Allowable degree credit options 2024-25

In the charts below you will find a list of allowable Degree Credit options by department. 

These charts are accurate to the best of our knowledge, but the final decision on Degree Credit options rests with your department. Some specific degree programmes may also have certain restrictions. If you have any queries regarding your options, please contact your departmental administrator. 

You may take a module for Extra Credit or Non-Credit each year you are studying as an undergraduate at Imperial College.* 

*Exceptions

• MBBS and BMB students in Year 3, and MBBS students in Years 5 & 6, are not permitted to take Horizons modules due to clashes with clinical/lab placements or final year projects
• MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Management students in Year 4 are not permitted to take Horizons modules due to clashes with their core degree.

For information on the different credit statuses, please see Taking a module for credit. 

Faculty of Engineering

Credit options

Department	Year of study & Degree programme	Modules	Compulsory or Elective?
Aeronautics	3rd Year (H401, H410, H411, H415, H420)	I-Explore (Year 3)	Compulsory
Aeronautics	3rd Year (H41E) 4th Year (H401, H410, H415, H41E) 5th Years (H420, H411)	Imperial Horizons (Years 3 & 4)	Elective
Bioengineering	3rd Year (B800, BH81, BH9C, BHV1, BHV2, H160, H162, H163, H161)	I-Explore (Year 3)	Compulsory
Chemical Engineering	3rd Year (H801)	I-Explore (Year 3)	Compulsory
Civil Engineering	3rd Year (H201, H202, H21E)	I-Explore (Year 3)	Compulsory
Computing	3rd Year (G400, G401, G402, G501, G600, G610, G700, GG14, GG41, GG47)	I-Explore (Year 3)	Compulsory
Computing	4th Year (G401, G402, G501, G600, G610, G700, GG41, GG47)	Imperial Horizons (Years 3 & 4)	Elective
Dyson School of Design Engineering	2nd Year (28G3)	I-Explore (Year 2)	Compulsory
Dyson School of Design Engineering	4th Year (28G3)	Imperial Horizons (Years 3 & 4)	Elective
Earth Science & Engineering	3rd Year (F600, F640, F644, F645, F647, F64B, F660, F662)	I-Explore (Year 3)	Compulsory
Electrical & Electronic Engineering	3rd Year (GH56, H600, H601, H604, H6N2, HG65, HG6M)	I-Explore (Year 3)	Compulsory
Materials	3rd Year (BJ95, J5H8, J5N2, JF52, JFM2)	I-Explore (Year 3)	Compulsory
Mechanical Engineering	3rd Year (H301, H303, H304, H3G1, H3G2, H3H8)	I-Explore (Year 3)	Compulsory

*Please note that 2nd and 3rd years taking Horizons modules as part of I-Explore, and 3rd, 4th and 5th years taking Horizons modules for Degree Credit, are NOT permitted to take Level 1 Languages.

These charts are accurate to the best of our knowledge, but the final decision on 'degree credit' options rests with your department. Some specific degree programmes may also have certain restrictions. If you have any queries regarding your options, please contact your departmental administrator.