the Faculty of Theology

L.N. 22 of 2024

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2024 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2005 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 for the Degree of

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Theology - B.A. (Hons) Theology - under the auspices of

the Faculty of Theology

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 Theology 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 2024 to amend the Bye-Laws

of 2005 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 for

the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Theology - B.A. (Hons) Theology - and shall be

read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2005 in terms of the General Regulations

for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 for the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in

Theology - B.A. (Hons) Theology - under the auspices of the Faculty of Theology, published

as Legal Notice 171 of 2005, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in October 2024

or later.

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

For bye-law 5 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 study or the

equivalent in part-time study.”

Addition of bye-laws 10 and 11 to the principal bye-laws

4. The following bye-laws 10 and 11 shall be added after bye-law 9 of the

principal bye-laws

“Provisions for Part-Time Courses

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

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, 2019 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 three academic years.

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

credits assigned to the study-units of each Course year must be completed in not more than

three 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 credits) that

students are obliged to register for during any academic year.

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

(f)

programme of a Course year, and after the September assessment 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 paragraph (b) of this bye-law, it shall be

considered as an additional academic year.

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

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

study-units to an additional academic year.

(h) An additional academic year, whether required in terms of paragraphs (f)

or (g) of this bye-law may be granted once only throughout the Course, unless in special

circumstances and with the approval of Senate.

Students registered on the flexible part-time programme must obtain the

(i)

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

follow in any academic year.

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

(j)

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 University

Undergraduate Awards, 2019 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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