Community Studies - B.A. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

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L.N. 248 of 2005

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Diploma in Youth Studies - Dip. Youth St. - and Bachelor of Arts in Youth and

Community Studies - B.A. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

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 Youth Studies - Dip.

Youth St. - and Bachelor of Arts in Youth and Community Studies - B.A. - Degree

Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2005 and shall be read and construed as one with

the Diploma in Youth Studies - Dip. Youth St. - and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Youth

and Community Studies - B.A. - Course Regulations, 1996 published as Legal Notice

137 of 1996, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable to courses which started in October

1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 only.

Addition of regulation 14 to the principal regulations

The following regulation 14 shall be added after regulation 13 of the

principal regulations

“14. (1) At the end of the fifth year of the Course, students who successfully

complete all the requirements and who obtain a minimum overall mark of 55% may

renounce the award of the Degree and apply for an additional semester, on part-time

basis, during which they shall be required to follow additional study-units to which not

less than 15 ECTS credits are assigned.

(2) Students who obtain the credits for the study-units followed during the

additional semester shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Arts

(Honours) in Youth and Community Studies.

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(3) Students who either opt to terminate their studies during the additional

semester for the Honours award, or fail to obtain the credits assigned to any study-unit

offered during the additional semester, after being allowed one supplementary

assessment, shall be eligible for the award of the Degree classified in accordance with

regulation 12 of these regulations.

(4) Prior to the commencement of the additional semester, the Board of

Studies of the Youth Studies Programme shall publish the list of additional study-units

which students are expected to follow.

(5) The overall evaluation of each student’s performance in the course for

the purpose of the classification of the Honours award shall be based on the results

obtained in each year of the Degree course and in the additional semester, all credits

obtained being weighted equally.

(6) The names of students who qualify for the award of the 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.”

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