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 relevant Blackboard sites (Assessment content area)

If a student completes an extenuating circumstances form for an assessment and this is approved, this assessment will be considered as Not Assessed (NA). The student may sit this assessment as a first attempt and provided that there are no other failed assessments wtihin that module, the overall grade will not be capped at 40.

Unrestricted Modules

• All level 1 and level 2 students must also take 20 credits of unrestricted modules in Level 1 (also referred to as optional modules)

• Progression to Levels 2 and 3 following failure of an unrestricted module will be assessed in Exam Board meetings at the end of the academic year