Communication failure at undergraduate level

The system of study in Glasgow University is that every student undergoes two years reading in general subjects at a relatively elementary level, something akin to sixth‐form work in England. At the end of that period, the student can go on to specialise in one or two particular subjects for two more years to take an Honours degree. The alternative is to complete the course as a general student in one more year, and take what is called an Ordinary degree.