HOW YOUR DEGREE COURSE ORGANISED

Studying at university is very different from studying at school. Less time is spent in formal classes, and more is spent on your own private reading.
Whichever subject you choose, university-level work is designed to develop your ability to think critically for yourself, to assimilate and analyze new concepts, and to apply your knowledge in new situations.The education you get at university will give you the intellectual equipment to grow with your subject in your future career, whatever that may be.

Teaching methods vary with the course of study,but all contain similar elements. The Lecture is a prepared talk given by a member of staff on a particular aspect of a course. A series of lectures gives all students a common basis on which it approach a course, but lectures should be regarded as a starting-point for your own thinking and reading, rather than as providing all the facts or answers you need.
The Seminar involves a smaller group of students, and is much less structured. One aspect of the subjects will be discussed in depth, led by a member of staff, often based either on example sheets which all students will have worked through, or on a piece of written work that one individual students has presented.
Laboratory and Practical classes are vary significant in science and engineering courses.
Assessment
Methods of assessment vary according to the nature of the degree subject. However, almost all involve a combination of formal written examinations ( usually two or three hours, unseen) and laboratory or essay work completed during the year.
All assessment is designed to test your understanding of the course. It will no longer be sufficient for you just to memorized facts ! Your ability to use facts, concepts and information to develop your own arguments and conclusions is of far greater importance.

Degree Classification
All students are admitted to courses leading to degrees with Honours. The degree awarded on successful completion of your studies will be classified, according to your performance. Degrees with honours are classified as First Class, second Class ( first or second division), or Third Class. Candidates who narrowly fail to reach the standard required for a classified Honours degree may receive a Pass degree.
Some courses also have an Ordinary degree, which runs in parallel with the Honours course, but in which students typically take fewer subjects.
On successful completion of your studies you will be awarded the Degree of Bachelor (BSc.).

How your degree course is organised

Every degree course will be divided into modules of a standard length. And university have two fifteen-week semesters rather than the existing three ten-week terms.
When the process is complete, each degree programme will be made up of a total of 36 modules. You will take six modules in each semester, making twelve in each full academic year. Each module represents approximately 100 hours of student learning-time, through the balance between timetable lectures, seminars, laboratory classes and private study will according to the subject matter.
Under this pattern, ten weeks of teaching before Christmas will be followed by two further weeks after the Christmas vacation, followed by a week of revision and two weeks of assessment. The second semester will then start either immediately or with one week’s break, with five weeks of teaching before Easter. There will then be a further seven weeks of teaching after the Easter vacation, followed by one week of revision, and two weeks of assessment. This is the study pattern internal students, but same way external students carry on their study with free timetable or graphic which is organized by IUFS.

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