BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - B. SC. - AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) - B. SC. (HONS) - UNDER THE

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.252

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF

SCIENCE - B. SC. - AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

(HONOURS) - B. SC. (HONS) - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE

16th September, 2008

LEGAL NOTICE 213 of 2008, as amended by Legal Notices 23 of 2012,

193 and 408 of 2013, 323 of 2014, 292 of 2016, 50 of 201, 218 of 2017 and

198 of 2018, 60 of 2019, 304 of 2022, 173 of 2022, 173 of 2023 and 116 of

2025.

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

Degrees of Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. - and Bachelor of Science

(Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of

Science.

(2)

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

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Science;

"the course" means the programme of studies leading to the

degree of Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. - or the degree of Bachelor of

Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - as appropriate;

"the Degree" means the degree of Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. -

or the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - as

appropriate;

"the Diploma" means the Diploma in Science - Dip. Sc.;

"the Faculty" means the Faculty of Science;

"the Higher Diploma" means the Higher Diploma in Science -

H.Dip. Sc.;

"the principal regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards.

These bye-laws shall be applicable

for

courses

commencing in October 2019 onwards.

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To be registered as regular students in the Course,

applicants shall, apart from satisfying the general requirements for

admission as specified in the Admission Regulations, be in

possession of the special course requirements as follows

(a) Banking and Finance: a pass in Pure Mathematics

(Intermediate);

(b) Biology: passes in Biology (Advanced, grade C or

better) and Chemistry (Intermediate, grade C or

better);

(c) Chemistry: passes in Chemistry (Advanced, grade C

or better) and either Physics or Pure Mathematics

(Intermediate, grade C or better);

(d) Computational Physics: passes in Pure Mathematics

(Advanced, grade C or better) and Physics

(Intermediate, grade C or better);

(e) Computing Science: a pass in Pure Mathematics

(Advanced, grade C or better);

(f)

Geosciences

a pass in Pure Mathematics (Intermediate, Grade C or

better) and a pass in one of the following subjects

(Intermediate, Grade C or better)

Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Applied Mathematics,

Computing, Information Technology, Geography and

Environmental Science;”

(g) Mathematics: a pass in Pure Mathematics (Advanced,

grade C or better);

(h) Physics

either passes in Physics (Advanced, grade C or better)

and Pure Mathematics (Intermediate, grade C or

better);

or passes in Pure Mathematics (Advanced, grade C or

better) and Physics (Intermediate, grade C or better);

(i)

Statistics and Operations Research

either a pass in Pure Mathematics (Advanced, grade C

or better);

or a pass in Applied Mathematics (Advanced, grade C

or better);

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or passes in Computing or Information Technology

(Advanced, grade C or better) and Pure Mathematics

(Advanced, grade D or better);

or passes in Computing or Information Technology

(Advanced, grade C or better) and Applied

Mathematics (Advanced, grade D or better).

for admission in October 2018 or later

either a pass in Pure Mathematics (Advanced, grade C

or better);

or passes in Computing or Information Technology

(Advanced, grade C or better) and Pure Mathematics

(Advanced, grade D or better).

(1) The Course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science

(Honours) in one main area of study, which may be taken with one

subsidiary area, shall extend over a period of three years of full-

time study or the equivalent in part-time study.

(2) The Course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science

(Honours) in two subjects as main areas of study shall extend over a

period of four years of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time

study.

(1) The degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in one

main area of study may be offered in any area of study that falls

within the responsibility of the Faculty, as approved by the Board.

(2) * The degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) may also be

offered either in two main areas of study from the areas listed in

(a), or in one main area of study from option (a) and one main area

of study from option (b), as approved by the Board

(a) Biology,

Chemistry,

Computational

Physics,

Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and

Operations Research;

(b) Banking and Finance, Computing Science, Philosophy.

