MT
B.Sc. (Hons)
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
B
L.N. 23 of 2012
EDUCATION ACT
(CAP.327)
Bye-Laws of 2012 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2008 in terms of the General
Regulations for University Undergrduate Awards, 2004 for the Degree of
Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. - and Bachelor of Science (Honours) -
B.Sc. (Hons) – under the auspices of the Faculty of Science
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74 (5) and 75
(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 Science
in virtue of the powers conferred upon it by article 81 (1) of the said Act and which
have been approved by the Senate of the University of Malta as required by article
81 (2) of the said Act
Citation
These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2012 to amend the Bye-
Laws of 2008 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate
Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. - and Bachelor of Science
(Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - and shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-
Laws of 2008 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate
Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. - and Bachelor of Science
(Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Science, published as
Legal Notice 213 of 2008, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.
Applicability
These bye-laws shall be applicable from October 2011 onwards.
Amendment of bye-law 10 of the principal bye-laws
For paragraph (2) of bye-law 10 of the principal bye-laws there shall be
substituted the following
“(2) At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified
in paragraph (1) of this bye-law but who either opt not to proceed with the Course
leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) – B.Sc. (Hons.), or having
proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of
the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) classified in terms of bye-law 13.”
B
Addition of bye-law 12 to the principal bye-laws
The following bye-law 12 shall be added after bye-law 11 of the principal
bye-laws
“12. In a Course Programme for the Degree in two main areas of study,
students who fail in any study-unit, except a compulsory study-unit that is declared
to be non-compensatable in a Programme of Study, with a mark of not less than 35%
in the unit and whose current Year Average Mark in the Programme of Study for the
Area of Study to which the study-unit is assigned is at least 50%, shall be awarded
the grade CP and shall be awarded credit for the unit by compensation and shall not
be required to be reassessed.”
Bye-laws 12 and 13 of the principal bye-laws shall be renumbered as bye-
laws 13 and 14.
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