I've just finished my degree and I don't know what marks mean what or anything either, I don't have any idea how good a 2:2 or a 2:1 is, I still live with the A, B C method.
I thought though that when you do a degree with honours, the honours part is the Dissertation or honours project that you complete in your final year. My dissertation counted for 30% of my overall grade. So if you pass your dissertation/honours project then you get a degree with honours, and if you fail that you just get a degree, but obviously that may not work out as a pass if it counts for such a big percentage. The P may just stand for pass.
I've just finished my degree and I don't know what marks mean what or anything either, I don't have any idea how good a 2:2 or a 2:1 is, I still live with the A, B C method.
I thought though that when you do a degree with honours, the honours part is the Dissertation or honours project that you complete in your final year. My dissertation counted for 30% of my overall grade. So if you pass your dissertation/honours project then you get a degree with honours, and if you fail that you just get a degree, but obviously that may not work out as a pass if it counts for such a big percentage. The P may just stand for pass.
Well I am a joint honours student and therefore did not have to do a dissertation in final year and could do the usual weighted modules so does that mean that I wont have any chance of getting a honours degree even though i am in for a BA Hons degree?
Also if you pass does it really mean you can add BA Hons after your name?
So my modules are all over 60 in second and third year and the majority of them are over 65 with one or two over 70 so am I looking at a 2.1? (depending also on the results of my last two exams.)
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Hang on - you're not an honours alumni?
Now I'm confused...
Well this that you posted last night says you are.
Which university have you been attending?
Could be a typo for "Now an honours alumni"
Yea me coming home drunk last night resulted in a few typos, big deal.
Also i meant to type "now" an alumni. lol
plus.... honours is correct.
22P means 2:2 Pass, doesn't it?
I thought the P was for a Pass code.
I thought though that when you do a degree with honours, the honours part is the Dissertation or honours project that you complete in your final year. My dissertation counted for 30% of my overall grade. So if you pass your dissertation/honours project then you get a degree with honours, and if you fail that you just get a degree, but obviously that may not work out as a pass if it counts for such a big percentage. The P may just stand for pass.
Well I am a joint honours student and therefore did not have to do a dissertation in final year and could do the usual weighted modules so does that mean that I wont have any chance of getting a honours degree even though i am in for a BA Hons degree?
Also if you pass does it really mean you can add BA Hons after your name?
Awaiting final marks also next week.
What bit of 'honours' can't you read?
1.1 - 70% and over
2.1 - 60-70%
2.2 - 50-60%
Pass - 40-50%
Below 40% - fail/unclassified degree AFAIK.
I'm in Ireland though so I don't know if this is the same in UK universities?
same here.
What career are you trying to follow that if you don't have an honours degree that as you put it 'life is over'?