BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (HONOURS) - B.KIM. (Hons.) -

DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION MAN-

AGEMENT (HONOURS) - B.KIM. (Hons) -AND BACHELOR OF KNOWL-

EDGE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - B.KIM. - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.506

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF

KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION

MANAGEMENT (HONOURS) - B.KIM. (Hons.) -

AND BACHELOR OF KNOWLEDGE AND

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - B.KIM. - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND

KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES

12th December, 2014

LEGAL NOTICE 451 of 2014, as amended by Legal Notice 170 of 2017.

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

Degrees of Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management

(Honours) - B.KIM. (Hons) - and Bachelor of Knowledge and

Information Management - B.KIM - 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 Knowledge and Information Management (Honours)

- B.KIM. (Hons) - or the degree of Bachelor of Knowledge and

Information Management - B.KIM;

"the Degree" means the degree of Bachelor of Knowledge and

Information Management (Honours) - B.KIM. (Hons) - or the

degree of Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management -

B.KIM; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards.

These bye-laws shall be

applicable

for

courses

commencing in October 2017 or later.

(1) The degree of Bachelor of Knowledge and Information

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

laws in Knowledge and Information Management as the honours

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

(2) The degree of Bachelor of Knowledge and Information

Management shall be awarded in terms of these bye-laws in two

ordinary main areas of study, one of which must be Knowledge and

Information Management.

(3) The Board shall announce a list of areas of study that may

be taken with Knowledge and Information Management in the

Degree before the commencement of the course.

DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION MAN-

AGEMENT (HONOURS) - B.KIM. (Hons) -AND BACHELOR OF KNOWL-

EDGE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - B.KIM. - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES

Applicants shall be required to indicate their choice of

areas of study at the time of applying for admission.

To be registered as regular students in the Course, applicants

shall, apart from satisfying the general requirements for admission as

specified in the Admissions Regulations, be in possession of those

qualifications relevant to their chosen second ordinary 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 course shall extend over a period of three years of full-

time study.

The course shall consist of two parts.

(1)

Part One shall consist of study-units to which 60

ECTS 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 Knowledge and Information

Management 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 Knowledge

and Information Management (Honours).

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

credits are assigned.

(1) The Board shall publish the programmes of study in

Knowledge and Information Management 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

a s i n di c a t e d i n t h e c ou r s e p r o g r a m m es o f st u d y a n d i n t h e

programmes of study of the other areas they are following for the

Degree.

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

taken with Knowledge and Information Management 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 Knowledge and

Information Management (Honours) course shall be required to

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

ECTS credits are assigned, of which not less than 132 ECTS credits

shall be in the Knowledge and Information Management area and

not less than 36 ECTS credits shall be in the subsidiary area of

study.

(2) Students on the Bachelor of Knowledge and Information

Management course shall be required to register and obtain credit

DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION MAN-

AGEMENT (HONOURS) - B.KIM. (Hons) -AND BACHELOR OF KNOWL-

EDGE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - B.KIM. - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES

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

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

the two main areas of study.

(1) The Final Average Mark for the classification of the

Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management (Honours)

degree shall be based on the results obtained in each of the last two

years of the course, which shall be weighted as follows

Second Year Average Mark

40 %

Third Year 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 Average Mark for the classification of the

Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management degree 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%