4.8 BSc Nursing (Adult) and BSc Nursing (Mental Health)

Applicable to all students starting from September 2022

Progression rules

1. The module pass mark is 40% and students are required to pass all component assessments in all modules. All modules, i.e. 120 credits, must be passed to progress to the next year of study.

2. Students will be required to resit and/or resubmit the failed component(s). Students will have TWO opportunities to resit a failed theory module or component. The first opportunity will be in the summer resit assessment period in August. If the summer resit is failed, funding is suspended for one year and students will have one final opportunity to resit externally within 12 months. If failed modules are passed as an external resit, a student will re-join the main cohort during the next academic session. There will be no restriction on the number of modules which may be taken in the resit period.

3. There is only ONE resit opportunity for the Professional Practice component at the end of the placement in the summer resit assessment period. If a student fails the placement resit they cannot continue and will be recorded as out of resit opportunities. If a student passes the placement but fails other theory modules, they will have to repeat the year as an external resit to retake any failed elements in order to proceed to the next year.

4. To qualify for the award of BSc Nursing (Adult) and BSc Nursing (Mental Health), students must pass all component assessments in all modules across Part One and Part Two, as well as satisfactorily completing the theory and placement hours. Upon successful completion students will be eligible to join the NMC Register.

Classification of award

5. The degree classification for the BSc Nursing schemes is based on a weighted average of all module marks following the Conventions for the classification of modular degrees excluding the Professional Practice component which is a pass/fail module.

Exit awards

6. A candidate who achieves an overall mark of 40% at Part One but does not proceed with study will be eligible for the award of a Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) Healthcare Studies (120 credits at Level-4).

7. A candidate who achieves an overall mark of 40% or more in year 2 but does not proceed with study will be eligible for the award of a Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) Healthcare Studies (120 credits at Level-5).

8. A candidate who fails to achieve the BSc Nursing (Adult) and BSc Nursing (Mental Health) requirements set out in paragraph 3 above, but meets the AU modular initial degree regulations, will be eligible for the award of a BSc in Healthcare Studies.