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REGULATIONS FOR THE BSC HONOURS AND BSC DEGREES (EFFECTIVE AUGUST 2012)
1. APPLICATIONS OF THESE REGULATIONS 1.1 These Regulations should be read in conjunction with the General Academic Regulations for Undergraduate degrees hereinafter referred to as the General Regulations. 1.2 These Regulations are in respect of programmes for the following degrees offered by the Faculty of Science: BSc Honours Degree BSc Degree 1.3 The appropriate Degree will be awarded to a student who has successfully completed an approved Programme in accordance with these Regulations.
2. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS Course Unit In the Faculty of Science a course unit is defined so that a course with a weighting of ten (10) course units shall be taught in 48 contact hours at the rate of four (4 ) contact hours a week for a semester with at least two (2) and not more than three of those hours being lectures.
3. DEPARTMENTS Courses are available in the following Departments within the Faculty of Science:
4. ENTRY REGULATIONS 4.1 In order to qualify for normal entry to an Undergraduate Degree Programme in the Faculty of Science, a prospective student must satisfy the Entry Regulations specified in the General Regulations and in so doing, must also meet the following Faculty requirements: 4.1.1have obtained a Pass at A Level in at least two of the following subjects or their recognised equivalents:
AND 4.1.2have obtained a Pass at O Level in a third subject chosen from those listed in Section 4.1.1; AND 4.1.3have obtained a Pass at O Level in Mathematics. NOTE: There are restrictions on the combinations of certain subjects. See Schedule B2 of the General Regulations. 4.2 While the above requirements apply to entry to the Faculty of Science as a whole, the following specific qualifications, or an approved equivalent, are NORMALLY required by the indicated Departments for initial entry to courses in that Department:
NOTE: These requirements refer to qualifications obtained prior to entry to the University. Courses and subjects may have additional pre‑requisites based on courses studied at the University.
5. STRUCTURE OF DEGREE PROGRAMMES 5.1 BSc Honours Degrees 5.1.1Except in the case of special entry, where a lesser period may be allowed, a BSc Honours Degree Programme requires full time study over a period of four years. Normally a student will be required to complete the Programme in not more than eight years from the date of first registration for the Programme. 5.1.2Each student admitted to studies in the Faculty of Science shall, in the first instance, be admitted to a BSc Honours Degree Programme. A BSc Honours Degree Programme shall consist of distinct courses with a total weighting of at least 480 course units which shall consist of taught courses worth at least 360 course units in a single Programme, including a course HBS111 Entrepreneurship and a course HBS201 Business Management for Scientists , these latter courses shall be core courses in every BSc Honours Programme, and a period of Industrial Attachment normally extending over one Academic Year worth 120 course units and two additional core courses in Communication Skills, (CSSC101 and CSSC102). At initial registration a student shall register for Level 1 courses worth at least 60 course units taken from the Level 1 Semester 1 courses of the programme for which he/she is registering and, in addition, shall register for the Communication Skills Course CSSC101. At the start of the second semester, he/she shall register for further courses worth at least 60 course units from the Level 1 Semester 2 courses of his/her chosen Programme. Normally courses worth at least 120 course units will be taken at Level 2 and further taught courses worth at least 120 course units will be taken at Level 4.
