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.