PRE-TERTIARY CERTIFICATE IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF COACHING COURSE REGULATIONS

PRE-TERTIARY CERTIFICATE IN THE

FOUNDATIONS OF COACHING COURSE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.370

PRE-TERTIARY CERTIFICATE IN THE

FOUNDATIONS OF COACHING COURSE

REGULATIONS

23rd March, 2010

LEGAL NOTICE 170 of 2010, as amended by Legal Notices 232 and 297

of 2013, 106 of 2015 239 of 2019 and 130 of 2020.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Pre-Tertiary

Certificate in the Foundations of Coaching Course Regulations.

(2)

In these regulations, unless the context requires otherwise

"the Board" means the Board of the Institute for Physical

Education and Sport;

"the Board of Studies" means the Board of Studies appointed for

the course;

“the Certificate” means the Pre-Tertiary Certificate in the

Foundations of Coaching; and

"the course" means the programme of study leading to the Pre-

Tertiary Certificate in the Foundations of Coaching.

These regulations shall be applicable from 1 March, 2020

onwards.

To be eligible for the award of the Certificate, students

must

(a) be registered as students in the course in terms of

regulation 4;

(b) complete the course of studies, qualify in the

assessments and satisfy any other requirements

prescribed in these regulations; and

(c) satisfy any other requirements prescribed in any other

relevant Statutes, Regulations and Bye-Laws of the

University.

(1)

The course shall be open to applicants who

(a) are in possession of passes in five subjects at Grade 5

or better at Secondary Education Certificate level,

including English Language, Maltese, Mathematics

and any other two subjects, or equivalent

qualifications as approved by Senate on the

recommendation of the Board;

(b) shall be not less than 18 years of age within 3 calendar

months from the commencement of the course; and

PRE-TERTIARY CERTIFICATE IN THE

FOUNDATIONS OF COACHING COURSE

(c) produce certification with regard to their prior or

current involvement in Physical Education and/or

Sport.

(2) Applicants who apply without the requested qualifications

listed in sub-regulation (1) shall not be required to sit for the

assessments of the study-units and shall be awarded a certificate of

attendance, provided that they have attended 80% of the lectures.

(3) Applicants who would have reached the age of twenty-

three by the beginning of the course may be admitted, provided that

they shall be required to attend an interview by the Board before

being accepted for the course.

(4) The interviewing board appointed by the Board shall be

composed of at least three members.

(1) The Course shall extend over a period of 17 weeks of part-

time study.

(2) Students who register for individual study-units from this

course programme have the option to complete the full course

within a period of three consecutive years.

The general administration of the course shall be entrusted

to a Board of Studies, approved by Senate.

(1) The programme of study shall comprise study-units to

which a total of 20 ECTS credits are assigned, including a practice

placement which shall be conducted with either a Youth Nursery or with

SportMalta.

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

commencement of each course, following approval by Senate.

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.

(1) The assessment of each study-unit shall be completed

by the end of the semester in which the teaching of the study-unit is

held, provided that study-units which continue over a second

semester shall be assessed once the teaching of the study-unit and

the practical placement (if applicable) have been completed.

(2) Students may be barred from the assessment of a study-unit

due to unjustifiable absenteeism. Absences for study-units must be

justified and approved by the Board.

(3) Results for the assessment of study-units shall be published as a

percentage mark and grade as indicated in the table below

Mark Range

Grade

90% - 100%

A+

80% - 89%

A

75% - 79%

B+

70% - 74%

B

60% - 69%

C+

PRE-TERTIARY CERTIFICATE IN THE

FOUNDATIONS OF COACHING COURSE

55% - 59%

C

50% - 54%

D+

45% - 49%

D

0% - 44%

F

Both the percentage mark and the grade shall be recorded in the

students’ academic record.

(4) Students who fail in the assessment of not more than one

study-unit shall be given the opportunity to re-sit the failed study-

unit at the next scheduled examination session.

(5) Students who fail in more than one study-unit, or students

who after reassessment fail to obtain credit for any study-unit, shall

be deemed to have failed the course.

(1) The Certificate shall be awarded to students who pass

in all the study-units, including the practice placement.

(2) The names of students who qualify for the award of the

Certificate shall be published in a list in alphabetical order.