BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION STUDIES (HONOURS) - B.CONS. (HONS) - UNDER THE

DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION

STUDIES (HONOURS) - B.CONS. (HONS) - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE INSTITUTE OF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.303

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN

CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION STUDIES

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

AUSPICES OF THE INSTITUTE OF

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF

CULTURAL HERITAGE

11th April, 2006

LEGAL NOTICE 91 of 2006.

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

Degree of Bachelor in Conservation and Restoration Studies

(Honours) - B.Cons. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Institute of

Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage.

(2)

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

"the Board of Studies" means the Board of Studies for the course

appointed by Senate, on the recommendation of the Institute;

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

degree of Bachelor in Conservation and Restoration Studies

(Honours) - B.Cons. (Hons);

"the Degree" means the degree of Bachelor in Conservation and

Restoration Studies (Honours) - B.Cons. (Hons);

"the Institute" means the Institute of Conservation and

Management of Cultural Heritage; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards.

These bye-laws shall be apply to courses starting in

October 2004 or later.

In terms of these bye-laws, the following areas of study are

normally offered in the course

Area of Study A -

Paintings and Polychrome Sculpture

Area of Study B -

Ceramics, Glass, Metals and Stone

Area of Study C -

Textiles

Area of Study D -

Books and Paper.

Applicants shall be required to choose one area of study.

The Board of Studies shall recommend to Senate the area/s

of study to be offered each year and the number of applicants that

may be allowed to register for each area of study, depending on the

availability of resources. The number of available places shall be

announced at the time of the call for applications. Areas of study

shall be offered if there are a sufficient number of qualified

applicants.

DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION

STUDIES (HONOURS) - B.CONS. (HONS) - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE INSTITUTE OF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

If there are more eligible applicants than the number of

places available, applicants shall be selected on their performance

in the entrance examination.

(1) 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 following special course requirements

(a) up to October 2006, a pass at Advanced Level in

Chemistry at grade D or better; as from October 2007,

a pass at Intermediate Level in Chemistry at grade C or

better; and

(b) a pass in the entrance examination organized by the

Institute, which shall be designed to test the manual

and intellectual aptitude of applicants and, in

particular, their ability to pursue the area of study of

their choice with profit.

(2) Applicants who possess a pass at Advanced Level in

C h e m i s t r y a t g r a d e E o r, a s f r o m O c t o b e r 2 0 0 7 , a p a s s a t

Intermediate Level in Chemistry at grade D, shall be admitted

under those conditions as the Board of Studies may impose to

compensate for the qualification deficiency. If, by the end of the

first year, such students do not successfully complete all the

requirements to progress regularly to the second year of the course,

they shall neither be entitled to repeat the year nor to progress

conditionally as normally permitted under the Principal

Regulations.

All applicants shall be required to sit for the entrance

examination which shall be held annually or on such dates as may

be determined by the Board of Studies.

The entrance examination shall normally consist of a line

drawing test, and a manual dexterity test and an academic aptitude

test consisting of written and oral examinations. In order to be

successful, applicants are expected to pass in all the components of

the entrance examination, which shall be assigned equal weighting.

Questions shall be set and must be answered in English.

The entrance examination papers shall be set by examiners

appointed by the Board of Studies.

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

time study.

The course shall consist of study-units to which a total of

240 credits are assigned, including 20 credits assigned to a

dissertation.

The Board of Studies shall publish the programme of study,

drawn up in accordance with the relevant provisions of the

Principal Regulations, and approved by Senate. Subject to changes

that the Board of Studies 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

DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION

STUDIES (HONOURS) - B.CONS. (HONS) - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE INSTITUTE OF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

are following for the Degree.

In Year Four of the course, students shall be required to

submit a dissertation, which shall include a practical part, of

between 10,000 and 12,000 words on a subject approved by the

Board of Studies.

There shall be no supplementary assessment for practical

study-units. Students who fail in practical study-units shall be

required to re-do such study-units in an additional year of studies in

terms of the Principal Regulations.

In Years Two and Three students shall be required to

un de rt ak e fi el dw ork i n th ei r area o f st ud y d uri ng Ju ly and

September. Ten credits shall be assigned per fieldwork session.

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of

the Degree shall be based on the results obtained in the four years

of the course, which shall be weighted as follows

First, Second and Third Year study-units

20% each year

Fourth Year study-units, including dissertation

40%.