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Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
Full-Time Student
To be given the status of a full-time student:
• A student must in any one year register for courses/modules towards obtaining a certificate, diploma or degree, totalling at least 90 credit points.
• Credit points for courses not essential for obtaining the qualification for which a student is registered will not be taken into account.
Extended Programme Student
An extended programme student:
• Is a student who formally registers to complete a standard full-time certificate/diploma/degree programme in an additional year, with the curriculum designed accordingly.
• Must in any one year register for courses/modules towards obtaining a certificate, diploma or degree, totalling at least 60 credit points.
• Credit points for courses not essential for obtaining the qualification for which a student is registered will not be taken into account.
Part-Time Student
A part-time student:
• Is a student who in any one year has registered for courses/modules totalling 60 credit points or fewer, irrespective of whether the courses/modules contribute towards a qualification or are taken for non-degree/diploma/certificate purpose.
• A student who is in full-time employ may not register as a full-time student and must comply with the provisions applicable to part-time students.
General Rules
A student:
• May not register for more than 160 credits in any one academic year.
• May proceed from one academic level to another (e.g. from first-year level to second-year level) only once at least 80 credits from the lower level have been completed and passed; and conversely, a student may not proceed to the next level if more than 40 credits at the lower level are outstanding.
• May not register for a course/module at two different levels (e.g. Mathematics 1 and Mathematics 2) simultaneously.
• May not register for a course/module at a higher level prior to having completed and passed the course/module at a lower level (e.g. Mathematics 2 prior to having passed Mathematics 1) or any other pre-requisite course/module.
