UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES

FACULTY REGULATIONS 2005-2006 [VERSION: 17 May 2005]

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Degree Regulations

1. Definitions
2. Awards
3. Degree Examinations
4. Duration of Studies for an Award
5. Syllabus of Modules and Examinations - this link will take you to a catalogue of all modules in use in Session 2005/06.

Appendix A

This link will take you to the Essential Modules in Degree Programmes The link to the Appendix provides spreadsheets setting out the essential modules and prerequisites for all undergraduate degrees and joint degrees offered in the Faculty.

INTRODUCTION

The Degree Regulations provide a set of rules which govern the process leading to the award of a Certificate, Diploma or a Degree. Any special case which is not covered by these Regulations should be referred to the Dean of the Faculty for a ruling.

DEGREE REGULATIONS

2. Awards

2(1) Credit Rating of an Award

You may receive an award only by (i) withdrawing from study in the case of the certificate and diploma award and (ii) graduating in the case of a degree award and leaving the Faculty. The award will only be at the highest level of qualification to which your Total Accumulated Credit (TAC) entitles you.

2(2) Certificate of Higher Education (Science) / Certificate of Higher Education (Engineering)

TAC required : 120 credits with a minimum of 90 credits at Level 1

2(3) Certificate of Higher Education (Science) / Certificate of Higher Education (Engineering)

TAC required : 240 credits with a minimum of 90 credits at Level 2

2(4) BSc Un-named / BEng Un-named

TAC required : 360 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 3

2(5) BSc Named (refer to 2(8) & 2(10) below) / BEng Named (refer to 2(9) below)

TAC required : 360 credits with a minimum of 120 credits at Level 3

2(6) BSc with Honours / BEng with Honours

TAC required : 480 credits with a minimum of 120 credits at Levels 3 and a minimum of 90 credits at Level 4

2(7) MSci with Honours / MEng with Honours

TAC required : 600 credits with a minimum of 100 credits at Level 5

2(8) List of Named BSc Degrees

• Applied Computing
• Applied Physics
• Business Economics with Marketing
• Economics
• E-Commerce Computing
• Financial Economics
• Mathematics
• Mathematical Biology
• Physics
• Innovative Product Design
• Interactive Media Design
• Renewable Energy (subject to final ratification)

2(9) List of Named BEng Degrees

• Civil Engineering
• Electronics and Computing
• Electronic & Electrical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering with Management
• Electronic Engineering and Microcomputer Systems
• Electronic Engineering and Physics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electronic Circuit Design
• Microelectronics and Photonics*

* The Microelectronics and Photonics degree is a joint degree with University of St Andrews under the Promoting Partnerships Initiative. All students registered on this degree are under the University of St Andrews Academic regulations for the entirety of their study, regardless of which University they are currently attending. All students however are bound by the administrative rules of both institutions (rules governing conduct in libraries etc). Students will matriculate in person at the University at which they will be physically based each year. They will be matriculated in absentia at the partner institution that year. Student graduate with a degree awarded by both universities, but chooses which graduation ceremony to attend.

2(10) List of Named Joint BSc Degrees

May be awarded (subject to timetable constraints) for completion of 120 credits at Level 3 in two permitted combinations (i.e. where a corresponding joint honours programme exists within the Faculty) from the following list :

• Accountancy
• Applied Computing
• Microelectronics
• Economics
• Electronics
• Environmental Science
• Financial Economics
• Mathematics
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Psychology
• Statistics

Refer to Appendix A for a full list of available joint degree programmes.

2(11) Studying Modules Outside the Faculty

If permitted in your Degree Programme, attendance at modules offered outside the Faculty and accrual of the corresponding credits will be accepted as equivalent to completion of Faculty modules at the same Level. Unless required in your Degree Programme, you may normally gain no more than 40 credits at Levels 1 and 2 and no more than 60 credits at Level 3 from outside the Faculty.

