under the auspices of the Faculty of Science

L.N. 408 of 2013

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2013 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2008 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the

Degrees 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)(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 2008 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2004 for the Degrees 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 Degrees 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 for courses commencing in October

2013 or later.

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

For bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“3. (1) 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 special course requirements as follows

(a) Banking and Finance: a pass in Pure Mathematics (Intermediate);

(b) Biology: passes in Biology (Advanced, grade C or better) and Chemistry

(Intermediate, grade C or better);

(c) Chemistry: passes in Chemistry (Advanced, grade C or better) and either

Physics or Pure Mathematics (Intermediate, grade C or better);

(d) Computational Physics

for intake October 2013

passes in Physics (Advanced, grade C or better) and Pure Mathematics

(Advanced, grade C or better or Intermediate, grade C or better);

for intake October 2014 or later

either passes in Physics (Advanced, grade C or better) and Pure Mathematics

(Advanced, grade C or better or Intermediate, grade C or better);

or passes in Pure Mathematics (Advanced, grade C or better) and Physics

(Advanced, grade C or better or Intermediate, grade C or better);

(e) Computing Science: a pass in Pure Mathematics (Advanced, grade C or

better);

(f) Mathematics: a pass in Pure Mathematics (Advanced, grade C or better);

(g) Physics

either passes in Physics (Advanced, grade C or better) and Pure Mathematics

(Intermediate, grade C or better);

or passes in Pure Mathematics (Advanced, grade C or better) and Physics

(Intermediate, grade C or better);

(h) Statistics and Operations Research

either a pass in Pure Mathematics (Advanced, grade C or better);

or a pass in Applied Mathematics (Advanced, grade C or better);

or passes in Computing or Information Technology (Advanced, grade C or

better) and Pure Mathematics (Advanced, grade D or better);

or passes in Computing or Information Technology (Advanced, grade C or

better) and Applied Mathematics (Advanced, grade D or better).

(2) Applicants who possess a grade D when the minimum specified grade

is C in only one of the required subjects, whether at Advanced or Intermediate

Level, of the special course requirements indicated in paragraph (1) of this bye-law,

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

for the qualification deficiency. 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.”

Amendment to bye-law 5 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (2) of bye-law 5 of the principal bye-

laws there shall be substituted the following

“(b) Banking and Finance, Computing Science.”

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

For paragraph (4) of bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(4) The third year of the Course shall include a dissertation to which 18

credits shall be assigned, provided that in the case of Mathematics and Computational

Physics, this may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.”

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