University Calendar 2008/9
Section VI : Academic Regulations - Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences
School of Management



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Regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in the Social Sciences

1. The degree of Bachelor of Science in the Social Sciences is awarded by Senate on the recommendation of the School Board. It may be awarded with honours or as an ordinary degree.
2. For admission to any programme leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in the Social Sciences, applicants must have:

 
  1. satisfied the Regulations for Admission to Degree Programmes as specified in Section IV : General Regulations for Students;

  2. passed the General Certificate of Secondary Education, or equivalent examination, in Mathematics (according to programme specific entry requirements);

  3. satisfied the programme requirements appertaining to the relevant degree.
3. On enrolment, every student shall enter one of the following degree programmes:
  Accounting and Finance
Management
Management Sciences
Management Sciences and Accounting
Management with Entrepreneurship
4. Degree programmes are based on a common unit structure. Part I, Part II and Part III each extend over one year full-time and comprise 8 units each of which is worth 15 credit points. For further details of the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS), see Section IV : General Regulations for Students. The content of each part is prescribed in the separate regulations for each programme. Details of the assessment procedure for each programme shall be as provided in the regulations for the programme.
5. Where the regulations of any programme provide for a choice of subject, such choice shall be subject to the requirements and limitations set out in the programme regulations. Choices may nevertheless be amended by the School Board.
6. The Part I. Part II and Part III examinations shall be conducted by examination papers and such other methods of assessment as may be approved by the School Board. Where assessed work, dissertations and project reports are prepared as part of the final examination, they shall be submitted in accordance with School requirements.
7. Part III: Students must reach a standard in the examinations deemed satisfactory by the School Board in the the final year of the programme to qualify for the award of Bachelor of Science in the Social Sciences.

A list of successful students within each programme will be issued with the names arranged in the following classes: first class honours, second class honours (in two divisions), third class honours and ordinary. Within each class the names will be arranged in alphabetical order.
8. A student may transfer from one programme to another, normally not later than the end of the first year of a programme, subject to:

 
  1. the Heads of Teaching Programmes concerned being satisfied that the student's Part I subjects are appropriate for the programme he/she wishes to enter;

  2. the agreement of the Heads of Teaching Programmes concerned; and

  3. the approval of the School Board.
9. With the permission of the Head of the relevant Teaching Programme, students may be permitted to spend one semester studying at a University in Europe under the ERASMUS/SOCRATES scheme in either their second or third years where an approved link exists between the School and the European institution concerned.
10. Where regulations allow students to take only a single unit of language as an option, this must be taken in Semester 1.
  Where regulations provide for students to take a language option in each of Semester 1 and Semester 2, students may choose either to take a single language unit in Semester 1 (in which case they register as above) and take a further non-language option in Semester 2 as specified in the regulations, or they take a double language unit (one unit in each semester).
  Students registering for a double unit may change to a single Semester 1 language unit up to the end of week 2 of Semester 1; after this point they may not normally transfer to a single unit.


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Last reviewed: 16-Jul-2008
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