BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMUNICATIONS (HONOURS) - B. COMMS (HONS) - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMUNICATIONS (HON-

OURS) - B. COMMS (HONS)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.239

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF

COMMUNICATIONS (HONOURS) - B. COMMS

(HONS) - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY

OF MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES

22nd November, 2017

LEGAL NOTICE 317 of 2017, as amended by Legal Notice 180 of 2023

and 10 of 2026.

(1) These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws for the

Degree of Bachelor of Communications (Honours) - B. Comms

(Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge

Sciences.

(2)

In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Media and

Knowledge Sciences;

"the Course" means the programme of study leading to the

degree of Bachelor of Communications (Honours) - B. Comms

(Hons);

"the Degree" means the degree of Bachelor of Communications

(Honours) in the relevant area of specialisation, if applicable - B.Comms

(Hons);

“the Higher Diploma” means the Higher Diploma in

Communications in the relevant area of specialisation - H.Dip.; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards, 2019.

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing

in October 2017 or later.

(1) The Degree is awarded in Communications either as a

single main honours area of study, or in one of the following areas

of specialisation

Film and Screen Arts; or

Marketing Communication; or

Media Studies and Journalism

(2) The areas of specialisation offered in any particular year

shall be published by the Board before the commencement of each

Course.

To be registered as regular students in the Course, applicants

shall, apart from satisfying the general requirements for admission as

specified in the Admissions Regulations, be in possession of a pass at

Intermediate Matriculation Level in English, or its equivalent.

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

time study.

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMUNICATIONS (HON-

OURS) - B. COMMS (HONS)

(1)The Board shall publish the programme of study before

the commencement of the Course. Subject to changes that the Board

may, with the approval of Senate, be constrained to make, students

are bound to follow the study-units and obtain the credits as

indicated in the programme of study they are following for the

Degree, provided that the programme of study shall be drawn up in

accordance with the relevant provisions of the Principal

Regulations.

(2) During the first year of the Course, students shall be required to

choose their area of specialisation from those specified in paragraph (1)

of bye-law 3 as indicated in the programme of study for the Course.

Students shall be required to register for and pass in study-

units to which a total of 180 ECTS credits are assigned.

Students who successfully complete study-units to which 120

ECTS credits are assigned, and who either opt not to proceed with the

Course, or having proceeded do not successfully complete the Course

shall be entitled to the award of the Higher Diploma.

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of

the Degree shall be based on the results obtained in each year of the

Course, each of which shall be weighted equally.

The Degree classification shall be published according to the

provisions of the Principal Regulations.