Regulations, 2000

L.N. 43 of 2000

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - Degree Course (Amendment)

Regulations, 2000

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 Science (Honours) -

B.Se. (Hons) - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 and shall be read

and construed as one with the Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Se. (Hons) -

Degree Course Regulations, 1998, published as Legal Notice 69 of 1998,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Applicability

(1) Regulations 5 and 6 shall be applicable for courses starting in

October 1996 or later.

(2) Regulations 3 and 4 shall be applicable for courses starting in

October 1997 or later.

Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal regulations

For sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (5) of regulation 5 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

"(c) in the third year, twenty-five credits: where appropriate not less than

three credits shall be obtained for assigned practical work in each of the

principal subject areas; a minimum of eight credits for study-units in each of the

principal subject areas, <lnd the remaining credits, one of which may be an

extracurricular credit, to be chosen from amongst the study-units of any

principal subject area in the Course; and"

Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal regulations

For paragraphs (12), (13) and (14) of regulation 6 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

"(12) On completion of the third year, and in order to proceed to the

fourth year, a student must obtain a minimum of twenty-two credits in the

principal subject areas inclusive of all credits assigned to practical work.

(13) A student who fails to satisfy the examiners in the practical work in

the third year may, at the discretion of the Board, be allowed to re-submit the

work or to complete some other task(s) by not later than the end of September

of that year. If successful, the maximum grade that can be awarded shall be

grade D. If unsuccessful, the student shall fail the Course irrespective of the

performance in the written papers, unless he still has the option to repeat the

year and chooses to do so.

(14) In order to be eligible for re-assessment of failed study-units, the

student must have obtained a minimum of twenty credits in the principal subject

areas, including all credits assigned to practical work. If after the re-sits the

student still fails to satisfy the provisions of paragraph (12) of this regulation,

then he shall fail the Course, unless he still has the option to repeat the year and

chooses to do so."

For paragraph (18) of regulation 6 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

"(18)

For the purposes of the written component of the Final

Examinations, a student who fails in study-units in each of the principal subject

areas to which not more than two credits are assigned, may be re-examined in

September. If after the re-sits the student still fails to satisfy the examiners in

more than any two credits, he shall fail the Final Examinations and shall not

qualify for the Honours degree. In this case, the student shall be awarded a

Bachelor of Science Pass degree (B.Se.), unless he still has the option to repeat

the year and chooses to do so."

Paragraph (19) of regulation (6) shall be repealed.