B.A. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts

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L.N. 11 of 2005

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2005 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004

for the Degrees of Bachelor of Arts - B.A - and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) -

B.A. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts

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 bye-laws

made by the Board of the Faculty of Arts in virtue of the powers

conferred upon it by section 37 (1) of the said Act and which have

been approved by the Senate of the University of Malta as required

by section 37 (2) of the said Act

Citation and Interpretation

(1) These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2005 in

terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards,

2004 for the Degrees of Bachelor of Arts - B.A. - and Bachelor of Arts

(Honours) - B.A. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.

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

“the Board” means the Board of the Faculty of Arts;

“the Course” means the course programme leading to the degree of

Bachelor of Arts - B.A. - or to the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - B.A.

(Hons) - as appropriate;

“the Degree” means the degree of Bachelor of Arts - B.A. - or the

degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - B.A. (Hons) - as appropriate; and

“the Principal Regulations” means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards, 2004.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in

October 2003 or later.

Areas of Study

(1) The degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) may be awarded in

any one of the following areas of study

Anthropology, Arabic, Archaeology, Classics, Contemporary Mediterranean

Studies, English, French, Geography, German Studies, History, History of

Art, International Relations, Italian, Linguistics, Maltese, Music Studies, Near

Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Social Studies, Sociology, Theatre Studies and

any other area of study recommended by the Board and approved by

Senate.

(2) The degree of Bachelor of Arts may be awarded in any two

areas of study from those listed in paragraph (1) of this bye-law and/or from

American Studies, Communication Studies, Comparative Religion,

Economics, Greek, Hispanic Studies, Latin, Mediterranean Studies,

Psychology and any other area of study recommended by the Board and

approved by Senate.

The areas of study offered in any particular year and the

combinations that may and may not be chosen together shall be published

by the Board before the commencement of each Course.

Special Course Requirements for Admission

To be registered as regular students in the Course, applicants

shall, apart from satisfying the general requirements for admission as

specified in the Admission Regulations, be in possession of the following

special course requirements: a pass at Grade C or better at Advanced

Matriculation Level or equivalent in the subject, or as indicated in brackets

Economics, English, French, German Studies (German), History,

International Relations (History), Italian, Maltese, Music Studies (Music);

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and as from 2005

(a)

Applicants opting to study Sociology either as a Main area of

study or as a Subsidiary area of study must be in possession of a pass at

Grade C or better at Advanced Matriculation Level or equivalent in one of the

following four subjects: Sociology, Philosophy, Economics, History; and

(b)

Applicants opting to study Social Studies either as a Main area

of study or as a Subsidiary area of study must be in possession of a pass at

Grade C or better at Intermediate Matriculation Level or equivalent in one of

the following four subjects: Sociology, Philosophy, Economics, History.

Course Duration

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

study or five years of part-time study when the Course is offered on a part-

time basis.

Course Programme

Applicants shall be required to indicate their choice of areas of

study at the time of applying for admission.

At the end of the first year of the Course, students shall be

required to choose between the B.A. (Hons) and the B.A. degrees. Students

shall be allowed to proceed to the B.A. (Hons) degree if at the end of the first

year of study they obtain a minimum average mark of 65% in the chosen

area of study.

The Board shall publish the Course Programme for the Degree and

the Programme of Study for each area, as Main Honours, Main and/or as

Subsidiary as applicable, at the commencement of each Course. Subject to

changes that the Board may, with the approval of Senate, be constrained to

make, students are bound to follow the study-units and obtain the credits as

indicated in the Course Programme and in the Programmes of Study of the

areas of study they are following for the Degree,

Provided that Course Programmes and Programmes of Study are drawn up

in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Principal Regulations.

(1) The third year of the programmes of study of all areas of study

for B.A. (Hons) students shall include either (a) synoptic study-units

assigned a total of 12 credits and a dissertation assigned 12 credits, or (b)

synoptic study-units to which a total of 24 credits are assigned.

(2) The third year of the programmes of study of all areas of

study for B.A. students shall include synoptic study-units to which a total of

12 credits are assigned.

(3) Synoptic study-units shall be assessed by means of a Final

Examination only and the dissertation shall be assessed by a viva voce

examination.

(1) Students in the B.A.(Hons) course shall be required to

register and obtain credits for study-units to which a total of not less than 180

credits are assigned, of which not less than 132 credits shall be in the area

taken for Honours and not less than 36 credits shall be in the Subsidiary

area.

(2) Students in the B.A. course shall be required to register and

obtain credits for study-units to which a total of not less than 180 credits are

assigned, of which not less than 80 credits shall be obtained in each of the

two Main areas of study.

Classification of the Awards

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of the

Degree shall be based on the results obtained in the three years of the

Course, which shall be weighted as follows

First Year Average Mark

10%

Second Year Average Mark

25%

Third Year Average Mark of the synoptic

and/or dissertation study-units

40%

Third Year Average Mark of the other 36 credits

25%.

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