UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS - PROGRESSION
The Department follows College regulations with regard to year-to-year progression. Exceptions
are extremely rare and are at the discretion of the Departmental Tutor in the first instance
(requiring confirmation via the Faculty Tutor).
The examination Pass Mark is 40%. Referred Assessment can be offered to 2nd year students who
achieve a failing mark of between 35-39%. In Economics, this normally takes the form of a onehour examination held in mid-late August (other departments may have other arrangements).
Referred assessment is marked on a pass/fail basis, i.e. the maximum mark that can be earned is
40%. If a referred assessment paper is failed, a candidate is still entitled to re-sit the examination
in that course in the following year during the normal examination period (unless all re-sit attempts
have been exhausted). On the other hand, if it is passed then the chance to re-sit the full
examination (the following year) is relinquished and the mark will be set permanently at 40%.
Year 1 to Year 2 Progression:
L100: 3.0 out of your 4.0 first year units.
L1011:4.0 units & UK domicile students must also have satisfied UCL’s GCSE foreign
language requirements.
Year 2 to Year 3 Progression:
L100: 7.0 units by the end of the second year.
L1012:8.0 units.
Getting a Degree:
You cannot obtain an Honours degree until you have:
 completed 12.0 units (i.e. met course requirements in order to be eligible to sit the
examinations and have sat all examinations3);
 passed the examinations in a minimum of 11.0 units.
N.B. If you fail to pass 11.0 units then you cannot get an Honours degree but can still be awarded
an Ordinary degree if you have completed at least 11.0 units and passed 10.0 or 10.5 units and 2.0
of those are at advanced level (i.e. ECON3xxx modules or ECON7xxx modules); in which case the
Examinations Section of the Registry will contact you direct about this.
1
L101 1st year students that pass less than 4.0 but at least 3.0 units of Year 1 will be recommended to consider progressing to Year
2 of the L100 programme instead of Year 2 of L101.
2
L101 2nd year students who have gained less than 8.0 units but at least 7.0 units need to discuss their situation with the
Departmental Tutor in the first instance. For further information please see the Economics Handbook: “Progression for L101
Students”.
3 *It is worth noting that students absenting themselves from examinations without prior approval will be deemed to have
made an attempt at the examination. However, the attempt will be given a result of "Absent" which means that you would be
deemed incomplete in that module. The same applies to students who attempt so little that the examination script cannot be
academically assessed (and do not provide evidence of extenuating circumstances). In these cases a mark of zero would be counted
in any average, it would be treated as an attempt, but the overall result for the course unit would be recorded by the Examinations
Section as absent or incomplete, as appropriate with the consequence that an Honours degree will not be awarded.
If you have not passed sufficient units to proceed you should
discuss your position with Dr Witte in person.
You should make an appointment as soon as possible after receiving your results via the
Economics Undergraduate Admin Moodle site here:
https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=6519 (click on Undergraduate Appointments
with Dr Witte); or direct link: https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/mod/scheduler/view.php?id=1127115.
The following sets out the options and procedural formalities that you should consider carefully
before making the appointment:
 Under University Regulations, you have the right to re-enter any failed paper(s) once
only. Except in exceptional circumstances, this must be in the next session.

The next opportunity for you to re-enter for examinations is in April/May 2016. If you
then pass sufficient examinations to proceed, you would be allowed to enter the next
year of the degree programme in September 2016. This can be achieved either by
resitting the examination(s) as a non-registered student or by repeating the course as
a registered student (see below):

Re-sitting Only:
You need to enter for re-sits via PORTICO. Although you are not permitted to attend
lectures or tutorial classes in the courses for the papers you will be re-sitting, it would
be wise for you to check with the lecturers on any changes to course or exam structure,
which they might be making. (N.B. If the course changes significantly, you will be
examined on the material you studied and a separate re-sit paper will be given).

Returning as a Registered (Repeat) Student:
If you wish to return as a registered student in order to repeat the failed course units,
please note that attendance at lectures and tutorial classes is compulsory and you will
have to pay the appropriate fees - see: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/current-students/money
(N.B. for all information about fees you should contact the Registry not the Department).

You should formulate an opinion as to which option you would prefer to take, given the
choice, before seeing Dr Witte.
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Finally, do not delay in contacting Dr Witte as the Department and the Registry need to
be notified as soon as possible of which course of action you are to take.
Viv Crockford
BSc Programme Administrator
Economics Department