What will my award title be?

What will the title of my final award be?

You should only need to ask this question if you are a Joint Honours student, everyone else should know. This section relates to Joint Honours degrees.

If you are major/minor student your degree will be "Subject X with Subject Y" and if you are a Joint Honours student your degree will be "Subject X and Subject Y".

What would the title be of your intermediate award?

If you take a Diploma of Higher Education or an Ordinary Degree, the award normally carries the title of the corresponding Honours Degree (e.g. Dip. HE Subject X and Subject Y)
The Certificate of Higher Education does not carry a title.

Will it be a BA or a BSc?

All subjects are clearly designated as Science (BSc) or Arts (BA) as you can see from the list below.

In a Joint Honours award, the designation is determined by the relative number of level 5/6 credits in the two named subjects. If you have studied equal amounts of a BSc and a BA subject, you will be awarded a BA.

BSc subjects

Biological Conservation

 Computing

Equine Studies

 Human Biology
 Mathematics
 Physical Geography
 Wastes Management

BA subjects

 Accounting  Health Studies
 Advertising  History
 American Studies  History of Art
 Business  Human Resource Mgt
 Business Entrepreneurship  Journalism
 Creative Writing  Law
 Criminology  Management
 Dance  Marketing      
 Drama  Media Studies
Economics  Media Production
 Education Studies  Philosophy
 English  Politics
 Events Management  Popular Music
 Film & Television Studies  Retailing
 Fine Art Painting  Social Care
 French  Sociology
 German  Tourism 

The following subjects may be designated as either Science (BSc) or Arts (BA):

  • Human Geography
  • Business Computing Systems
  • Psychology
  • Sport Studies

What title do these subjects lead to?

In these cases the minor or second subject determines the designation of the award as Science or Arts. Where both subjects are in this list, the student will be awarded a BA

What do you need to do for a Major/ Minor award? 

In order to be eligible for a major/minor award, you must gain credit at each stage as follows:

  • Level 4 - at least 40 credits of each subject
  • Level 5 - at least 60 credits of the major subject and at least 40 credits of the minor subject
  • Level 6 - 80 credits of the major subject including a dissertation (or equivalent) and 40 credits of the minor subject.

The choice of modules at each stage must comply with the requirements of each award map.

What do you need to do for a Joint award?

In order to be eligible for a Joint award, you must gain credit at each stage as follows:

  • Level 4 - at least 40 credits of each subject
  • Level 5 - at least 60 credits of the major subject and at least 40 credits of the minor subject
  • Level 6 - 60 credits of the both subjects including a dissertation (or equivalent) of 20 credits from one subject or a 40 credit dissertation (or equivalent) from both subjects studied together.        

The choice of modules at each stage must comply with the requirements of each award map.

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