Changing course and trailing failed credits

If you have been offered the opportunity to change course and proceed to the next year carrying your failed credits, this is because:

• you failed credits in core module(s) which you cannot carry on your current course, but which are not core on the alternative course you have been offered; or
• you are either on an Integrated Masters course or in Year One of a 4-year course which includes a Year Abroad and you have not achieved a Year Mark of at least 50; or
• you are in Year Two of a 4-year course and cannot proceed to your Year Abroad or Placement Year next year.

Choosing this outcome means you can proceed to the next year on the alternative course and undertake reassessment in your failed current year modules, this is known as trailing reassessment. This trailed reassessment will be undertaken by January 2025.

It’s important that you understand the implications of progressing to your next year of study trailing reassessment in failed modules. Trailing reassessment means you will need to attend and undertake the assessments for all of your next year of your study, as well as taking reassessment in your trailed modules.

All trailed reassessment will be considered at the Summer meeting of the Board of Examiners, and any further reassessment offered will take place in the Summer reassessment period. If you are proceeding to your Final Year in October 2024, this means that, if you don’t pass your trailed reassessments and have to undertake further reassessment to achieve your full award, you may not be able to graduate in July 2025.

If you select this option, you will automatically be transferred onto the new course listed on your results pages prior to the start of the 2024-25 Academic Year, you do not need to submit a change of course form for this to change to take place. It may be possible for you to be considered to change to other courses within your department where you meet the course specific requirements to do so. If this is something you would like to consider, please contact your school/department directly.

Any decisions involving trailing failed modules should not be taken lightly and you are strongly advised to discuss this with your your school/department or SU Advice before making your decision.

For further information on trailing failed reassessment and its impact on your further studies, please see the relevant outcome pages linked below:

• Proceeding to the next year trailing 15 failed credits
• Proceeding to the next year trailing 30 failed credits

Before selecting this outcome, we urge all students to read the important information below: