Programme Specification and Regulations 2011-2012 - EMFSS Old Regulations

Table of Contents

1. University of London International ProgrammesProgramme Specification and Regulations for Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences (Old Regulations)
2. Important information regarding the Programme Specification and Regulations
3. Programme Specification
4. Detailed Regulations
5. Annex A: Structures - Degrees
6. Annex A: Structures - Diplomas for Graduates
7. Annex A: Structures - Diploma in Economics and Diploma in Social Sciences
8. Annex A: Structures - Selection Groups
9. Annex B - Syllabuses for Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences
10. Annex B - Laws syllabuses
11. Annex C: Credits and accreditation of prior learning
12. Annex C: Table of Automatic Accreditation of Prior Learning 2011-12
13. Annex D: Scheme of award
14. Annex E: Assessment Criteria
15. Glossary of terms
16. Related documents and other sources of information
17. Corrections

Annex C: Credits and accreditation of prior learning

A student may be considered for credit for a subject that was passed during a previous registration with the University of London. Where credit is given, the mark obtained for the subject previously studied will be carried forward to the student's record and may contribute towards the award, in accordance with the scheme of award for the programme concerned.

A student may be granted accreditation of prior learning (APL) and be exempted from studying a course if they have previously passed a similar subject either at the University of London or at another institution. APL may be given when a course is not sufficiently similar for credit to be awarded. The mark obtained when the subject was passed will not be carried forward to the student's record and will not contribute towards their award.

Table of equivalent credits

The following table shows the courses that may be credited to a student, on transfer, on the basis of equivalent courses that have been previously passed. A student may only be credited with courses which are available on the degree to which they are transferring. This is shown on the table by the following key. Reference should also be made to the notes at the end of this table and the programme structures in Annex A.

KEY

A(b) BSc Accounting and Finance - Path B (Standard Route)

A BSc Accounting and Finance (Graduate Entry Route)

AL BSc Accounting with Law

LA BSc Law with Accounting

B(b) BSc Banking and Finance - Path B

BU BSc Business

DE BSc Development and Economics

E BSc Economics

EF BSc Economics and Finance

EM BSc Economics and Management

G BSc Geography and Environment

I(a) BSc Information Systems and Management - Path A

I(b) BSc Information Systems and Management - Path B

IR BSc International Relations

M(a) BSc Management - Path A

M(b) BSc Management - Path B

ML(b) BSc Management with Law - Path B (Standard Route)

ML BSc Management with Law (Graduate Entry Route)

LM BSc Law with Management

ME BSc Mathematics and Economics

PIR BSc Politics and International Relations (Standard Route)

PIR(b) BSc Politics and International Relations - Path B (Graduate Entry Route)

S(a) BSc Sociology - Path A

S(b) BSc Sociology - Path B

SL BSc Sociology with Law

D Where a course number is given the prefix 'D' this number indicates that the course was on the syllabus for the Diploma in Economics or the Diploma in Social Sciences.

Notes

* Students who are credited with one half course only will be required to attempt an additional half course after transfer (to total the equivalent of one full course). Students who are credited with the equivalent of one full and one half course will be required to attempt an additional half course after transfer (to total the equivalent of two full courses).

i. Students will be credited with ST104A Statistics 1 (half course) and will be required to discard credit for ST104B Statistics 2 (half course). This discarded half course will count towards the total number of discarded courses permitted on transfer. Students who are not credited with or have not passed MT105A Mathematics 1 (half course) or IS1129 Introduction to programming (forStandard Route BScInformation Systems and Management)or GY1148 Methods of geographical analysis (for BSc Geography and Environment) or SC1158 Reading social science (for Path B BSc Sociology and Standard Route BSc Sociology with Law) will be required to take MT105A or IS1129 or GY1148 or SC1158 after transfer to total the equivalent of one full course.

ii. Students will be credited with MT105A Mathematics 1 (half course) and will be required to discard credit for MT105B Mathematics 2 (half course). This discarded half course will count towards the total number of discarded courses permitted on transfer. Students who are not credited with or have not passed ST104A Statistics 1 (half course) or IS1129 Introduction to programming (forStandard Route BScInformation Systems and Management)or GY1148 Methods of geographical analysis (for BSc Geography and Environment) or SC1158 Reading social science (for Path B BSc Sociology and Standard Route BSc Sociology with Law) will be required to take ST104A or IS1129 or GY1148 or SC1158 after transfer to total the equivalent of one full course.

iii. A student who has passed in one of these subjects and has received APL from the other will be awarded the same credits.

iv. Students will be required to discard credit for one full course (or the equivalent).

v. Students awarded these credits will not subsequently be permitted to take MT105B Mathematics 2 (half course) (and consequently will also not be permitted to take ST104B Statistics 2 (half course)).

vi. The above table shows equivalent courses that will be credited to students who have passed D21 Mathematics but have not passed a full Statistics course (i.e. D06 Introductory social and economic statistics, D07 Elements of statistics or D04A Statistics 1 (half course) and D04b Statistics 2 (half course) or who have passed a full Statistics course but not D21 Mathematics.