BYE-LAWS IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS, FOR THE DEGREE

BACHELOR OF MUSIC (HONOURS)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.575

BYE-LAWS IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL

REGULATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS, FOR THE DEGREE

OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC (HONOURS) - B.MUS.

(HONS) UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SCHOOL

OF PERFORMING ARTS

31st October, 2017

LEGAL NOTICE 302 of 2017, as amended by Legal Notice 217 of 2019.

(1) These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws in terms

of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards,

for the degree of Bachelor of Music (Honours) - B.Mus. (Hons) -

under the auspices of the School of Performing Arts.

(2) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires -

“the Board” means the Board of the School of Performing Arts;

“the Course” means the programme of study leading to the

degree of Bachelor of Music (Honours) - B.Mus. (Hons);

“the Degree” means the degree of Bachelor of Music (Honours) -

B.Mus. (Hons);

“the Diploma” means the Diploma in Music - Dip. Mus.; and

“the Principal Regulations” means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards, 2004.

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing

in October 2020 or later.

(1) 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 of the

University, undertake an interview and an audition, provided that

applicants with a pass at Grade C or better at Advanced

Mat riculation Level i n Music sh all be exempted from both

interview and audition.

(2) Applicants considered as “Adult Learners” in terms of

paragraph (c) of regulation 6 of the Admissions Regulations must

be in possession of those qualifications and/or experience that

would satisfy the School Admissions Committee that they have

reached the academic standard required to follow the Course with

profit.

(3) The eligibility of applicants referred to in paragraph (2) of

this bye-law shall be decided by the University Admissions Board,

on the recommendation of the School Admissions Committee,

following an interview and an audition conducted by a board

appointed for the purpose. Such applicants shall be exempted from

BACHELOR OF MUSIC (HONOURS)

the audition if they present a pass at Grade C or better at Advanced

Matriculation Level in Music.

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

composed of at least three members.

(5) Applicants in possession of the Diploma in Wind Band Studies

of this University, who have obtained ECTS credits for study-units

considered by the Board of Studies to be equivalent to those in the

programme of study, may also be admitted to the Course. Subject to the

provisions of the Principal Regulations, such applicants may be allowed

by the Board of Studies to transfer these credits to the Course. The

number of credits so transferred shall not exceed 60 ECTS credits.

The Course shall extend over three years of full-time study,

or five years of part-time study, when the Course is offered on a

part-time basis.

The programme of study, which shall comprise study-units

to which 180 ECTS credits are assigned, shall be published after

approval by Senate, normally not less than eight months prior to 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 programme of study for the Degree, provided that

the programme of study shall be drawn up in accordance with the

relevant provisions of the Principal Regulations.

Students who successfully complete study-units to which at

least 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.

Students shall be eligible for the award of the Degree if they

obtain the 180 ECTS credits as outlined in the programme of study

for the Course.

(1) The Final Weighted Average Mark for the purpose of

the classification of the Degree shall be based on the results

obtained during the Course, which shall be weighted as follows

First Year Average Mark

30%

Second Year Average Mark

30%

Third Year Average Mark

40%.

(2) The Final Weighted Average Mark for the purpose of the

classification of the Diploma shall be based on the results obtained

in the successfully completed study-units.

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.