Degree Classification

Degree classification information and exit qualifications.

Classifications

University regulations mean that results from Year 3 (Junior Honours) and Year 4 (Senior Honours) contribute 1:2 for your final degree class.

For students who spent the Junior Honours year abroad, and for students on the intercalated Bachelor of Medical Sciences with Honours and Bachelor of Science with Honours in Veterinary Sciences degree programmes, the degree class is based on the Senior Honours year only.

Borderline Classifications

Boards of Examiners consider marks that are borderline for classification. Borderline marks are defined as marks from two percentage points below the class boundary up to the boundary itself.

The overall proportion of credits in the higher class will be calculated using the same weighting that is used to calculate the overall average mark in the degree. The higher degree will be awarded where the greater proportion of marks falls into the higher class (e.g. 50% or above). In practice, this is interpreted as follows:

Borderline classification is based on the proportion of credits with marks at a class above that indicated by the mean mark. This proportion is derived from a weighted average across all Honours years.
For Biological Sciences degrees, the proportion of credits in each honours year are weighted 1/3 for Year 3 and 2/3 for Year 4.
Where 50% or more of the weighted credits are in a class above that indicated by the mean mark, the class above that indicated by the mean mark must be awarded.
Where more than 50% of the weighted credits are in or below the class indicated by the mean mark, the class indicated by the mean mark must be awarded.

Degree Information

The Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study (DRPS) website is the University’s definitive record of degree programme and course information which govern a student’s academic career.

To see the full structure of our degrees through viewing our Degree Programme Tables (DPTs), use the Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study (DRPS) website;

Select the correct academic year.
Select 'Browse Degree Programme Tables (DPTs)'- which can be found under the Degree Programmes heading on the Index Page.
The School of Biological Sciences DPTs can be found within the College of Science and Engineering. You can find out more about the courses taken within our programmes through selecting the programme name.
The 'DPS' icon next to each programme name provides information on the Degree Programme Specification. Courses within programmes for future academic years have not been finalised yet and are subject to change.

Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study (DRPS)