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Failing a university module
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If you fail a module in your uni course (1st year), will you still be able to move on to Year 2? It's something that's played on my mind for a little while because I don't feel too confident about the exam for one of my modules tomorrow afternoon, and I didn't do very well on the previous test and assignment. I'm pretty sure I can pass my other modules (I already got an A+ in one of them) but I'm just wondering if failing a single module is enough to stop you continuing?
Any help would be appreciated.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I think it is. A few people failed a module in my first year. They had to retake the assessment. Because most of them failed it again, they had to repeat the year. Most of those who did fail just left.
My daughter's doing a four year Masters degree, and at the end of the second year all those who weren't maintaining a high enough standard were dropped back to the three year Bsc course. I suspect failing a module would mean you couldn't possibly score high enough to stay on the Masters?.
You need to check with your institution though as they all do things differently even different departments do things differently.
Yeah that's how my uni is actually, now that I think of it, and it is indeed a core module (not to mention a compulsory module next year). So far my average grade is a D- (thanks mainly to an assignment the likes of which we'd never covered in lectures/seminars but that's beside the point ) but the exam counts for 60% so if I can at least get a D on that I should be safe. It's a shame that I'm having to aim so low for this module, but I'm partly responsible so I'll work to improve on it in future.
Anyway:
Yes I certainly shall! Thanks for the advice guys.
ETA: Knowing my luck I'll probably learn more from reading my lecturer's eBook over the summer holidays after the exam than I ever did from the lectures themselves lol.
At my old uni, you had to pass ALL modules. If you failed one module but still managed to pass the year it was tough titty, you had to resit the module. At my current uni, as long as you pass the year they're not bothered if you fail a module.
Ask them.
Normally, it's just re-taking the specific module again (or even just the assignment that caused you to fail the module- so if you passed the essay but not the exam you'd just resit the exam, same practice if you failed the essay)
In my university it is. I failed a few modules in first and second year and I either had to repeat the exams in August or if I failed those repeat the whole year.
Some courses literally waste your time in first year and you need a bare minimum to even pass the first year, which may not even count towards your degree classification. Other courses are more strict. and include a percentage of year 1 when classifying degrees.
It completely depends, but this is information you should absolutely know. I know at my university you had to pass all modules in year one to get into year 2, yet year one did not even count towards my degree.
It may be that your exam questions suit you better than previous assignments did and you can manage to pass without any problems. If you so need to resit the exam, make sure you get in touch with the module coordinator and possibly also some of the lecturers. They will appreciate that you ask for help (though they may not make it obvious), they will have a much better opinion of you if you ask and should be able to help (their opinion is important as they mark your work!).
Good luck
Your bottom bit is rubbish. Exams are marked anonymously so lecturers can't favour some students over others when marking. Students may not realise that the marker doesn't know whose paper it is until the exams have been marked and sent back to the administrators to deal with who then open up the sealed name bits to see whose paper it is. If they are not stuck down when we initially recieve them to sort through before they go to be marked we stick them down. They also get second marked to make sure that it has been marked fairly and for years 2 and 3 they go to external markers. I am in the process of sorting through exam papers and in all my time working here I have never heard of a lecturer marking someone up because they bothered to ask questions. If a someone is borderline then everything gets looked at not just coursework marks, attendance does as well.
It is not in the institutions or the departments best interest to just pass anyone or make papers easier to get a higher pass rate as that leads to problems further on in other modules when students don't understand as the courses and exam papers were dumbed down to manipulate marks.
I maybe didn't explain it well. (but it's not rubbish about about marking more favourably - it may not be common place (or nice) but having worked in universities for over 10 years I know it can happen). I'm not talking about making a difference between giving someone pass when they deserve a fail but just a difference of 1 or 2 marks (not 1-2%) so instead of borderline fail it is borderline pass - it does happen- why else would they be taking attendance into account?
In terms of asking lecturers questions, I meant they will be willing to spend time going over work with you so you can understand it - obviously there are standards to reach but I've always found that they are more willing to help when you ask questions when you have issues rather than waiting until the last minute so I would recommend going to see the lecturers if/after failing an exam rather than waiting until time of repeat exam.