Credits Required at Each Stage of Programmes
Please click on this link to the Student Handbook
Please click on this link: Section 8 Regulations for Academic Awards
To progress from one stage to the next students must achieve:
- Foundation degrees 120 credits
- Honours degrees 120 credits
For awards students must achieve the following credits:
Undergraduate Awards:
Foundation degree – 240 credits in total:
120 credits at Certificate level and 120 credits at Intermediate level
Ordinary Degree (an unclassified pass degree)– 300 credits in total:
120 credits at Certificate level, 120 credits at Intermediate level and 60 credits at Honours level
Honours degree – 360 credits in total:
120 credits at Certificate level, 120 credits at Intermediate level and 120 credits at Honours level
Postgraduate Awards:
Masters degree – 180 credits at Masters level
Postgraduate Diploma – 120 credits at Masters level
Postgraduate Certificate – 60 credits at Masters level
Professional Graduate Certificate in Education – 60 credits at Honours level or, 30 credits at Honours level and 30 credits at Masters level
If undergraduate students withdraw from the University before completing their degree, if they have sufficient credits they are eligible for the following awards:
Certificate of Higher Education - 120 credits
Diploma of Higher Education - 240 credits