2(12) Minimum and Maximum Credits per academic session

The normal undergraduate student load is 120 credits for full time attendance.

Students are permitted to take in any one academic session:

• A minimum of one module which may be as low as 10 credits
• A maximum of 160 credits
• Students on Civil Engineering programmes are permitted to take 170 credits in levels 2 and 3 to accommodate CE22001 Surveying.

3. Definitions

3(1) Programme of Study

Each year, you must have your Programme of Study approved by your Adviser of Studies no later than the end of the second week of Semester 1. Changes to your programme for Semester 1 will not be permitted after this deadline. Changes to your programme involving modules which begin in Semester 2 can be made only with the permission of your Adviser of Studies and then no later than the end of the second week of Semester 2. Changes beyond these deadlines can be made only with the consent of the Dean and then only in exceptional circumstances.

3(2) Essential Modules for Degree Programmes

1. This Regulation specifies, for each Degree Programme, the essential modules which must be taken at Levels 1 to 5. Where these essential modules total less than 120 credits at a given Level and you are a full-time student, you must select additional modules to bring your total up to 120 credits, which constitutes the minimum workload in an academic year for a full-time student. Prerequisites for each essential module are also listed. The requirement for prerequisites for any module may only be waived by special permission of the Convener of the Programme Board of Studies (Programme Convener).
2. Degree programmes in more than one discipline can be studied as either (a) a joint degree (denoted by the use of 'and' in the title, for example, Mathematics and Physics in which the weighting is approximately 50% in each subject), or (b) a 'with' degree (for example, Economics with Statistics in which the academic weighting is approximately 75% in favour of Economics).
3. Essential modules for all Faculty Degree Programmes are referenced in Appendix A.

3(3) Satisfactory Attendance

Satisfactory Attendance in a module is a requirement for eligibility to take the degree examination. Activities counting towards satisfactory attendance are given by the Module Organiser by way of handbooks and/or module guides. These may include lectures, laboratory work, field work, assignments and class examinations and others. If your conduct in this respect is deemed unsatisfactory by the Module Organiser, you may be debarred from taking any further assessment component in that module by having your DP (duly performed) status withdrawn by the Programme Convener.

3(4) Continuous Absence

Except with the consent of Senate, you may not take a degree examination in a module if you have been absent, excluding vacations, for a continuous period of six weeks or more for a [Y] module or three weeks or more for an [S1] or [S2] module.

3(5) Form of Degree Examinations

For every module, the nature of the component assessments (e.g. coursework assignments, laboratory reports, class examinations, final examinations, etc) and the manner in which your performance in these counts towards your overall grade for the module will be explained in information given to you by the Module Organiser ( e.g. student handbooks, module guides).

3(6) Exemption from a Degree Examination

You will be informed at the start of any module if it has a scheme exempting you from the degree examination and what you need to do to be eligible.

3(7) Grading of Degree Examinations

For each module, the Board of Examiners will decide on your overall module grade according to the following University marking scheme.

3(8) Degree Examination Diets

1. For any module, you may attend the Degree Examination Diets only within the same academic year that you attend the module unless granted Extended DP (EDP) status.
2. In Level 1 there is one examination diet at the end of Semester 2 and one resit diet after semester 2. In Levels 2 and 3 there are Degree Examination Diets at the end of each semester and one resit diet after semester 2. In Levels 4 and 5 there are Degree Examination Diets at the end of each semester but no resit diet.
3. Results given after the first diet in Semester 1 are provisional and will not be approved until after the Examiners' meeting following the second diet of examinations.
4. For any module, you may attend the resit diet only if you attended the first diet and failed. You are required to obtain the permission of the Programme Convener to take an examination for the first time at the resit diet and this will only be granted under special circumstances. Where a module does not have a degree examination, and you have not passed the coursework, you may be required to take a degree examination at the resit diet in order to pass the module.
5. Where Level 3 modules count towards final Honours Classification any pass achieved at the resit diet will be capped at 40% for this purpose.

