Bachelor of Planning (Honours) - B.Plan. (Hons) - Degree Course Regulations,

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L.N. 178 of 2003

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bachelor of Planning (Honours) - B.Plan. (Hons) - Degree Course Regulations,

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 and Interpretation

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Bachelor of Planning

(Honours) - B.Plan. (Hons) - Degree Course Regulations, 2003.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

“the Board” means the Board of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil

Engineering;

“the Board of Studies” means the Board of Studies appointed by

Senate for the Course, which shall include academic members from the

Faculty and from the International Environment Institute;

“the Course” means the course of studies leading to the Degree of

Bachelor of Planning (Honours) - B.Plan. (Hons); and

“the Degree” means the Degree of Bachelor of Planning (Honours) -

B.Plan. (Hons).

Applicability

These regulations shall apply to courses starting in October 2002

or later.

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Eligibility for the Degree

To be eligible for the award of the Degree students must

(a) be registered as regular students in terms of the Admission

Regulations of the University;

(b) complete the course of studies, obtain all the credits indicated in

regulation 15, and satisfy any other requirements as prescribed in these

regulations; and

(c) satisfy any other requirements prescribed in any other relevant

Statutes, Regulations and Bye-Laws of the University.

Duration of Course

The Course shall extend over a period of four years of full-time

study, or the equivalent in part-time study. This period may be extended by

a further year by the Board, and, under exceptional circumstances, by

another further year by Senate.

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to the Course, applicants must be eligible for

admission to the University as regular students.

Course of Studies

The Course shall consist of study-units, to which a total of 120

credits are assigned.

The Board shall draw up a catalogue of study-units. The catalogue

shall indicate the code, title, description, and type of each study-unit, the

credits assigned to each study-unit, which study-units are compulsory,

concurrent or pre-requisites for other study units, and the methods of

teaching and assessment. The Board shall publish the catalogue for the

Course prior to its commencement, following the approval of Senate.

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Assessment and Progress

Credits shall be assigned according to the following grades in

descending order of merit: A+, A, B+, B, C+, C, D+, and D. Failure shall be

indicated by F. Incomplete work due to justifiable reasons (illness,

approved absence, etc.) shall be indicated by I. In all other cases the

results of uncompleted study-units shall be indicated as F.

(1) In the first three years of the Course, students who at the first

sit in any one year of study fail to obtain at least eighteen credits, or who fail

any resit taken for failed study-units, shall be required to repeat the year of

study.

(2) In the fourth year of the Course, students who at the first sit fail

to obtain at least twenty-two credits, or who fail any resit taken for failed

study-units, shall be awarded a Bachelor of Planning degree and shall be

classified as indicated in paragraph (2) of regulation 19, taking into

consideration the grades obtained during the first three years of the Course.

Saving the provisions of regulation 9, students who fail any study-

unit shall be allowed to take a resit in the failed study-unit on one occasion

only. If successful, the maximum grade that may be awarded shall be D.

Students who fail to attend more than one-third of the lecturing of

any study-unit, and who would have been warned in writing by the Board of

Studies about their absence, shall not be eligible to be assessed in the

study-unit in question and shall be awarded a Fail, except under

extraordinary circumstances which the Board of Studies deems as justifying

such absence, and after making up for missed elements as directed by the

Board of Studies.

(1) Students who are allowed to repeat a year shall be required

to repeat and be assessed again in all the study-units for that year.

(2) In the first assessment of a repeat year any grade may be

obtained; in a supplementary assessment, the maximum grade that may be

awarded shall be grade D. The grades obtained during the repeat year

shall be taken into consideration in the final classification of the Degree.

The results obtained during the failed year shall not be taken into

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consideration for the award of the Degree and shall not be included in the

students’ academic record.

Students whose average grade at the end of the first three years

of the Course is less than Grade C+ shall not be allowed to proceed to the

fourth year of the Course.

Students shall not be allowed to directly enter into the fourth year

of the Course unless they have first covered successfully the first three

years of the Course, and subject also to the provisions of regulation 13.

Award of Degree

Students shall be considered to have successfully completed

each year of the Course on obtaining the 30 credits assigned to the year

concerned, provided that the Board may allow students to progress

conditionally to the next year of the Course if they have obtained not less

than 26 credits. Students who progress conditionally shall be required to

obtain the referred credit/s by the end of the following academic year. Any

study-unit may be referred to the following year once only.

Students who successfully complete all four years of the Course

shall be awarded the Degree. Students who successfully complete only the

first three years of the Course shall be awarded a Bachelor of Planning

degree.

By the end of the second week of July of the third year of the

Course, students shall notify the University about whether they intend to

pursue the fourth year of the Course or not.

Results

(1) For the purpose of the award of the Bachelor of Planning

(Honours) degree, each year of the Course shall be weighted as follows in

adjudicating the students’ final classification

(a) the first year of the Course shall carry a weighting of 20%;

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(b) the second and third years of the Course shall each carry a

weighting of 25%; and

(c) the fourth year of the Course shall carry a weighting of 30%.

(2) For the purpose of the award of the Bachelor of Planning

degree, each year of the Course shall be weighted as follows in

adjudicating the students’ final classification and in weighting the grades for

the purpose of regulation 13

(a) the first year of the Course shall carry a weighting of 28%; and

(b) the second and third years of the Course shall each carry a

weighting of 25%; and

(c) the fourth year of the Course shall carry a weighting of 30%.

(2) For the purpose of the award of the Bachelor of Planning

degree, each year of the Course shall be weighted as follows in

adjudicating the students’ final classification and in weighting the grades for

the purpose of regulation 13

(a) the first year of the Course shall carry a weighting of 28%; and

(b) the second and third years of the Course shall each carry a

weighting of 36%.

(1) The names of students who qualify for the award of the

Bachelor of Planning (Honours) degree shall be published in a list in

alphabetical order classified as follows

First Class Honours

Second Class Honours (Upper Division)

Second Class Honours (Lower Division)

Third Class Honours.

(2) The names of students who qualify for the award of the

Bachelor of Planning degree shall be published in a list in alphabetical

order classified as follows

Category I

Category IIA

Category IIB

Category III.