The first year is a qualifying year - it is only your achievements in years 2 and 3 that form the basis of the final degree classification. Progress towards your degree depends on you passing a designated number of what are called modules. Modules are rated at either 10 or 20 credits. The modular system allows great flexibility. In Year 1 you must take at least 40 credits from each of your pathways with the remaining 40 made up from either of your pathways or elsewhere.
Academic advice is available each semester when choices are made for the next step.
The aim is to ensure a coherent academic program. Teaching is structured on a semester basis. Instead of the three terms which you are no doubt used to, you will have two teaching blocks of 15 weeks. The first semester starts in September and the second in February. The first year is designed as a foundation year in social sciences together with providing students with a thorough grounding in some of the current issues that concern crime and criminology.