3(9) Degree Examinations for Levels 1 - 3 of a Degree Programme

Only if you are awarded an overall pass grade will you be judged to have passed the degree examination in, and awarded the credits for, any module.

3(10) Failure at a Resit Diet

If you fail a module or modules at the resit diet you may be (i) permitted to re-attend the module(s) during the following academic year or (ii) granted EDP status which allows you two more attempts to gain an overall pass grade in the following academic year without attending the module. Both options require the permission of the Programme Convener.

3(11) Results of Final Degree Examinations

1. The Degree may be awarded "with distinction" to candidates who have undertaken a programme of studies which consists of at least 120 credits at SHE level 3 in any one year (or over the duration of their programme in the case of part-time candidates) and who have achieved a mark of 60 or more in each of those level 3 modules.
2. The proportion of marks allocated towards degree classification are detailed in the table below:

Degree	3rd Year	4th Year	5th Year
All BEng Degrees (including Electronics and Computing)	25%	75%	--
All MEng Degrees (Electronics and Civil)	15%	42.5%	42.5%
MSci Physics	30%	30%	40%
BSc Innovative Product Design / BSc Interactive Media Design	25%	75%	--
All other BSc Single and Joint Honours Degrees (including Economics)	50%	50%	--

3. After you complete your final degree examinations at Level 4 or 5 you will be awarded one of the following degree classifications by the relevant Board of Examiners :

Title of Award	Honours Degree Classification
MSci or MEng with Honours	1st, 2.1, 2.2
BSc or BEng with Honours	1st, 2.1, 2.2, 3rd
BSc or BEng without Honours (Named)	Unclassified

3(12) Failure in Final Degree Examinations at Level 4 and 5

The Board of Examiners may, at their discretion, award a degree in accordance with 3(11) by applying condonement to a failed module or modules.

3(13) Failure to Complete Degree Examinations for Good Cause

If you are prevented by illness or good cause from beginning or completing part or all of the degree examinations at Level 4 or 5 which count towards your Honours Degree Classification, the Examiners may, at their discretion, award you a classified or unclassified Honours Degree. If the Examiners do not consider that they have enough evidence to enable them to exercise such discretion you might be permitted by the Faculty Board to take the examination(s) at a later period of examination.

3(14) Failure at Level 5

If you narrowly fail to achieve a 2.2 Honours classification in the final examinations for the MEng/MSci Honours degree, you may, at the discretion of the Board of Examiners, be awarded (i) a classified BEng/BSc Honours degree or (ii) an unclassified BEng/BSc Honours degree.

3(15) Branches of Honours

On completion of the final examinations for the award of an Honours Degree, you are not permitted to be re-examined in the same branch of Honours.

4 Duration of Studies for an Award

4(1) Advanced Entry

1. If on entry to a degree programme you hold qualifications approved by the Faculty Board, you may be granted advanced entry. The following table defines the maximum TAC you will be awarded on entry to a particular Level as a full-time student:

Advanced Entry to:	TAC awarded on entry :
Level 2	120 credits at Level 1
Level 3	120 credits at each of Levels 1 and 2
Level 4	120 credits at each of Levels 1, 2 and 3

2. If your previous qualifications entitle you to accumulated credits other than multiples of 120, you may enter as a part-time student for your first year of attendance and take sufficient credits to bring your TAC up to 120, 240 or 360 credits if studying at Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 respectively.

