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Overview of the Unit and Semester Structure
The Department of Psychology follows the modular degree structure, which also applies, to all Faculties of the University of Sheffield. Duration of Study:
Three years of study are required to obtain a Bachelor's degree. Year of Study:
Each year is divided in two semesters. Semester:
Each semester is a period of 15 weeks. semester 1 begins in October and ends in February; semester 2 begins in February and ends in June. In each semester there are 10 weeks of lecturing, one revision and one reading week, and three examination weeks. Each semester contains a number of courses, which are called Units. Units:
A unit is a part of a program of study, which requires a semester's work and is assigned 10 or 20 credits. Credits:
Credit is a value assigned with each unit. The total value of all units per academic year is 120 credits. Levels of Study:
There are three levels of study, normally first year students will be involved in taking Level 1 units, second year students will be involved in taking Level 2 units, and third year students will be involved in taking Level 3 units. Attendance:
Attendance of contact hours is compulsory. Students are required to bring in supporting documents within a two-day period in order to justify their absences. If, however, the number of absences exceeds the 20% of total contact hours of a unit (e.g., maximum of 5 absences for a 10 credit unit), then the academic board of the department shall have the right to suspend the student from attending the contact hours thus failing the unit, but maintain the right to take the re-sit examination in September. Note that attendance of the tutorials and labs is compulsory. Students who miss more than one tutorial or more than one lab will fail the unit. Grades:
Each piece of work is awarded a grade as a whole number on a scale from 0-100. Grade Average:
All the grades for a given level are averaged to produce the overall grade for that level. The grades for level 2 and 3 are combined in the ratio 1:2 to produce the final degree classification.
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