Departments of Chemistry and Mathematics MSc Chemoinformatics

Distinction : 70% or above overall weighted average and 70% or above mark on
dissertation.
Pass : 50% - 69% overall weighted average.
Fail: less than 50% overall weighted average.
These criteria state the necessary conditions for a Distinction and a Pass. When these
necessary conditions are met, it remains at the discretion of the BoE whether or not to award
the respective degree classification.
The criteria for being recommended for a Pass with Distinction are as follows. Candidates will
need to:
(i) attain a final mark of at least 70%,
(ii) achieve a mark of at least 70% in the dissertation, and
(iii) satisfy the external examiner from their coursework, examination results and
dissertation that they are of a standard worthy of distinction.
The award of the MSc degree depends upon completion of all aspects of the taught course
(comprising 100 credits) and the completion of a dissertation. The dissertation for the MSc
will comprise 80 credits. The total number of credits taken must be 180.
Important: Your performance in the taught part of the MSc will be evaluated around the end
of the Easter Vacation. If you have scored less than 50 in the taught part of the course, you
may not be allowed to proceed to the dissertation stage. The MSc Steering Committee will
decide if you are able to continue in this case.
Size restrictions
Word counts should be given on all reports, essays or other assessed work that
specifies a word limit. If you do not include a word count on a project report, five marks (of
one hundred) will be deducted from the presentation component of the assessment.
Misrepresentation of the word count will be treated as Academic Misconduct. The word count
should include the main text but not the abstract, tables, figures, reference list or appendices.
You should also bear in mind that essays that exceed the word limit may also contain
irrelevant information, repetition and/or other features that could affect your mark. Work that
exceeds the specified word length will be penalised. The work will be marked as normal (out
of 100), then one mark will be deducted for every 200 words above word limits between 4000
and 8000 or every 100 words above word limits of 4000 or fewer. The penalty applies only to
that component of assessment, for example, a project report that exceeds the word limit, not
the project mark as a whole.
Project reports require an abstract of approximately 250 words.
7. The course structure
The course is split into three terms: Autumn, Spring and Summer.
In the Autumn term students will take the following taught modules with associated practical
classes: