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Referrals
Referral opportunities, sometimes called “resits”, are provided for students at the next time the
module is delivered. There is no special late summer re-assessment for undergraduates who have
failed modules in Semester 1 or 2.
Defer
This term is used on student transcripts and profiles to indicate that a student has been granted
permission for a late assessment (or in some cases a further assessment) by a given date (this will
usually be as a result of a successful outcome of a student's Extenuating Circumstances submission.
In the case of a deferred assessment the student will be awarded the actual mark achieved (ie there
is no penalty and the mark is not capped).
Differences between Reassessment and Reattempt
A student being reassessed in a module would not normally need to repeat components of the
assessment for the module that had already been passed.
A student re-attempting a module must complete the full diet of assessment regardless of marks
achieved at the first attempt in individual components of the assessment.
A student being reassessed in a module would only be required to present for assessments (as
prescribed by the Assessment Board) at the next available opportunity and would not have to pay
the module fee again.
A student re-attempting a module would have to repeat the module with attendance and would
have to pay the full module fee again.
A reassessment does not count as a further separate attempt for the regulations governing the
maximum number of credits that can be attempted (330 credits at Credit Levels 5 and 6,
s20.131c of the Modular Framework for Undergraduate Courses),
A reattempt does count as a further attempt for these purposes.
A module being reassessed in the following academic year will not count towards the number of
credits being attempted in any one session in terms of the overall number of credits for which a
full-time or part-time student may register in any academic session (ie 135 credits for full-time
and 90 credits for part-time students at undergraduate level).
A module carrying over into the following session as a reattempt will be counted in this way.
Pre-requisite
Students may have to take or pass a certain module before they can study another. In this case the
first module is defined as “pre-requisite” for the second module. The University requires students to
have achieved at least an overall mark of 30% (or “taken”) in the pre-requisite module unless the
module and course specific regulations require a pass before the second module may be attempted.
Co-requisite
Modules may be linked in such a way that a student is required to attempt one module at the same
time as another, in which case either the first module is defined as “co-requisite” for the second or
the two modules are defined as “co-requisites” for each other.
Dis-requisites (or restricted)
Registration for a module may not be permitted if a student has previously studied a module with
a similar syllabus which has been designated as a dis-requisite, or which has approved access
restrictions.
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