone credit whereby said credit will be available as an element of either progression or final classification requirements of the award.
UG 7.1.2 Where a programme separately assesses modules with a credit value of 15 or less, for specified undergraduate programmes these may be combined to a maximum size of 30 credits for the consideration of condonation. Approved combinations must:
(a) ensure learning outcomes for the programme can continue to be met irrespective of the condonation of combined modules;
(b) be approved by the relevant faculty committees and notified to Academic Standards and Quality Committee; and
(c) be published prior to students’ enrolment on to any modules which have been combined for the purposes of condonation."

The above general rules then need to be combined with the following which specifically applies to those in the second year of a three-year bachelor's degree:

"UG 7.3 PART II: NON-FINAL YEAR STUDENTS
Three-year and four-year Bachelors programmes
UG 7.3.1 When the results of all reassessments relating to the second year of a three-year
Bachelors Hons degree or to the second or third year of a four-year Bachelors Hons
degree are available, the overall profile will be reviewed by the relevant examining bodies and up to 30 credits should normally be condoned where the aggregation score is between 7 and 9. No module may be condoned with an aggregation score of less than 7, nor may any module be condoned if a student has not attempted reassessment."

Note the reference to "aggregation score is between 7 and 9" and "an aggregation score of less than 7". Using Appendix 2 we can see that an aggregation score of 7 is about 31% and that an aggregation score of 9 is 40%.

So, for a 15-credit module, condonement should apply, as long as you have achieved 31% in the failed module. Given what you've said above, it would seem that you likely have. Would you agree?

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