School of Media, Film and Music

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Important information: Changes to the structure of the academic year

• From autumn 2012 the academic year will be based on two 12-week teaching blocks. Each of these will carry 60 credits (120 for the year)
• Because the first teaching block will be 12 weeks instead of the current 10, the academic year will start a couple of weeks earlier than it does at the moment, i.e. in mid September
• There will be a total of 24 weeks teaching weeks a year (2 x 12 weeks)
• Between the two teaching blocks there will be a mid-year assessment period, after the Christmas student vacation and leading into the second teaching block
• There will be a second assessment period after the Easter vacation
• Courses taught entirely in the first teaching block will normally be assessed by the end of the first assessment period
• A simplified credit structure based on multiples of 15 credits will be adopted for all courses

Further details of the changes are at:

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/academicoffice/1-2-14.html