under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts

L.N. 324 of 2013

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2013 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2005 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004

for the Degree 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 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 Arts in

virtue of the powers conferred upon it by article 81 (1) (c) 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 2013 to amend the

Bye-Laws of 2005 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts - B.A - and Bachelor of Arts

(Honours) - B.A. (Hons) – and shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws

of 2005 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards,

2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts - B.A - and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - B.A.

(Hons) – under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts, published as Legal Notice 11 of

2005, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.

Applicability

(1) Bye-law 3 of these bye-laws shall apply for courses commencing in

October 2013 or later.

(2) Bye-law 4 of these bye-laws shall be applicable from 28 June 2013

onwards.

Amendment to bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (1) of bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“3. (1) The degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) may be awarded in any

one of the following areas of study

Anthropology, Archaeology, Classics, Contemporary Mediterranean Studies, English,

French, Geography, German, History, History of Art, International Relations, Italian,

Linguistics, Maltese, Music Studies, Oriental Studies (Arabic), Oriental Studies

(Chinese), Oriental Studies (Hebrew), Oriental Studies (Near Eastern Studies),

Philosophy, Social Studies, Sociology, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Theatre

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

Senate.”

Amendment to bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws

The following paragraph (3) shall be added after paragraph (2) of bye-

law 8 of the principal bye-laws

(3) Students who wish to proceed to the B.A. (Hons) course but do not

possess the necessary average mark of 65% in the chosen area of study (as required

by paragraph (1) of this bye-law) may be allowed by the Board to follow the first year

programme (without exemptions) in that area in an additional year of study in order

to try and obtain the required average mark. This provision may be availed of once

only during the Course.”

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