BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE STUDIES (HONOURS) - B. LIAS (HONS) -

DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE

STUDIES (HONOURS) - B. LIAS (HONS) - AND BACHELOR OF LIBRARY

INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE STUDIES - B. LIAS - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.241

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF

LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE STUDIES

(HONOURS) - B. LIAS (HONS) -

AND BACHELOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION

AND ARCHIVE STUDIES - B. LIAS - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND

KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES

30th September, 2011

LEGAL NOTICE 388 of 2011, as amended by Legal Notice 39 of 2013.

(1) The title of these bye-laws is the Bye-Laws for the

Degrees of Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies

(Honours) - B.LIAS (Hons) - and Bachelor of Library Information

and Archive Studies - B.LIAS - 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 Library Information and Archive Studies (Honours)

- B .L I A S ( H o n s ) - o r t o t h e d e g r e e o f B a c h e l o r o f L i b r a r y

Information and Archive Studies - B.LIAS;

"the Degree" means the degree of Bachelor of Library

Information and Archive Studies (Honours) - B.LIAS(Hons) - or

the degree of Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies

- B.LIAS; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards.

These bye-laws shall be

applicable

for

courses

commencing in October 2012 or later.

(1) The degree of Bachelor of Library Information and

Archive Studies (Honours) shall be awarded in terms of these bye-

laws in Library Information and Archive Studies as the honours

main area of study together with a subsidiary area of study.

(2) The degree of Bachelor of Library Information and

Archive Studies shall be awarded in terms of these bye-laws in two

ordinary main areas of study, one of which must be Library

Information and Archive Studies.

(3) The Board shall announce the areas of study that may be

taken with Library Information and Archive Studies in the Degree

before the commencement of the course.

DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE

STUDIES (HONOURS) - B. LIAS (HONS) - AND BACHELOR OF LIBRARY

INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE STUDIES - B. LIAS - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES

To be registered as regular students in the course,

applicants shall satisfy the general requirements for admission as

specified in the Admission Regulations.

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

time study.

Applicants shall be required to indicate their choice of

areas of study at the time of applying for admission.

The course shall consist of two parts.

(1) Part One shall consist of study-units to which 60

credits are assigned.

(2) At the end of Part One of the Course, students who have

obtained an average mark of

(a) 65% or better in the Library Information and Archive

Studies area of study, and

(b) 60% or better in all the study units of Part One

shall be eligible to proceed to the degree of Bachelor of Library

Information and Archive Studies (Honours).

Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 120 credits

are assigned.

(1) The Board shall publish the course programmes in

Library Information and Archive Studies drawn up in accordance

with the relevant provisions of the Principal Regulations and as

approved by Senate, before the commencement of each course.

Subject to changes that the Board may make, with the approval of

Senate, students shall follow the study-units and obtain the credits

as indicated in the course programmes and in the programmes of

study of the other areas they are following for the Degree.

(2) The programmes of study for the areas of study that may be

taken with Library Information and Archive Studies in the course

shall be those published by the Board of the academic entity

responsible for the area of study.

(1) Students on the Bachelor of Library Information and

Archive Studies (Honours) B.LIAS (Hons) course shall be required

to register and obtain credit for study-units to which a total of 180

credits are assigned, of which not less than 132 credits shall be in

Library Information and Archive Studies and not less than 36

credits shall be in the subsidiary area of study.

(2) Students on the Bachelor of Library Information and

Archive Studies course shall be required to register and obtain

credit for study-units to which a total of 180 credits are assigned, of

which not less than 80 credits shall be obtained in each of the two

main areas of study.

(1) The Final Weighted Average Mark for the

classification of the Bachelor of Library Information and Archive

Studies (Honours) degree shall be based on the results obtained in

each of the last two years of the course, which shall be weighted as

DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE

STUDIES (HONOURS) - B. LIAS (HONS) - AND BACHELOR OF LIBRARY

INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE STUDIES - B. LIAS - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES

follows

Second Year Average Mark

40%

Third Year Average Mark

60%

(2) The average score of the third year shall be weighted as

30% attributed to taught study-units and 70% attributed to the

dissertation and synoptic study-units.

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of

the Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies shall be

based on the results obtained in each year of the course, which shall

be weighted as follows

First Year Average Mark

25%

Second Year Average Mark

25%

Third Year Average Mark

(excluding Synoptic Study-Units) 25%

Synoptic Study-Units

25%.