Faculty of Information and Communication Technology

L.N. 194 of 2013

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2013 in terms of the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the Degree of

Bachelor of Science (Honours) – B.Sc. (Hons) – under the auspices of the

Faculty of Information and Communication Technology

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by sections 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 Information

and Communication Technology in virtue of the powers conferred upon it by section

81(1)(c) of the said Act and which have been approved by the Senate of the University

of Malta as required by section 81(2) of the said Act

Citation and Interpretation

(1) These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2013 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the degree of

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons), under the auspices of the Faculty of

Information and Communication Technology.

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

“the Board” means the Board of the Faculty of Information and Communication

Technology;

“the Course” means the programme of study leading to the degree of Bachelor

of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons);

“the Degree” means the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc.

(Hons); 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

2012 or later.

Areas of Study

(1) The Degree shall be awarded in any one of the following areas of

study

(a) Computing Science;

(b) Computer Engineering.

(2)

The areas of study offered in any particular year and the combinations

that may or may not be chosen together shall be published by the Board at the time of

the call for applications.

Special Course Requirements

(1) To be registered as regular students in the Course applicants shall be in

possession of the special course requirements listed in this bye-law.

(2) Applicants for the Computing Science area of study shall satisfy

the general entry requirements as specified in the Admission Regulations of the

University and be in possession of

(i) passes at Advanced Matriculation Level at Grade C or better in Pure

Mathematics and in one of the following subjects: Applied Mathematics, Physics,

Biology, Chemistry, and Computing; and

(ii) a pass at Intermediate Matriculation Level in one of the following

subjects (excluding the subjects presented at Advanced Level): Physics, Applied

Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Economics, English, Information

Technology, Music, and Philosophy,

provided that students who lack a grade in only one of the subjects of the Special

course requirements required at Advanced Matriculation Level indicated in this bye-

law shall be admitted under those conditions as the Board may impose to compensate

for the missing element. If, by the end of the first year, such students do not successfully

complete all the requirements to progress regularly to the second year of the Course,

they shall be required to withdraw from the Course and shall neither be entitled to

repeat the year nor to progress conditionally as normally permitted under the Principal

Regulations.

(3) Applicants for the Computer Engineering area of study shall

either

(a) satisfy the general entry requirements as specified in the Admission

Regulations of the University and be in possession of

(i)

passes at Advanced Matriculation Level at Grade C or better in Pure

Mathematics and in one of the following subjects: Applied Mathematics, Physics,

Biology, Chemistry, and Computing; and

(ii)

a pass at Intermediate Matriculation Level in one of the following

subjects (excluding the subjects presented at Advanced Level): Physics, Applied

Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Economics, English, Information

Technology, Music, and Philosophy;

or

(b) be in possession of

(i)

five passes in the Secondary Education Certificate Examination,

including English Language and Maltese; and

(ii)

either the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in an

area deemed to be relevant to the Course by the Board, or the MCAST Diploma in

Industrial Electronics,

provided that students who lack a grade in only one of the subjects of the special course

requirements required at Advanced Matriculation Level indicated in paragraph (a) of

this bye-law shall be admitted under those conditions as the Board may impose to

compensate for the missing element. If, by the end of the first year, such students do

not successfully complete all the requirements to progress regularly to the second year

of the Course, they shall be required to withdraw from the Course and shall neither be

entitled to repeat the year nor to progress conditionally as normally permitted under

the Principal Regulations.

Course Duration

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

the equivalent in part-time study.

Course Programme

(1) Applicants shall be required to indicate their choice of area of study at

the time of application for admission.

(2) The Course shall consist of study-units to which 180 ECTS credits shall

be assigned.

(3) The Board shall publish the programme of study for each area of study

before the commencement of the Course, following the approval of Senate. 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

programme of study of the area of study they are following for the Degree.

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 50 of the Principal

Regulations, in any year of the Course, students shall not be awarded more than 12

ECTS credits for study-units passed by compensation and if necessary the students

shall be required to choose which study-unit/s of the eligible study-units are to be

considered as passed by compensation, to a maximum value of 12 ECTS credits.

Students who successfully complete the programme of study for the

first year of the Course to which 60 ECTS credits have been assigned and opt not

to proceed with the Course or, having proceeded, do not successfully complete the

Course, shall be entitled to the Diploma in Computing.

Students who successfully complete the programme of study for the first

two years of the Course to which 120 ECTS credits have been assigned and opt not

to proceed with the Course or, having proceeded, do not successfully complete the

Course, shall be entitled to the Higher Diploma in Computing.

Classification of the Award

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of the Degree

shall be based on the results obtained in each year of the Course, which shall be

weighted as follows

First Year Average Mark

20%

Second Year Average Mark

40%

Third Year Average Mark

40%.

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