Progression & Resits

Progressing to the next level of study

Under the University’s General Regulations for First Degrees, you must meet certain requirements to progress to the next Level of study. Below is a summary of these requirements and does not override the Regulations in any way.

You can view the full General Regulations via the University Calendar:

www.shef.ac.uk/calendar 

Progression to Level 2 & Level 3

All final grades (after the Spring exams) will be released online. Instructions on how to access your results online can be found here.

Core Psychology modules

1. Psychology students need to pass all core Psychology modules as a prerequisite to progressing to the next level 

Core Psychology modules at Level 1 are: 

• PSY1001 - Social Psychology I

• PSY1002 - Cognitive Psychology I

• PSY1003 - Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology I

• PSY1004 - Developmental Psychology I

• PSY1005 - Psychological Research Methodology I

Core Psychology modules at Level 2 are: 

• PSY2001 - Social Psychology II

• PSY2002 - Cognitive Psychology II

• PSY2003 - Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology II

• PSY2004 - Developmental Psychology II

• PSY2005 - Psychological Research Methodology II

2. In order to pass a core Psychology module the final grade of that module needs to be 40 or higher

• The final grade is a weighted average of the grade for all assessments for that module taken during the academic year

• Weightings of assessments for each module are specified on the respective Blackboard sites (Assessment content area)

3. Students need to have attempted but do not need to pass all assessments in a module to pass that module overall 

• If a student did not submit a piece of coursework or sit an exam, the result for this piece of assessment will be Not Complete (NC). You cannot pass a module when you have not completed one of the assessments

• If a student completed an extenuating circumstances form for an assessment, this assessment will be considered Not Assessed (NA). The student may resit this assessment as a first attempt (i.e., the grade for that assessment will not be capped at 40)

Unrestricted Modules

• All level 1 students must also take 20 credits of unrestricted modules in Level 1 (also referred to as optional modules)

• Progression to Level 2 following failure of an unrestricted module will be assessed in Exam Board meetings at the end of the academic year