Progress & Assessment
Your personal tutor will discuss your progress at end of each term. If you feel that you are having problems please discuss these with your tutor before the end-of-term meetings. You should pay particular attention to submission of coursework.
Your engagement with your course will also be recorded at a number of monitoring points (6 in term 1, 5 in term 2, and 2 in term 3). Missing 3 of these will result in your being required to discuss the matter with your tutor, whilst missing 6 will probably lead to your being required to withdraw, although we will normally intercede earlier.
The overall pass mark for the year is 40%, but it is also necessary to achieve a pass performance (40%) in the required core modules and in modules worth 90 CATS credits or more in order to proceed to the second year of the course. The required core modules are:
PX152 Physics Laboratory/PX151 Astrophysics Laboratory I, PX153 Mathematics for Physicists, PX154 Physics Foundations, PX155 Classical Mechanics and Relativity, and PX157 Electricity and Magnetism.
Resits (required or optional, see below) are only available in modules, that are predominantly assessed by written examination. If PX152/PX151 is failed you will normally be required to withdraw without being offered the opportunity of resitting. If you pass a Resit the module will appear as passed in your transcript but the mark will be capped at 40%.