B.2.9.6.2 The classification of honours degrees for students graduating in 2012/13[1]or thereafter.
[a]Students on undergraduate degree courses are given an honours classification at the end of the period in which they attain the minimum credit required for an honours degree, i.e., 360 credits of which at least 100 must be at Level 6 (Honours) or above, 120 at Level 5 (Intermediate) or above, 120 at Level 4 (Certificate) or above and no more than 20 at Level 3 (Access).
[b]The Level 5 (Intermediate) grades are usually determined at the end of the period in which students attain the minimum credit for completion of the Diploma in Higher Education, i.e., 240 credits of which at least 100 must be at Level 5 (Intermediate) or above, 120 at Level 4 (Certificate) or above and no more than 20 at Level 3 (Access).
[c]The classification is calculated as follows:
Method 1
Calculate the average of the marks from the 180 credits obtained from the best 60 credits at level 5 and the 120 credits at level 6.
Method 2
Calculate the average of the marks from the 120 level 6 credits.
The student receives the better of the two averages above and is awarded a classification based on the table below.
Mean % / Classification69.5 - 100% / First Class Honours Degree
59.5 - 69.5% / Upper Second Class Honours Degree
49.5 - 59.5% / Lower Second Class Honours Degree
39.5 -49.5% / Third Class Honours Degree
[d]Students entering the University at the final degree stage or those entering the final degree stage by ‘topping up’ from HNDs or Foundation degrees awarded by the University of Glamorgan will be classified using Method 2 only.
[e]Students who have passed 360 credits with 100 at level 6 will have a classification calculated as follows:
The average of all level 5 modules (whether 100, 120 or 140 credits) will be calculated and this mark will count as 20 credits at level 6. The classification will then be calculated as in [c] above.
[f]Students who have passed 360 credits with 140 at level 6 will have a classification calculated as follows:
The average over all 140 level 6 credits will be calculated and this average will be weighted as 120 credits. The classification will then be calculated as in [c] above.
[1]*Students who have already completed some or all level 5 modules prior to 2011/12 can request to have their classification calculated under both regulations (B.2.9.6.1 and B.2.9.6.2) and will be given the higher of the two
*Students who have completed some level 6 modules prior to 2011/12 and students undertaking a sandwich year in 2011/12, will have their classification calculated under both regulations (B.2.9.6.1 and B.2.9.6.2) and be given the higher of the two.