CERTIFICATE IN ICT FOUNDATION STUDIES COURSE REGULATIONS

ICT FOUNDATION STUDIES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.680

CERTIFICATE IN ICT FOUNDATION STUDIES

COURSE REGULATIONS

21st December, 2021

LEGAL NOTICE 480 of 2021, as amended by Legal Notice 238 of

2023.

(1)

These regulations may be cited as the Certificate in

ICT Foundation Studies Course Regulations.

(2)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

“the Board” means the Board of the Faculty of Information and

Communication Technology;

“the Board of Studies” means the Board of Studies appointed by

Senate for the Course, on the recommendation of the Board;

“the Certificate” means the Certificate in ICT Foundation

Studies; and

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

Certificate in ICT Foundation Studies.

These regulations shall be applicable for courses

commencing in October 2022 or later.

(1)

To be registered as regular students in the Course,

applicants shall be required to be aged not less than 18 years within

three calendar months from the date on which the Courses

commences, and shall

either (a) have obtained a minimum of 36 points in

examinations taken as part of the Matriculation

Certificate and be in possession of passes in the

Secondary Education Certificate Examination at

Grade 5 or better in English Language, Maltese and

Mathematics;

or (b) be in possession of a diploma in an ICT domain

which the Board deems as appropriate, classified at

MQF Level 4, as well as passes in the Secondary

Education Certificate Examination at Grade 5 or

better in English Language, Maltese and

Mathematics.

(2)

Applicants may be required to attend for an interview to

assess whether they have the necessary aptitude to follow the Course

with profit.

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(3)

The interviewing board, which shall be appointed for the

purpose by the Board, shall be composed of at least three members.

(1)

The Course shall extend over a period of two

semesters of full- time study or four semesters of part-time study.

(2)

The Board of Studies may allow students who do not

qualify for the Certificate to repeat the Course once only.

The general administration of the Course shall be

entrusted to a Board of Studies, approved by Senate.

(1)

The Course shall consist of a number of taught

study-units to which a total of 60 ECTS credits are assigned.

(2)

The programme of study shall be drawn up by the Board

of Studies and published by the Board, after approval by Senate,

normally not less than eight months prior to the commencement of

the Course.

(1)

Unless otherwise specified in the description of a

study-unit, attendance is obligatory for lectures, tutorials, seminars,

practicals, and any other teaching session in whatever mode. On the

basis of documented evidence, a lecturer may bar a student whose

attendance in a study-unit is not satisfactory from being assessed in

that study-unit.

(2)

The assessment of each taught study-unit shall be

completed by the end of the semester in which the teaching of the

study-unit is held.

(3)

Students who fail in a study-unit declared to be

compensatable in the programme of study with a mark of not less

than 35% shall be awarded the grade CP (Compensated Pass) if their

Weighted Year Average Mark is at least 50%. Study-units passed by

compensation shall not be re-assessed.

(4)

Students may not be awarded more than 12 ECTS credits

through compensated passes.

(5)

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+

55% - 59%

C

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50% - 54%

D+

45% - 49%

D

0% - 44%

F.

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

students’ academic record.

(1)

The Certificate shall be awarded to students who

obtain all the credits indicated in regulation 6.

(2)

The names of students who qualify for the award of the

Certificate shall be published in a list in alphabetical order.

The provisions of the foregoing regulations 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

of Studies as necessary due to the part-time nature of the Course.

In matters not provided for by these regulations, the Board

shall be guided by the provisions of the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards, 2019, published as Legal Notice

248 of 2019, as applicable.