POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SOCIAL WORK - P.G.DIP.S.W. - COURSE REGULATIONS

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN

SOCIAL WORK - P.G.DIP.S.W. - COURSE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.143

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SOCIAL WORK -

P.G.DIP.S.W. - COURSE REGULATIONS

12th June, 1998

LEGAL NOTICE 156 of 1998, as amended by Legal Notice 180 of 1998.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Postgraduate

Diploma in Social Work - P.G. Dip. S.W. - Course Regulations.

(2)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Economics,

Management and Accountancy;

"the course" means the course leading to the Postgraduate

Diploma; and

"the Postgraduate Diploma" means the Postgraduate Diploma in

Social Work -P.G. Dip. S.W.

These regulations shall apply to courses starting in October

1998 or later.

(1) Candidates may be registered for the course if they are

in possession of the following requirements

(a) a Bachelor of Arts degree, with Psychology as a main

or subsidiary area of study and Sociology (or Social

Studies) as a main or subsidiary area of study,

provided that one of these two areas of study is a main

area of study; or

(b) a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree, or

equivalent, with Sociology (or Social Studies) as a

main or subsidiary area of study; or a Bachelor of

Psychology degree with Sociology (or Social Studies)

as a main or subsidiary area of study; or

(c) a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Sociology (or

Social Studies) with Psychology as a main or

subsidiary area of study during Part I of the course; or

(d) a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Social

Administration; and

(e) if they satisfy the Assessment Board set up for this

purpose that they have the required aptitude for social

work.

(2) Candidates who satisfy the requirements of subregulation

(1) with Psychology as a subsidiary area of study or who are in

possession of a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Social

Administration shall be required to successfully complete the

following two study-units, or others which the Board, considers to

be equivalent

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Counselling I & II or Helping Skills I & II; and

Psychopathology I.

(3) The Board may, at its discretion, allow a graduate in

Psychology who does not have Sociology as a main or a subsidiary

area of study to register for the course, subject to the fulfillment of

additional requirements during the course.

(4) Candidates in possession of other qualifications which are

considered as equivalent to those listed in subregulation (1) may,

on the advice of the Board, be exempted from the whole or part of

these requirements.

(1) The course shall extend over a period of three

semesters of full-time study (which includes also the intervening

summer months).

(2) In extraordinary circumstances the Board may allow

students, for good and sufficient reason, to extend their studies by

one further year.

(1)

The course shall consist of the following

(a) study-units, to which not less than twelve credits are

assigned;

(b) three practice placements, to which not less than ten

credits are assigned;

(c) a project or long essay, to which not less than four

credits are assigned; and

(d) a final examination consisting of two papers.

(2) The first practice placement shall normally take place

during the first semester. The second practice placement shall

normally take place during the second semester. The third practice

placement shall normally take place mainly in the summer.

(3) Students shall be required to register for each study-unit

and practice placement they wish to take. A credit shall be awarded

on the basis of the assessment of progress achieved on completion

of the required study and assignments.

(4) A catalogue of study-units, with the number of credits

assigned to each study-unit, shall be published by the Board before

the commencement of the course. A st udy-unit -unit may include,

or entirely consist of, assessed practice placements where

appropriate. Students taking such a study-unit may be required to

write reports on the practice placement. The catalogue shall also

indicate the method of assessment for each study-unit which study-

units are prerequisites, compulsory or concurrent.

(5) Students who are able to demonstrate that they have

successfully completed one or more study-units, equivalent to those

forming part of this course, may apply for exemption, provided that

students shall not be exempted from more than 20% of the credits

required for the course.

(6) Except with the permission of the Board, students may not

take a study-unit for which they do not have the prerequisites or

take a study-unit without taking also the concurrent study-units as

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advised.

(1) Credits shall be assigned according to the following

grading scheme, in descending order of merit: A, B, C, D, and F,

where F indicates Fail.

(2) Students who fail to obtain a credit shall normally be

allowed to take a resit once only. In the re-assessment, the

maximum grade that may be awarded shall be D. If they fail in the

resit, they shall be allowed to repeat the study-unit once only.

There shall be no resit when a study-unit is repeated.

(3) The final examination shall normally be held at the end of

the course. Students who fail this examination shall be allowed a

supplementary session once only.

(1) The Postgraduate Diploma shall be awarded to those

students who

(a) obtain a minimum of 26 credits, including the credits

for the three practice placements and for the project or

long essay; and

(b) are successful in the final examination.

(2) The final classification shall be based on the following

weighting

Credits, including those for the Practice

Placements, and the Project or Long Essay

60%

Final Examination

40%.

(3) The names of students who qualify for the Postgraduate

Diploma shall be published in a list in alphabetical order classified

as follows

Passed with Distinction

Passed.