under the auspices of the Faculty of Science

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L.N. 198 of 2018

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2018 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 2018 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

(1) Bye-laws 3 and 4 of these bye-laws shall be applicable for courses

commencing in October 2018 or later.

(2) Bye-laws 5 and 6 of these bye-laws shall be applicable from October

2018 onwards.

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

For paragraph (2) of bye-law 5 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

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“(2) The degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) may also be offered either

in two main areas of study from the areas listed in (a), or in one main area of study

from option (a) and one main area of study from option (b), as approved by the Board

(a) Biology, Chemistry, Computational Physics, Geosciences, Mathematics,

Physics, Statistics and Operations Research;

(b)

Banking and Finance, Computing Science, Philosophy.”

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

law 5 of the principal bye-laws

“(3) Subject to approval by Senate, the Board may also allow any of the areas

of study indicated in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) of this bye-law to be offered

jointly with other areas of study which fall under the responsibility of other academic

entities within the University, provided that in such instances, applicants shall be

required to be in possession of those qualifications relevant to their chosen second

main area of study as indicated in the bye-laws for the degree in the area of study

offered under the auspices of the academic entity responsible for the discipline.”

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 not

less than 10 credits and not more than 20 credits shall be assigned

provided that in the case of Mathematics and Computational Physics, the

dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.”

Amendment to bye-law 11 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (1) of bye-law 11 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“11. (1) Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are

assigned divided as follows

(a) 40 credits in one area of study, of which not less than 10 credits and not

more than 20 credits are assigned to a dissertation; and

(b) 20 credits in the other area of study

provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted

by one or more additional taught study-units.”

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