University of Southampton Calendar 2017/18


University Calendar 2017/18 Section XI : Academic Regulations - Faculty of Medicine

Academic Unit	Medicine
Final Award	Master of Medical Sciences (Hons) classified With exit awards of: Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Ordinary) Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Hons)
Programme(s)	BMBS with Integrated Masters in Medical Sciences
Last modified	March 2017

The General Academic Regulations which are in Section IV (General Academic Regulations) of the University Calendar apply to and regulate the programmes listed above.

On occasion, programmes can be exempted from one or more of the clauses in the General Academic Regulations, or one or more of the clauses can be varied.

Exemptions are characterised by the omission of the relevant clause.
Variations are characterised by the replacement of the clause with alternative wording.
The programmes listed have approval from the Academic Quality and Standards Committee for the exemptions and/or variations to the regulations noted below.

Additional requirements are also listed.

Definitions:
The definitions used by the Faculty are as per the University regulations with the following exception:

Year

The Faculty refers to Years in the following regulations. A Year is equivalent to the term Part as referred to in the University regulations.

Exemptions

The clause(s) listed below describe where an exemption to the General Regulations exists.

	BMBS with Integrated Masters in Medical Sciences is exempt from clause 5.3 under section 5: Repeat of the Progression, Determination and Classification of Results for Undergraduate and Integrated Masters Programmes.
	Students do not have the right to repeat externally and must repeat internally.

Variations

The clause(s) listed below describe where a variation to the General Regulations exists.

Existing University Regulation Progression, Determination and Classification of Results for Undergraduate and Integrated Masters Programmes.		Approved Variation
9.2	Weighting of Parts: Part I work shall be excluded from the final degree classification. A weighting of 0:1:2 shall be used to obtain the Final Average Mark for the three Parts of an Honours degree programme, and a weighting of 0:1:2:2 for the four Parts of an integrated Masters programme. This is in addition to weighting by credit points (for example, where Parts III and IV do not contain the same number of credit points).	The programme follows the University regulations on classification of integrated undergraduate masters with a weighting of 0:0:1:2.

Additional Requirements

None.

These regulations should be read in conjunction with the programme specification.

Disclaimer

As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our programmes to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. As a result, these regulations may be revised during a student's period of registration, however, any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Please read our Disclaimer to see why, when and how changes may be made to a student's programme.