Bachelor of Arts - B.A. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 1998

L.N. 92 of 1998

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bachelor of Arts - B.A. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 1998

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 30

(5) and 31 (6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of

the University of Malta has promulgated the following regulations

made by the Senate of the University of Malta by virtue of the powers

conferred upon it by sections 31 and 35 of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Bachelor of Arts - B.A. -

Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 and shall be read and

construed as one with the Bachelor of Arts - B.A. - Degree Course

Regulations, 1993, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Applicability

Regulation 3 shall apply for courses commencing in October

(1)

2000 or later.

Regulation 4 shall apply for courses commencing in October

(2)

1996 or later.

(3) Regulation 5 shall apply as from May 1997 onwards.

Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal regulations

There shall be added a new paragraph (c) after paragraph (b)

of regulation 4 of the principal regulations

"and

(c) is taking Psychology as a principal or secondary area of study, has

obtained a pass with at least Grade C or better at Intermediate Level in the

Matriculation Examination of this University or its equivalent in Biology."

Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 6 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

"(2) To complete Part One a student must obtain

(a) 12 credits in History of Mediterranean Civilisation, including 8

credits which are compulsory;

(b) 12 credits in a principal area of study;

(c) either 12 credits in another principal area of study or 6 credits

in each of two secondary areas of study; and

(d) at least 9 other credits from approved areas of study including

the areas of study already chosen."

Amendment of regulation 11 of the principal regulations

For regulation 11 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

"11. Without prejudice to the provlSlons of paragraph (0) of

regulation 5, a student who fails the Final Synoptic Examinations in one area

of study may be allowed by the Faculty Board to retain the mark obtained in

the area or areas of study successfully taken and to resit the failed paper/ s in

the September Supplementary Session. If he fails again he shall be required

to retake all the papers of the Final Synoptic Examinations in the failed area

of study in June of the following year, with the possibility of resitting the

failed paper/s in September. If successful, the candidate can oIlly be

awarded a Pass Grade in this area of study. The final results shall take into

accoun t the overall performance of the studen t, as provided in paragraph (l)

of regulation 10."