Learning Skills Some students find the transition to university level study, particularly student-centred learning, more difficult than they expected. This can be because they have not yet developed the required learning skills. Although you will receive help throughout your programme to improve these skills, there is specific support, advice and resources available through the College’s Learning Skills Service concerning: issues such as: Presentations Essay Writing Referencing Time Management Reading and Note-taking Revision and Examinations Cornwall College Resources at: Intranet/ Learning Services/ online databases/ academic writing Plymouth University resources are available at: Referencing Guides Please note that ALL assessment marks and results are provisional until confirmed by the Subject Assessment Panel and verified by the Award Assessment Board. If you do well enough, i.e. you average a mark of over 70% over all your modules at the end of your programme then you will qualify for the award of a Foundation Degree with distinction. You should note marks of 70% and over are awarded for outstanding work only. Please reference the Benchmarking Skills Map within the Programme Specification for further details on how the teaching, learning and assessments are achieved within each module. Referencing Guides Assessment Schedules and Feedback Each Programme has a designated Moodle page which houses further details of each of the modules contained with a programme. A full assessment schedule will be available via Moodle. Any changes made to the schedule will be done in consultation with the student body and will be fully communicated to the students that are affected. Assessment Your performance in a module will be assessed during the academic year, normally through a combination of coursework and end of year examinations. You must pass the assessments in order to be credited with that module for your degree. In addition, some modules may have to be passed as pre-requisites for others taken later in your programme.
Learning Skills Some students find the transition to university level study, particularly student-centred learning, more difficult than they expected. This can be because they have not yet developed the required learning skills. Although you will receive help throughout your programme to improve these skills, there is specific support, advice and resources available through the College’s Learning Skills Service concerning: issues such as: Presentations Essay Writing Referencing Time Management Reading and Note-taking Revision and Examinations Cornwall College Resources at: Intranet/ Learning Services/ online databases/ academic writing Plymouth University resources are available at: Referencing Guides Please note that ALL assessment marks and results are provisional until confirmed by the Subject Assessment Panel and verified by the Award Assessment Board. If you do well enough, i.e. you average a mark of over 70% over all your modules at the end of your programme then you will qualify for the award of a Foundation Degree with distinction. You should note marks of 70% and over are awarded for outstanding work only. Please reference the Benchmarking Skills Map within the Programme Specification for further details on how the teaching, learning and assessments are achieved within each module. Referencing Guides Assessment Schedules and Feedback Each Programme has a designated Moodle page which houses further details of each of the modules contained with a programme. A full assessment schedule will be available via Moodle. Any changes made to the schedule will be done in consultation with the student body and will be fully communicated to the students that are affected. Assessment Your performance in a module will be assessed during the academic year, normally through a combination of coursework and end of year examinations. You must pass the assessments in order to be credited with that module for your degree. In addition, some modules may have to be passed as pre-requisites for others taken later in your programme.
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