Programme structure: Professional Practice with Children and Young People (BSc) - what's running in 2009/10

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Students can also take a Graduate Diploma in Professional Practice with Children and Young People depending on entry qualification.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
All of the following units are mandatory.
Unit 1, Professional Skills in Practice (Professional Practice with Children & Young People) SPOL33334 20 Optional TB-4
Unit 2, Child Development and Working with Children (Professional Practice with Children and Young People) SPOL33335 20 Optional TB-1
Unit 3, Assessment and the Legal Context (Professional Practice with Children and Young People) SPOL33336 20 Optional TB-2
Unit 4, Children in Need and Working with Looked After Children (Professional Practice with Children and Young People) SPOL33337 20 Optional TB-2
Unit 5, Practice Education (Professional Practice with Children and Young People SPOL33338 20 Optional TB-4
Unit 6, Reflective practice in a multi-agency context (Professional Practice with Children and Young People) SPOL33339 20 Optional TB-4
Professional Practice with Children and Young People (BSc)   120    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

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