Academic Regulations: Faculty of Social Sciences
| School | Southampton Business School |
| Final Award | N/A |
| Programme(s) | Business Foundation Year |
| Last modified | April 2025 |
| Introduction | |
|---|---|
| 1. | The Business Foundation Year is not credit-bearing and does not lead to an award of the University of Southampton. |
| 2. | Students satisfying the examiners at the end of the Business Foundation Year will progress to Part I of a specified degree programme. A student progressing to Part I of any permitted programme will thereafter be subject to the regulations in force for students entering that programme in the same year. |
| Progression | |
|---|---|
| 3. | To pass the Business Foundation Year, a student must reach a standard in the assessment as detailed in the Business Foundation Year Description. |
| 4. | Students may progress from the linked Business Foundation Year to the following programmes: • BSc Accounting and Finance • BSc Business Analytics • BSc Business Entrepreneurship • BSc Business Management • BSc Marketing • BSc Finance and Financial Technology • BSc Economics • BSc Economics and Finance • BSc Economics and Actuarial Science |
| Assessment | |
| 5. | A student who marginally fails to satisfy the examiners has a right of referral as detailed in the Business Foundation Year Description. |
| 6. | The actual marks achieved at referral are inserted into the previous profile to determine whether the student has passed the Foundation Year. |
| 7. | A student who has no referral right under the regulations or who fails to progress after referral may repeat the Business Foundation Year. A repeat for the Business Foundation Year consists of taking all examinations again, including any which have already been passed at the first attempt or at referral. |
| 8. | A repeat is normally taken externally but a student may decide, following academic counselling, to take an internal repeat. |
| 9. | For an external repeat, a student is not required to pay tuition fees and hence is not entitled to access taught sessions or academic or pastoral support services. They will have an enrolment status of ‘repeat non-attending’, which allows access to the Library and to IT services only. A student repeating externally may be required to pay fees for examinations and other assessments. |
| 10. | For an internal repeat, a student is entitled to attend all taught sessions and required to submit all coursework and to take all examinations. The full tuition fee is charged for an internal repeat. |
| 11. | The progression rules for repeat examinations are the same as for first attempt examinations except that there is no further right of referral or of repeat. The programme of a student failing at repeat will be terminated . In exceptional circumstances, the Board of Examiners may permit subsequent repeat. |
| 12. | A student may not progress to Part I of their specified degree programme until all repeat examinations have been passed in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Business Foundation Year Description. |
| 13. | A student permitted to repeat or refer will normally be required to take the papers set for that occasion regardless of any change of syllabus. It is the responsibility of the student to ascertain from the Business Foundation Year Leader in good time whether any such syllabus changes have been made. |
These regulations should be read in conjunction with the Business Foundation Year Description.
Disclaimer
As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our programmes to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. As a result, these regulations may be revised during a student’s period of registration, however, any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Please read our Disclaimer to see why, when and how changes may be made to a student’s programme.