The Industrial Attachment will normally be at Level 3 but may be delayed to Level 4 if the dissertation project is carried out at the place that the student is assigned for her/his Industrial Attachment in which case the Level 4 courses, other than the dissertation project, will be taken at Level 3. While courses shall be designated as Semester 1 or Semester 2 courses, those courses may be taught in the other semester if circumstances, such as staff availability, so demand subject to the approval of the Dean of Science. 5.1.3In a BSc Honours Degree Programme, a student must pass at least one project course examined by a dissertation and having a weighting of at least 20 course units, hereinafter referred to as the Dissertation Project. This course must be a Level 4 course and will normally be taken in the final year of study. This course shall be listed as a core course in the Special Regulations for the Programme of which it forms a portion. In an Honours Degree Programme the weighting of each additional project course shall be at least 10 course units and the total weighting of project courses in an Honours Degree Programme shall not exceed 40 course units. 5.1.4Final year honours students may be required to be in attendance in the Department outside normal University semesters to carry out work on the dissertation project course. 5.1.5In a given Programme offered in a particular department a student may be required or allowed to take courses from an ancillary Programme up to a total of at most 100 course units provided that such courses are at the appropriate level in the Programme from which they are taken. These courses may be offered by Faculties other than the Faculty of Science. 5.1.6A department will normally assist each student in a Programme under its control to find a place in a suitable institution or commercial firm to undertake his/her Industrial Attachment. The appropriate department must approve the choice of the place of attachment and must liaise with that institution so that a suitable person, to be called the Placement Supervisor, employed by that institution, is appointed to supervise the student’s performance at that institution. The department will assign a member of academic staff to supervise each student’s period of attachment. Such a supervisor, to be called the Attachment Supervisor, must be in regular communication with the student and his/her Placement Supervisor and shall visit the student at his/her place of attachment at least three times during the period of attachment. 5.1.7The following BSc Honours Programmes will be offered in the Faculty of Science. Each Programme shall be described as the “BSc Honours Programme in” followed by the title as listed below
5.2. Upgrading of a BSc Degree to a BSc Honours Degree. 5.2.1 A person who holds a BSc Degree of the University of Zimbabwe with a major in an appropriate subject or an equivalent qualification and has passed that major subject in the upper second division or a higher division, may apply to the University to be admitted to studies in the Faculty of Science to upgrade that degree to a BSc Honours Degree Programme offered by the appropriate department under these Regulations. A person who has passed the major subject in the lower second division and has at least two years of postgraduate experience that is likely to have improved her/his knowledge and understanding of the major subject may be admitted to a Programme offered by the appropriate department subject to a qualifying examination that confirms that his/her knowledge and understanding has in fact improved. 5.2.2 The upgrading programme will normally be a two year full-time programme but may be taken over four years on a part time basis. A student admitted to this programme will normally undertake the Industrial Attachment and Level 4 of the BSc Honours Programme. In doing so, the student will take Level 4 courses worth at least 120 course units, including the Dissertation Project course (specified in 5.1.3.) from that Programme (If in the particular Programme, the Industrial Attachment is at Level 4, the student will have to take the relevant number of courses at Level 3, the Industrial Attachment and the Dissertation Project specified in 5.1.3). He/she may also be required to take and pass lower level courses that she/he did not take or did not pass in the BSc Programme so that the total number of credits obtained in the given subject in the BSc Programme and in the upgrading Programme is at least 480 course units. Where such a student has been in suitable employment for at least a year after graduating from the BSc Programme, he/she may apply to Senate for exemption from the Industrial Attachment. If Senate agrees to such an exemption the length of the programme shall be reduced accordingly.
5.3 BSc Degree 5.3.1 A student registered for a BSc Honours Degree Programme whose progress is delayed by the failing of courses may either opt to change his/her BSc Honours Programme, retaining credit for courses he/she has passed which form part of the new Programme, or may opt to do a BSc Degree in two distinct major subjects. This latter course of action will normally be taken by a student who, at the end of the third or fourth year after initial registration, has not completed Level 2 of his/her BSc Honours Programme or has not completed that Level of the Programme with sufficiently good passes. For the purposes of this Section a major subject is defined to be the title of the BSc Honours Degree Programme, as listed in Section 5.1.7, from which the courses taken are chosen. The major subjects may include the subject of his/her original choice of BSc Honours Programme or two different major subjects. However the student must satisfy the entry requirements for the two major subjects he/she chooses to do in the BSc Degree programme. Moreover the student must complete the BSc Degree Programme in not less than four years nor more than eight years from the time of his/her original registration for the BSc Honours Degree Programme. 5.3.2. A BSc Degree Programme shall consist of distinct courses with a total weighting of at least 480 course units. The Programme shall include two distinct major subjects as defined in 5.3.1 chosen from the BSc Honours Programmes listed in 5.1.7 ( excluding those offered by IFNFS) from which the courses shall be chosen and shall include a period of Industrial Attachment in one of the major subjects. For a major in a subject, a student must study courses worth at least 180 course units in that subject, including all core courses listed in the Special Regulations for the appropriate Programme. Of these courses, courses with a weighting of at least 80 course units must be Level 2 or higher level courses. The level of a course is that assigned to the course in the Special Regulations for the relevant BSc Honours Programme. In satisfying these conditions a course may only be counted once. 5.3.3. It should be noted that, for each type of Degree and for each Programme, while studying a course, a student will be expected to attend lectures and shall be required to attend all practicals and tutorials in that course and to complete all items of continuous assessment according to the published timetable, regardless of the number of courses he/she is registered for.
