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I..N. 1.\2 or 19!1'I

EDUCATION ACT. 1988

(Al.'" NO. XX IV Qt' 1988)

Rtgulations ror tht CHtifialte III foundation 5(wie5

IN exe rcisc of the powers confe rred upon him by ~ions 28(5) and

29(6) of the Ed ueMion Aet. IQAA. the C hane<""l lor of the Un iversilY of

Malta has promulgated the foLky,t,ing regulations made by the Scnale of

the U niversity of Malta in vin ue of the powers conferred upon it by

section 33 of lhe sa id Act.

Citation

11Icse Regulat ions may be cited as the Regulat ions for the Certi fICate

in Foundation Studies and shall be applicable to counes start ing in o r

afte r October 1988.

Eligibilit y for Ct'rtiOcatt'

I. Tu he <""lillihle for t he award ur the Certi ticate In f uun<lati"ll S1U<lie, a

';;In<.li<l,l h: must: -

he reg:i,tcred .IS :. st udcnl in the found allun S1Udie~ C"u......: in term, "f

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r~'~u "' ti()n ~ t>cl"",,

(b) complete the courseof studies. q ualify in [he h:sWuamina[illn, and sa tisfy

~n~ <lIher require ments prescribed in these Regulations

(c I satisfy any other requirements prescribed in any ot her relevant Slalules and

Rcgu lations or the Un i'·ersity.

R~l!istr~ t ion for t he Coor'il'

In md.:r t<l r.:g:i .. t.:! rur the Fuund~Ii"., Stud le' ("UUI'e a can<lidat~ must ..a1 i~fy

,

t h~' .. H.,·"u~"Cd G,·n.:r~ 1 Enl TV RC<juir~l11cnl·"· a' <kO ..... '"<.l in the Adm;';~i .. n Regulati.,."

"f 11,.. t Ini'.:r,ill :*

.

I' r,,' ided Iha1 . rur lhe CIIIIN: , Iarl;ng t>c fore Oclube r I 'I!!'} Ihe Enlry Rcquiremcl1l>

'p.:cificd in Ihe docume m ·· R~'l.Jul"'m,,ms rnr <kIobcr 19i!II Entry 10 Ik j,!rce

(' Ilurscs a nd [he FOUllda!iun Sludic, Course·· ,hall apply .

I)ur .. lion or COUr5t'

The Fuunda!;o n Studies Course c ~!e nds over a pe riod of 1"·0 scmc,!er..

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CourSt· of St udies

The Course o f Studies consists of a numbe r of slUdy·unilS toeach of which is

... . 1

~,~i~neJ a number of credits," A c:.ltalogue of the study-units will show the number of

creui h ,,-~si.1!ned t" "ach ~tudy-unit .

.... 2 A student is expected to registe r for It least twenty and oot more than

twen ty·four study-unilS during the course.

-1.3 Th" study-un its are divided in lo 'Core Units' and 'Addi tional St udy Unill;'.

The!\: are twelve Co re Units. which must be takcn by e,'cry st udent . Some of the

Auuitional Stuuy Uni lS are arrang.:d in groups reicvant to areasofspecialiutiQn re lated

t<) ~pc..,i fic U nivcrsity cour.o:s.

-I.... A numbero! the sludy-units are organiled in sequential paiD, and admission

t" Ih.., ,tudy·uni! in the second semeste r is dependent on satisfactory performance in t he

('"Ilrre'Plmdinj!. uflit ifl the: fir<t o;c:mester.

Biex ikun jista' jinghata t-Ce rt ifikal n· htudji Fundamentali kaJldidal irid

(a) iku n re~istrat bhala student fil·K ors la' 1· lsludji Fundamentali skond ir-

reg:olament 2 ha"'n isfel

(b) itemm il·kors ta' I-isludji, jikkwalifika fil-testijietldamijict u jis~isfa

r·rekwiii li l-ohra kollha kif imni:Ula r da " 'n ir· Regolamenti

et ) jissodisfa r·~k"iiit; l-ohra mniUia fi Statui; u Regolamenli rile\·anll.ohra

ta·I·Unhersilti ,

1 r-Ke~isl r,oIl"lJonl gha1i-Ko rs

Biex j;rre~istra gha ii· Kors ta' i-istudji Fundamental; kandidat irid j is~isfa

r-'"Rekwiti li Gene ral; ghad-Dhul Mnaqqsa" ki f huma definiti fi r-Regolamenti ghad-

Dhul ta· I·Unh·cn;ila:"

S'dan I;. ghalHon I; jibda qabc l O n ubru 1989 igl'loddu T-Rek ... iiit i ghad-Ohul

indikali fid-Ookument '" Rek"'itil; gMI Onubru 1988 . Ohul ghaii- Kon;ijiel ta'

GTad u ghall·Kors ta' I- Istudji Fundamenlali".

It, Tu lla l-Kon;

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11· Kors la- I-Istud ji Fundarn~ntal; jinfi rcx fu'l zm ien la ' ie" ~ <eme<lri.

