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

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.451

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF

SCIENCE (HONOURS) - B.Sc. (HONS) - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY *

19th July, 2013

LEGAL NOTICE 194 of 2013, as amended by Legal Notices 325 of 2013,

and 19 and 154 of 2016, 355 of 2020 and 169 of 2022.

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

Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - under the

auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

Technology.

(2)

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

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of information and

Communication Technology;

"the course" means the programme of study leading to the degree

of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.sc. (Hons);

"the Degree" means the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons); and

"the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards.

These bye-laws shall be

applicable

for

courses

commencing in October 2020 or later.

(1) The Degree shall be awarded in any one of the

following areas of study

(a) Computing Science;

(b) Computer Engineering;

(c) Microelectronics and Embedded Systems.

(2) The areas of study offered in any particular year and the

combinations that may or may not be chosen together shall be

published by the Board at the time of the call for applications.

*These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 277 of 2022.

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(1) * To be registered as regular students in the Course

applicants shall

either (a) satisfy the special course requirements listed in

paragraphs (2) to (3) of this bye-law;

or (b) as from October 2023 onwards, be in possession of the

Certificate in ICT Foundation Studies from this

University.

(2)

(a) Applicants for the Computing Science area of study

shall satisfy the general entry requirements for

admission as specified in the Admissions Regulations

of the University and be in possession of

(i) passes at Advanced Matriculation Level at

Grade C or better in Pure Mathematics and in

any other subject; and

(ii) a pass at Intermediate Matriculation Level in any

subject (excluding the subjects presented at

Advanced Level).

(b) If applicants have other qualifications considered to be

sufficient, they may be exempted by the University

Admissions Board, on the advice of the Faculty

Admissions Committee, from the whole or part of

these special course requirements.

(3) † Applicants for the Computer Engineering and

Microelectronics and Embedded Systems areas of study shall

either

(a) satisfy the general entry requirements as specified in

the Admissions Regulations of the University and be

in possession of

(i)

passes at Advanced Matriculation Level at

Grade C or better in Pure Mathematics and in

one of the following subjects: Applied

Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and

Computing; and

(ii)

a pass at Intermediate Matriculation Level in

Physics, if not presented at Advanced

Matriculation Level;

(b) be in possession of

(i)

passes in the Secondary Education Certificate

Examination including English Language,

Mathematics and Maltese; and

(ii) the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma

(HND) in an area deemed to be relevant to the

Course by the Board;

*Shall be applicable for courses commencing in October 2023 or later

†Shall be applicable for courses commencing in October 2024 or later

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or

(c) be in possession of the Certificate in Engineering

Sciences from the University;

provided that students who lack a grade in only one of the

subjects of the special course requirements required at Advanced

Matriculation Level indicated in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) of

this bye-law shall be admitted under those conditions as the Board may

impose to compensate for the missing element. 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 be

required to withdraw from the Course and shall neither be entitled to an

extension year or to repeat the year, nor to progress conditionally as

normally permitted under the Principal Regulations.

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

time study or the equivalent in part-time study.

(1) Applicants shall be required to indicate their choice of

area of study at the time of application for admission.

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

credits shall be assigned.

(3) The Board shall publish the programme of study for each

area of study before the commencement of the course, following

the approval of 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 of the area of study they are following for the

Degree.

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 50 of the

Principal Regulations, in any year of the course, students shall not

be awarded more than 12 ECTs credits for study-units passed by

compensation and if necessary the students shall be required to

choose which study-unit/s of the eligible study-units are to be

considered as passed by compensation, to a maximum value of 12

ECTs credits.

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 in Computing.

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 in Computing.

(1) The Final Weighted Average mark for the

classification of the Degree offered on a part-time basis shall be

based on the results obtained in the five years of the Course which

shall be weighted as follows

First Year Average Mark

10%

Second Year Average Mark

10%

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Third Year Average Mark

20%

Fourth Year Average Mark

20%

Fifth Year Average Mark

40%

(2) The Final Weighted Average mark for the classification of the

Degree offered on a full-time basis shall be based on the results

obtained in the three years of the Course which shall be weighted as

follows

First Year Average Mark

20%

Second Year Average Mark

40%

Third Year Average Mark

40%.

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.