Resits and Further First Attempts
If you fail to satisfy the examiners at the end of the academic year, you will be asked to take further tests. These tests are normally at the end of August and start of September (the Resit and Deferral period). They can be as final attempts (Resits) for which the mark recorded is capped at 40%. Further first attempts (FFAs) can also be offered by the Board of Examiners when this has been recommended by the Mitigating Circumstances panel (see rh menu).
There are no further tests for failed modules assessed predominantly by coursework.
PX152 Physics Laboratory and PX151 Astrophysics Laboratory I are "designated modules", which means they must be passed at the first attempt. A failure in a designated module means that you will probably be required to withdraw.
Note that resits will not normally be offered in any modules, where the contribution to your overall mark for the year has been discarded because of overcatting.
September Exams
The University runs examinations for most modules in physics and mathematics. The marks for lecture modules with assessed coursework components (PX153, PX262, PX275, PX284, PX286, PX3A2 and PX3A3), considered by the Examination Boards after resits or FFAs, will be the marks obtained in the examination alone (i.e. they will not be combined with the assessed coursework marks).
If you are required to take such tests, you will be advised via Tabula and should receive information in an email from Student Records.
Students, who started in the first year in 2021 (and thereafter), have the right to remedy failure on all failed modules assessed predominantly by examination. You will be offered optional resits in such modules except where the mark in the module has been discarded because of overcatting.
Summer Resits
Resits without residence may be offered to you if you fail a FFA in the resit and deferral examination.
Normally the University will contact you during term 2 to ask if you are planning on taking the tests.
If you fail to meet the criteria for progression from the third year to the fourth year of the MPhys or MMathPhys course, you will normally be treated as a final year student on the corresponding BSc.