Regulations, 2000

L.N. 75 of 2000

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Diploma in Environmental Science - Dip. Env. Sc. - 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 Diploma in Environmental

Science - Dip. Env. Sc. - Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 and shall be

read and construed as one with the Diploma in Environmental Science - Dip.

Env. Sc. - Course Regulations, 1996, published as Legal Notice 164 of 1996,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable to courses starting in October

2000 or later.

Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (b) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

"(b)

completed the appropriate study programme, passed in the

Integrated Project, qualified in the Final Examinations and satisfied any other

requirements prescribed in these regulations; and"

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) The Course programme shall consist of study-units, including an

Integrated Project and report thereon, to which a total of not less than 22 credits

shall be assigned. A catalogue of study-units and of the credits assigned to each

study-unit shall be approved by Senate and published by the Board prior to the

start of each Course."

Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal regulations

There shall be added a new paragraph (3) after paragraph (2) of

regulation 7 of the principal regulations

"(3) A candidate who fails in the Integrated Project may be allowed by

the Board to re-submit it within a period of six months. In this case, the

maximum grade that may be awarded shall be grade D."

Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal regulations

For regulation 8 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

"8.

Written comprehensive examinations shall be held at the end of

the Course. Only candidates who have obtained a minimum of 20 credits shall

be admitted to sit the examinations."