Programme structure: Reproduction and Development (MSc) - what's running in 2024/25

This Year 1 structure is for full time students.

Please note, this programme is delivered mostly via distance learning, with a short period of time in Bristol (up to three weeks per year).

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology MEDIM4000 20 Mandatory TB-1
Statistics & Research Methods MEDIM4003 20 Mandatory TB-4
Human Development and Pregnancy MEDIM0012 20 Mandatory TB-1
Gametogenesis to Implantation MEDIM4001 20 Mandatory TB-2
Assisted Reproductive Technologies MEDIM4004 20 Mandatory TB-2
Infertility- Diagnosis & Management SOCSM0009 20 Mandatory TB-4
Project BRMSM0034 60 Mandatory AYEAR
MSc Reproduction and Development   180    

Award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7 unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on the award of credit, reassessment and award of a qualification please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Degree classifications:

A classification will be awarded in the following qualifications:

  • Taught postgraduate Masters degree, including a Master of Research (MRes)
  • Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications
  • Exit awards of Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates in designated programmes (as described in the programme specification) where students choose to withdraw from the intended programme but otherwise achieve the necessary credit points for the exit award.

A classification is not awarded for exit awards where students are required to withdraw from the programme on academic grounds.

The overall final programme mark is calculated as the average of all unit marks in the programme, weighted by credit point value.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

  • Distinction = final programme mark of 70+
  • Merit = final programme mark of 60-69
  • Pass = final programme mark of 50-59
  • Fail = final programme mark of 49 or less

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

Diploma/certificate stages:

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 100 must be at level 7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level 7.