Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics and Governance

L.N. 233 of 2023

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2023 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2020 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 for the

Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics and Governance – B.A.

(Hons) – under the auspices of the Faculty of Economics, Management and

Accountancy

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 Economics, Management

and Accountancy 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 2023 to amend the

Bye-Laws of 2020 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2019 for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics and Governance

- B.A. (Hons) - and shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2020

in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 for

the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics and Governance - B.A. (Hons)

- under the auspices of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy,

published as Legal Notice 398 of 2020, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-

laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2023 or later.

Amendment to bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“Course Duration

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

study, or the equivalent in part-time study.”

Addition of bye-laws 11 and 12 to the principal bye-laws

4. The following bye-laws 11 and 12 shall be added after bye-law 10 of the

principal bye-laws

“Special Provisions for Part-Time Courses

The provisions of the foregoing bye-laws shall apply mutatis mutandis to

courses followed on a part-time basis, and subject to such changes as may reasonably

be deemed by the Board as necessary due to the part-time nature of the Course.

The Course may be offered on a flexible part-time basis with the

following special provisions in terms of the provisions outlined in the General

Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, applicable with the necessary

changes needed (mutatis mutandis) owing to the part-time nature of the course

(a) During each academic year, students shall be allowed to register for a

number of study-units as agreed with the Course Coordinator, to which not less than

12 ECTS credits are assigned, provided that registration for the study-units included

in the programme of study for each course year (60 ECTS credits) is spread over not

more than 3 academic years.

(b) In order to progress regularly from one course year to the next, the 60

ECTS credits of each course year must be completed in not more than 3 academic

years.

(c) Students who are absent for the assessment of a study-unit, or fail in the

assessment of a study-unit, shall, if eligible, be required to take the assessment of any

number of such incomplete study-units at the September assessment session or at the

next available opportunity.

(d) If necessary, students may be allowed to refer the assessment of the study-

unit to the next academic year, provided that not more than 12 ECTS credits may be

referred from one course year to the next.

(e) The assessment of study-units that may be referred to the next academic

year shall be considered as additional to the minimum number of credits (12 ECTS)

that students are obliged to register for during any academic year.

(f) Students who, after having registered for all the study-units comprising the

programme of a course year, and after the September session lack more than 12 ECTS

credits to complete the programme for the course year, may be allowed, if eligible

and after academic advice, to refer them to the next academic year during which they

shall not be allowed to register for any other study-units. If such an academic year is

needed in addition to the maximum period of three years referred to in (b), it shall be

considered as an additional year.

(g) Students who, after having registered for all the study-units comprising

the programme of the final year, may, if necessary and if eligible, refer any incomplete

study-units to an additional academic year.

(h) An additional year, whether required in terms of paragraphs (f) or (g) may

be granted once only throughout the Course, unless in special circumstances and with

the approval of Senate.

(i) Students registered on the flexible part-time programme must obtain the

approval of the Course Coordinator before they are registered on the study-units they

wish to follow in any academic year.

(j) Subject to approval by the Board, students registered on the Course may be

allowed to change the mode of attendance from full-time to flexible part-time or vice-

versa at the beginning of the second year of the regular programme of study. Changes

in mode of attendance in any subsequent year of the Course may be considered by the

Board, if the course programme permits.

(k) Notwithstanding the provisions in the General Regulations for

Undergraduate Courses, owing to the nature of the course when offered on a flexible

part-time basis that allows for a longer duration than normal, students registered on

such a flexible part-time course programme shall not be entitled to ever repeat a

course year in its entirety, nor to an extension year after each course year.”

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