General Qualification Regulations - The Open University

GQD 3.2 Counting credit towards a qualificationWithin one qualification, you cannot count credit from a module that is approved as forming anexcluded combination with another module that you are also counting.GQD 3.3 Qualification dateYour qualification date will be the date when you become eligible for it.GQD 3.3.1 Eligibility by completion of OU modulesThe date will depend on the date you meet the minimum credit requirement by successfullycompleting Open University modules.GQD 3.3.2 Eligibility by the award of transferred creditIf you become eligible for a qualification as a direct result of an award of transferred credit, yourqualification date will be the date the transferred credit was awarded.GQD 3.3.3 Eligibility by completion of a subordinate qualificationIf you become eligible for a qualification as a direct result of completion of a subordinatequalification, your qualification date will be the date the subordinate qualification was awarded.GQD 3.3.4 Accepting a qualification offerIf the award of your qualification depends on you accepting an offer of it, the qualification date willdepend on when you accept the offer. If you do not accept the offer when it is first made, we willremind you of your eligibility for it from time to time. On each occasion, the qualification date will bethe date offered in the reminder not that of the first (or any later) offer.GQD 3.4 Unique StudyAll qualifications of the University have an element of unique study within them – ie study that hasnot been counted towards a previous qualification. You will be expected to comply with the uniquestudy rules which are contained in the regulations for the specific qualification towards which you arestudying. Credit counted in undergraduate-level qualifications of less than 120 credits will be treatedas uncounted credit for the purpose towards any bachelors degree.GQD 4 Credit and certification for individual modulesGQD 4.1 Applying regulationsThe qualification regulations apply to all qualifications which are currently available to be declared asa qualification intention. Credit and certification for individual modules is governed by the StudentRegulations, Module Regulations and module rules. If you are registered for an undergraduatequalification please refer to the General Qualification Regulations (Registered UndergraduateQualifications).GQD 5 ExceptionsGQD 5.1 Student categoriesThese qualification regulations apply to students of The Open University who have first studied atundergraduate level with the Open University before 1 August 2012, unless other regulations are inplace for your particular category of student, in which case those regulations apply to you. If you areregistered for an undergraduate qualification the General Qualification Regulations (RegisteredUndergraduate Qualifications) will apply to you and these regulations will cease to apply. Thesequalification regulations also apply to all postgraduate qualifications regardless of when you firstcommenced your studies.Revised July 2012 Effective from 1 August 2012 Page 2 of 4