If in doubt, students should check availability with the providing School . The number of credits taken by a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate in an academic year should total 120. Credit totals for part-time students may vary from year to year but must reach the prescribed totals at each level before a degree will be awarded. Top An increasing number of Schools are participating in the European Credit Transfer System. For the benefit of students from other countries studying at Exeter under one of these programmes, the ECTS credit value appropriate to each module is described in each module description.
Attention is drawn to the note above on module availability.
These guidelines set basic ground rules to underpin flexibility of student choice and credit transfer within a framework of credits for named-subject degrees. Each module has been allocated a level or levels. Choice must be guided by relating level to the University's degree programme framework as outlined in the University's conventions for levels and awards . Some modules require that other modules are taken at the same time or immediately following. Time tabling Top Optional modules are available to students only on a 'timetable permitting' basis.