4(2) Minimum Requirements to Avoid Termination of Studies

1. The minimum requirements for full-time students at the end of a given year of attendance are:

   Entry Level 1	Advanced Entry Level 2	Advanced Entry Level 3	Advanced Entry Level 4
   Completed Year of Attendance Minimum Required TAC
   First 60
   Second 120	First 180
   Third 240	Second 240	First 300
   Fourth 360	Third 360	Second 360
   Fifth 480	Fourth 480	Third 480	First 480
   Sixth 600	Fifth 600	Fourth 600	Second 600

2. The minimum requirements for part-time students (half load for programme of study) at the end of a given year of attendance are :

Entry Level 1	Advanced Entry Level 2	Advanced Entry Level 3	Advanced Entry Level 4
Completed Year of Attendance Minimum Required TAC
Second 60
Fourth 120	Second 180
Sixth 240	Fourth 240	Second 300
Eighth 360	Sixth 360	Fourth 360
Tenth 480	Eighth 480	Sixth 480	Second 480
Twelfth 600	Tenth 600	Eighth 600	Fourth 600

3. If you fail to achieve the minimum standards shown in Regulation 4(2) you may be required to discontinue your studies, in which event you will have the right to appeal to the Faculty Termination of Studies (Appeals) Committee. If your appeal is rejected by this Committee, it will be reconsidered by the Senate Termination of Studies (Appeals) Committee.
4. If your studies for a degree in the Faculty are terminated you will not be permitted to transfer to another degree programme in the Faculty without the written permission of the Dean of the Faculty.

4(3) Progression into Level 4

Progression into Level 4 is dependent on accumulating 360 credits with a minimum of 120 credits at Level 3 and having passed all compulsory modules. This is a requirement for all Honours Degree programmes (BEng/MEng/BSc/MSci) in the Faculty.

4(4) Progression into Level 5

1. On successful completion of the final assessment at Level 4, you may, subject to the approval of the Board of Examiners, be permitted to graduate with a BEng/BSc Honours Degree, classified in accordance with Regulations 3(11) and 3(12).
2. On completion of the final assessment at Level 4 and failure to perform at the equivalence of Second Class Honours or better (refer to Table in 3(7)), you may, subject to the approval of the Board of Examiners, be required to graduate with a BEng/BSc Honours Degree, classified in accordance with Regulation 3(11) and 3(12).
3. Progression from Level 4 to 5 may be allowed, at the discretion of the Board of Examiners, by applying condonement to a failed module or modules taken at Level 4.

4(5) Transfer from BEng/BSc Programmes to MEng/MSci Programmes

Transfer from a qualifying BEng/BSc programme to a corresponding MEng/MSci will be based on a meritorious average percentage which will be set by the Board of Examiners for the relevant examination diet.

4(6) Transfer from MEng/MSci Programmes to BEng/BSc Programmes

Transfer from an MEng/MSci programme to a corresponding BEng/BSc programme on completion of the Level 2 or Level 3 programme of study, will be based on failure to achieve a meritorious average percentage which will be set by the Board of Examiners for the relevant examination diet.

4(7) Taking a Year Out

If you have passed all your Degree Examinations to date, you may, with the permission of the Dean and Programme Convener, take one academic year from your studies in order to enter appropriate employment or training. Extension of this absence beyond one academic year requires the permission of the Dean and Programme convener. The year(s) of non-attendance will not be counted as a year(s) of attendance for the purpose of meeting progression requirements.

4(8) Discounted Year for Good Cause

If you are prevented from completing a programme of study at any Level by illness or other good cause, you may have the academic year discounted with the permission of the Dean and Programme Convener. The discounted year will not be counted as a year of attendance for the purpose of meeting progression requirements.

4(9) Minimum Periods of Study in Academic Years for Full-time Students

(Part-time students in brackets)

5. Syllabus of Modules and Examinations

Indicative content and examination requirements for each module are stated in the set of module specifications which can be accessed at the Faculty Website.

6. Calculators

Only a Faculty approved calculator may be used in degree examinations. You will be notified at the start of each academic year of the approved calculator.

Appendix A

Spreadsheets setting out the essential modules and prerequisites for all undergraduate degrees and joint degrees offered in the Faculty can be accessed at the Faculty Office Website at this link. Where pre-requisites exist for a module, the term "or equivalent" can also be applied.