(3) † Subject to approval by Senate, the Board may also allow any of

the areas of study indicated in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) of this

bye-law to be offered jointly with other areas of study which fall under

the responsibility of other academic entities within the University,

provided that in such instances, applicants shall be required to be in

possession of those qualifications relevant to their chosen second main

area of study as indicated in the bye-laws for the degree in the area of

study offered under the auspices of the academic entity responsible for

the discipline.

The areas of study offered in any particular year and the

* Applicable from October 2018.

† Applicable from October 2018.

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permissible combinations of areas of study shall be published by

the Board before the commencement of each course, provided that

in any year, combinations of areas of study shall be offered

depending on the availability of resources and the number of

applicants who choose them.

The Board shall publish the programme of study for each

area of study, as approved by Senate, before the commencement of

each 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

course programme and in the programmes of study of the areas of

study they are following for the Degree, provided that course

programmes and programmes of study shall be drawn up in

accordance with the relevant provisions of the principal

regulations.

(1) The course shall consist of study-units to which 180

credits are assigned.

(2) The course may be offered either in one area of study as a

main area, or in one main area of study with a subsidiary area as

approved by the Board, provided that not less than 110 credits shall

be assigned to the main area of study.

(3) Programmes of study for the areas that may be taken as

subsidiary areas shall be those published by the boards of the

academic entities responsible for them.

(4) * The third year of the Course shall include a dissertation to

which not less than 10 credits and not more than 20 credits shall be

assigned

provided that in the case of Mathematics and Computational

Physics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional

taught study-units.

(5) Students who successfully complete study-units to which

60 ECTS credits are assigned and opt not to proceed with the

Course or, having proceeded, do not successfully complete the

Course, shall be entitled to the Diploma.

(6) Students who successfully complete study-units to which

120 ECTS credits are assigned and opt not to proceed with the

Course or, having proceeded, do not successfully complete the

Course, shall be entitled to the Higher Diploma.

The course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One

comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth

year.

(1) Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180

credits are assigned divided as follows

First Year

60 credits of which not less than 26 credits

* Applicable from October 2018.

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in each of the two areas of study;

Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study;

Third Year

30 credits in each of the two areas of study.

(2) At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as

specified in paragraph (1) of this bye-law but who either opt not to

proceed with the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of

Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons.), or having proceeded, do not

successfully complete the course, shall be eligible for the award of

the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) classified in terms of

bye-law 13.

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

credits are assigned divided as follows

(a) 40 credits in one area of study, of which not less than

10 credits and not more than 20 credits are assigned to

a dissertation; and

(b) 20 credits in the other area of study

provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may

be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.

(1) In a course programme for the Degree in two main

areas of study, students who fail in any study-unit, except a

compulsory study-unit that is declared to be non-compensatable in

a Programme of Study, with a mark of not less than 35% in the unit

and whose current Year Average Mark in the Programme of Study

for the area of study to which the study-unit is assigned is at least

50%, shall be awarded the grade CP and shall be awarded credit for

the unit by compensation and shall not be required to be reassessed.

(2) Students who successfully complete study-units to which

60 ECTS credits are assigned and opt not to proceed with the

Course or, having proceeded, do not successfully complete the

Course, shall be entitled to the Diploma.

(3) Students who successfully complete study-units to which

120 ECTS credits are assigned and opt not to proceed with the

Course or, having proceeded, do not successfully complete the

Course, shall be entitled to the Higher Diploma.

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of

the Diploma, the Higher Diploma and the Degree, shall be based on

the results obtained in each year of the Course, all years being

weighted equally.

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

* Applicable from October 2018.

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with the following special provisions in terms of the provisions

outlined in the Principal Regulations, 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 a 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 12 ECTS credits 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 who 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 paragraph (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-

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time to flexible part-time or vice versa at the beginning of the

second year of the regular programme of study. Changes in the

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

considered by the Board, if the course programme permits; and

(k) Notwithstanding the provisions in the Principal

Regulations, 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.