Students who return failing grades in a trimester amounting to 15 credits, or more, will be identified under the UCD Continuation – Academic Progress policy. Students whose rate of progression and performance over two academic years is deemed unacceptable will be referred to the Governing Board to be reviewed for exclusion from the programme.
Students who fail to progress from the stage of the programme they are registered to for more than two academic years (except where a period of Leave of Absence has been granted for one of those years) will also be contacted under the Continuation – Academic Progress Policy.
As Stages 3 and 4 have the most dynamic components of the programme, and the material studied previously may no longer be relevant, a student who has been away from the programme for a significant period should be required to register again to Stage 3. The upper limit for completion of Stages 3 and 4 should be six years if they choose to do 120 credits with 20 in each year.

Students take 9 core modules. Students must take PSY10050 in Stage 3 or Stage 4. Students should take MST30020 or MST30030 in Stage 3 or Stage 4.

Students take 7 core modules and 1 option module. Students must take PSY10050 in Stage 4 if not taken in Stage 3. Students must take MST30020 or MST30030 in Stage 4. Suggested option modules may contribute to remaining credits.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 3 Core Modules
BMOL30030	Regulation of Gene Expression	Autumn	5
MATH30340	Peer-Assisted Tutoring	Autumn	5
MST20010	Algebraic Structures	Autumn	5
STAT20110	Introduction to Probability	Autumn	5
ZOOL30030	Evolutionary Biology	Autumn	5
EDUC30050	Schools and Society	Spring	5
ENVB30100	Ecological and Environmental Microbiology	Spring	5
MATH30390	Mathematics Pedagogy & Curriculum in Placement	Spring	5
MST30070	Differential Geometry	Spring	5
Stage 3 Core Modules
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students should take PSY10050 in Stage 3 or 4. Students must take MST30020 or MST30030 in Stage 3 or 4
MST30020	History of Mathematics	Autumn	5
PSY10050	Introduction to Psychology	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
MST30030	Financial Mathematics	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students should take PSY10050 in Stage 3 or 4. Students must take MST30020 or MST30030 in Stage 3 or 4
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students can select 10 credits from elective modules in Stage 3. Alternatively, students can select 10 credits from the list below.
BIOC20060	Biochemistry in Action	Spring	5
BSEN10010	Biosystems Engineering Design Challenge	Spring	5
DSCY10040	Childhood	Spring	5
DSCY10060	Energy, Climate Change & Policy	Spring	5
EDUC10180	Irish Childhoods	Spring	5
PSY10040	Introduction to the Psychology of Perception and Cognition	Spring	5
ZOOL30010	Functional Morphology	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students can select 10 credits from elective modules in Stage 3. Alternatively, students can select 10 credits from the list below.
Stage 4 Core Modules
EDUC42180	Professional Placement & Portfolio 1	2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)	20
EDUC42850	Teaching Science A	Autumn	5
MATH40810	Mathematics Pedagogy for Classroom Practice	Autumn	5
MST30010	Group Theory and Applications	Autumn	5
MST30050	Complex Analysis	Autumn	5
EDUC42840	Maths Pedagogy in Placement	Spring	5
EDUC42860	Teaching Science B	Spring	5
Stage 4 Core Modules
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: If not taken in Stage 3, students must take PSY10050 in Stage 4.
PSY10050	Introduction to Psychology	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: If not taken in Stage 3, students must take PSY10050 in Stage 4.
Stage 4 Options - B)1OF: Students must take either MST30020 or MST30030 in Stage 4.
MST30020	History of Mathematics	Autumn	5
MST30030	Financial Mathematics	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - B)1OF: Students must take either MST30020 or MST30030 in Stage 4.
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students may take an option module from this list to complete 60 credits for Stage 4. Students who successfully complete an internship in the summer term betweeen Stage 3 and Stage 4 will be registered to SCI30080 Professional Placement module for Stage 4 credit.
SCI30080	Professional Placement-Science	Autumn	5
BSEN10010	Biosystems Engineering Design Challenge	Spring	5
DSCY10040	Childhood	Spring	5
DSCY10060	Energy, Climate Change & Policy	Spring	5
EDUC10180	Irish Childhoods	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students may take an option module from this list to complete 60 credits for Stage 4. Students who successfully complete an internship in the summer term betweeen Stage 3 and Stage 4 will be registered to SCI30080 Professional Placement module for Stage 4 credit.

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
BHSCI001	Stage 4 - 70.00% Stage 3 - 30.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47