Allowable degree credit options, 2023-24

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. 

The only exceptions to this are: 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; and 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
DepartmentYear of study & Degree programmeModulesCompulsory 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 (BH9C, BHV1, BHV2, H160, H162, H163)
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
  • 3rd Year (28G3)
I-Explore (Year 3) 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 
Credit options
Faculty of Natural Sciences
DepartmentYear of study & Degree programmeModulesCompulsory or Elective?
Chemistry                                       
  • 1st Year (F100, F101, F103, F104, F105, F1NF, FN11)
Imperial Horizons (Year 1) Languages modules only  Elective 
Chemistry
  • 2nd Year (F100, F101, F103, F104, F105, F1N2, F1NF, FN11)
Imperial Horizons (Year 2) Elective
Chemistry
  • 3rd Year (F100, F101, F103, F104, F105, F124, F125, F1F3, F1FH, F1NF, FN11)
I-Explore (Year 3) Compulsory
Life Sciences
  • 2nd Year (C100, C102, C110, C180, C1N2, C1NG, C500, C700, C701, C702, C7N2, C7NG, J700, J701, J702, J7N2)
I-Explore (Year 2) Compulsory 
Mathematics
  • 2nd Year (G100, G102, G103, G104, G125, G1F3, G1G3, GG31, G1GH)
I-Explore (Year 2) Compulsory 
Mathematics
  • 3rd Year (G100, G102, G103, G125, G1F3, G1G3, GG31, G1GH)
Imperial Horizons (Years 3 & 4) except Languages & the Change Makers Independent Project Elective 
Physics 
  • 1st Year (F309)
Imperial Horizons (Year 1) Languages modules only Elective
Physics
  • 2nd Year (F300, F303, F309, F325, F390)
I-Explore (Year 2)  Compulsory 
Physics 
  • 3rd Year (F300, F303, F325, F390)
  • 4th Year (F303, F309, F390)
Imperial Horizons (Years 3 & 4) Elective
credit options
Faculty of Medicine
DepartmentYear of study & Degree programmeModulesCompulsory or Elective?
School of Medicine 
  • 2nd Year (MBBS - A100)
I-Explore (Year 2) Compulsory
School of Medicine
  • 2nd Year (BMB - B101, B111)
I-Explore (Year 2) Compulsory
Summary of the table's contents

 *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.