* Ara r.re~lmlent 6.2 t.' RO! . REGOI.AMENT! GIIAD-DIIUL

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11- f\,)f'i tu' I- Istudji

1 II·K"" la·I·lsHldji hu maghmul minn ghadd la' un;ta;ietta ' studju li ghal kull

" " hd,1 lin!!hu tu ghadd la ' h edt;.·· II-kata lgu ta' l-uni ta jiet ta' Mlldju juri I-ghar.ltl

t.d, ~ rcdl ; moght i ju lil kull uni\ll ' ta' stud ju.

4 : Stu<J.:nt hu,,·u mistenni jirrc~istr .. ghalli nqas ghal ghouin u gtlal mhu~ akt ar

minn ahgha u gh,,~r in unita'tu' sludju matul il·kors.

4 .. _ L-lIftiwjiet ta' studju huma m'lassmu r'Unila)iet Ce ntrali ' 11 ' Un itajiel ta'

StIIJju AJJill.jonali· . Hcmm tnax -I Uni ta' Centrali li jridu jittietldu minn kull st udent .

Uhud mill·U.nitajict ta' Studju Addizzjonali huma mqeghdin fi gruppi rile"an ti gtlal

, "1,m,1 ta' ,p..'~j;, I'lla~7. j"ni '1'1alal, ma' korsi jict spetifik i ta' I-Uni w rsita.

Gh uuu la' uni lajiet t3' slUdju huma mqas.smin rpari wara ~ubin, u d-<il'lul

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~hull 'lIn ila' tu ' .. tud ju fit-til'ni ~me'l ru .i'<ir jdk il -b.ndidat ilcmm '''- mod '>Od isfacent i

l' unit,, ' k' lrri'Il<>"dcrl li fl-ew","e l ,;cmCSlru .

11- \ ulut;Iujon i

5 . 1 Kull uni la' ta' sludju hi vaJutala b'valutattjoni kominwa u/je"" b'ciami ki f

in dik at rkatalgu· . II-va lutazzjoni konlinwa liMa' ssir (uq il-baii 18s-schc m la' I-istuden t

fil - kon(eren~i, fis-sess jon i;iet tu torjali. fix-xoghol tal- Iaboralorju, fir-ria: rka, fi l-

test; jiel. fiI-progell i u rk ull xoghol ie!'lor 1i jinghala .

. ' . ~ ,\--!c la jtcmm b'suti:ess unita ' la' sludju , student jinghata I-ghadd

~"rri~pondcnti ta' kredt i u marka li li ntuia biex tiddc:lcrmina I-grad fina li li ghanrl u

jidhcr fic-rertifikal.

L-Gl'Iotll:K'-Ct'rtifikal n _ISludji .'undammtali

h. 1 IC-Ccnifibl fl -Istud ji Fundamental; jinghata li l sl udcnlli jkun temm il-Kors

ta ' I- h lu!.lji u kiseh g.l'Iall intp .\ sbatax-il kredtu. glla~ ra m,nnhom mill,'U nitajiCI

Cl'ntrali'.

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k ·Certifikal juri grud ' A', ' B' jcw 'C- CA' huwa I·08l'lla u 'Cl·ak tar ban) li

jindi ka 1,1i"cll milhuq mill -kandidat, u li jq's l-ah jar marki miksu ba n-unita jict ta' stu d ju

li Il' kollnx igibu ghoxrin kredw (fosthom I-' Un itajiet Cen trali' kollha) .

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7, O'dak I:ollu Ii jinghad fir-regolamenI6. 1 hawn ruq, gl'lall -kors li beda rOll ubru

19S5. is,sba I3x-iI kredlU mel'ltkga jiSlghu jinkludu inqas minn ghaxar kredti mi k~uba

minn (ust 'I-Unilajiel Ce nlrali ' .

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pot ... """,,,,

~ ~W/u ~ _ ..... I\00,I hi -""'"10 ..... k""f<KtIl&'"~ ~~"""

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1 Each study-uflil is a~d by me8flS of continuous aS5CS5 ment andior by an

exami natio n as indic:.lted in a 'catalogue '. Cont inuous a~'\Cssmenl may be made o n the

basis of the studenfs participation at lectures. IUtorillls, laborAtory work . research.

tcsts. projects and any ot he r work assigned ,

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On successfully completing a st udy ,un it. a st udem will be awarded the

l"rre~pondnj! flumbe r of credits and a m,lrk which will be used in dctermining the fi na l

gr~dc 10 be shown on the certificate.

Award of the Certifkllt~ 10 Foundlltion Slod ~

/i. I The Certifica te in Foundation Studies will be awarded to a slUdent who has

wm pl eted th e Course of Stud ies aou obtained Ht least seve nt een credits. ten of which

fmm 'Core Units'.

h.2 The Ce Tl ificate will show a grade·A·. ' 0" o r 'C ('A' bei ng the highest and 'C

thc ,,,west) indic:.lting the standard a!lained hy t he candidate , and taki ng in to account

the ""~t mur~s obtained in study-u n it~ to talling t","<, nlY credits (includ ing all 'Core

Uni t,' ,.

TrwIIsiIO.,' I'I'<,,-ision

NOlwi thstanding t he Pfovisions o f regulation 6 . 1 above. for the COUI"liC whi ch

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~taTl ed in October 1988. the: seve nteen credits required may con tain fewc r tha n tcn

credi ts ootained from 'Core Unill;',

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