Confused about degree levels

D.R cowboy

If start a level 8 Honours degree and you leave after 3 years instead of 4
Do you get a level 7 degree??, and if you leave after 2 years do you a level 6 diploma ??

Sir Ophiuchus

If you leave a four-year honours degree course (level 8) after three years, and you've completed and passed your third year, then the college will usually agree to award you an ordinary degree (level 7).

If you leave after two years, you get zip.

Sir Ophiuchus

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

If you leave a four-year honours degree course (level 8) after three years, and you've completed and passed your third year, then the college will usually agree to award you an ordinary degree (level 7).

If you leave after two years, you get zip.

I don't think they will usually agree to award you an ordinary degree (level 7) if you have 3 years done and what to leave. The Universities certainly don't. And if they do, the title of the degree awarded won't be the same as the one you'd receive if you had stayed for 4th year. Courses that allow you to obtain an ordinary degree or higher certificate specifically state this, and are only found in the ITs.

dahamster

D.R cowboy wrote: »

If start a level 8 Honours degree and you leave after 3 years instead of 4
Do you get a level 7 degree??, and if you leave after 2 years do you a level 6 diploma ??

No

Sir Ophiuchus

Whoops. You can be recommended for an ordinary degree if you fail your fourth-year exams, in Trinity at least, but not if you just withdraw after third year.

And yes, of course an ordinary degree would be different to an honours degree.

Noodleworm

some level 8 courses are only 3 years. so that theory might not work.