In choosing first-year subjects students should aim to keep options open for the choice of second and third-year subjects. Students in the designated science degrees have a more structured course than the BSc. However all students should peruse the subjects available in later years and check on the corequisites and prerequisites set out in the subject entries. Most disciplines require certain prerequisites for progression. To qualify for the award of the degree, the student's program must also be consistent with the course regulations which are set out at the end of this handbook and the course requirements which are set out below under the objectives for each degree.
Before commencing each semester students require faculty approval for their program of studies. This is also required for any proposed alteration to the course of study during the semester.
Except at level one, students may not enrol in more than thirty points per semester. At level one, students may not enrol in more than twenty-four points per semester.
To enrol in level-two subjects, students must have already passed at least twelve points within one discipline at level one. To enrol in in level-three subjects, students must have already passed at least thirty-six points from level-one subjects.
To satisfy a first-semester prerequisite students must obtain a grade of NP or better in one of the pair of sequential prerequisite subjects provided that a grade of at least P is obtained in the other subject.
To satisfy a second-semester prerequisite students must obtain a grade of NP or better in the first-semester subject.
BSc(Biomed) students should note however the more stringent requirements for academic progress set out in the criteria for exclusion (chapter 1, last paragraph).
Except with the permission of the dean acting on the recommendation of the head of department, students may not enrol in a subject they have previously failed twice. Students who fail a subject and elect to repeat it must, unless exempted by the head of department, repeat all requirements of the subject.
To complete subjects which have a laboratory component, students shall, to the satisfaction of the head of department, participate and satisfactorily complete such compulsory exercises and laboratory work, if any, as shall be prescribed in subject information sheets. If students have not completed the prescribed requirements for any subject, they may be deemed ineligible to pass the subject, or be otherwise penalised, as shall be specified, for unsatisfactory performance.
To qualify for the BSc students must pass forty-eight points at each level for a total of 144 points; at level two, twelve points may be from level one, at level three, twenty-four points may be from level two. To qualify for double degrees, students must meet the requirements specified below in each course entry. Requirements for discipline sequences are set out under each level. Prerequisites, corequisites and prohibited combinations (ie only one subject from a pair of subjects can be counted towards the degree) are set out under subject entries.
For the purposes of qualifying for the degree students are not able to count (i) a subject or part of a subject more than once, (ii) more than sixteen points at first and second-year level combined, or more than twelve points at third-year level, or more than twenty-four points over all three years, with a grade of NP (previously PII).
Students who have failed a twenty-four point subject may, on the recommendation of the chief examiner, be granted credit for a subject in the same discipline with fewer points.