5.4 Selection of Courses For each Level 2 or higher level course all pre‑requisites that apply to that course and whether it is a core course shall be listed in the Special Regulations for the Programme of which that course forms a portion. A student shall not be admitted to a Level 2 or higher level course unless he/she has passed all pre‑requisites for that course prior to the start of the semester in which he/she intends to study that course. A student shall study all co‑requisite courses for each course for which he/she registers at the same time as or at an earlier time than that course. Passing a co‑requisite course cannot be a condition for passing a course. 5.4.1A student may be required to include in his/her Programme approved courses offered by other faculties up to a total equivalent to, at most, 80 course units. The weighting allocated to a course from another Faculty shall be that allocated to the course by that other Faculty. Normally a course will only be approved if it is fully compatible with these Regulations. 5.4.2A student’s selection of courses for a Degree Programme is subject to the approval of the Dean of Science and the Boards of all relevant Departments and to the following conditions:‑ 5.4.2.1 The course combination is feasible in terms of the timetable. 5.4.2.2 The student shall not register for courses worth more than 80 course units in a semester. 5.4.2.3 The chosen courses must enable the student to complete his/her Programme in as close to the minimum period as is possible and the student must include courses that will allow him/her to complete the requirements for a given level in preference to higher level courses wherever possible. 5.4.2.4 The student shall not be allowed to carry a Level 1 course into Level 3 of his/her programme. 5.4.4 A student shall register at the start of each semester and may only register for courses offered in that semester.
6.1. The assessment of a practical course shall be based on written reports submitted during the course according to a schedule laid down by the appropriate Departmental Board. 6.2. The assessment of a field course or a project course shall be based on written reports or on a dissertation submitted at a date determined by the Departmental Board. Students shall be notified of this date at the start of the course. 6.3. The assessment of the Industrial Attachment shall be based on 4 marks, a mark from the Placement Supervisor which shall be justified by a brief written report, a mark from the Attachment supervisor which shall also be justified by a brief written report, a mark for the student’s written report and a mark for the presentation by the student based on his written report. The final mark for the Industrial Attachment shall be calculated on those four marks weighted in the ratio 1:4:4:1. 6.4. The assessment of a course containing theory and practical components shall be based on an end of course theory examination, continuous assessment (including both theory and practical work) and may include an end of course practical examination. 6.5. All other courses shall be assessed by continuous assessment and an end of course examination. 6.6. The end of course examination for a course worth 10 course units shall be of two hours duration, A course worth 20 course units shall normally have a three hour end of course examination, but if there is a practical component to the course the end of course theory examination may be two hours long. 6.7. Where a course has an end of course practical examination, the end of course practical examination may be held at a time and venue different from that of the end of course theory examination for the same course. The duration of the end of course practical examination shall be specified in the Special Regulations for the subject, but shall not be greater than ninety minutes in the case of a course worth 10 course units nor greater than three hours in the case of a course worth 20 course units. An end of course practical examination shall have the same weighting as the end of course theory examination. 6.8. A course with an end of course practical examination shall contain a practical component in the continuous assessment. The continuous assessment may be entirely practical or contain theory and practical components, but the relative weightings shall be stated in the Special Regulations for the subject. 6.9. In a course with a theory and a practical component the weightings of the continuous assessment mark and the end of course examination mark need not be within the limits stated in the General Regulations but these weightings must be stated in the Special Regulations for the subject. Furthermore the continuous assessment weightings shall be between 25% and 75% of the overall mark for the course. 6.10.For each course that contains a theory and a practical component, the appropriate Departmental Panel of Examiners shall determine for each student a theory continuous assessment mark, a practical continuous assessment mark, an end of course theory examination mark, an end of course practical examination mark (where appropriate), an overall theory mark, an overall practical mark, an overall mark and a final mark for the course. If a student obtains an overall mark of at least 50%, an overall theory mark of at least 50% and an overall practical mark of at least 40%, that student shall pass the course and the final mark for the course shall be the overall mark for the course. If a student obtains less than 50% in the overall theory mark for the course and an overall practical mark of at least 40%, the student shall fail the course and his final mark for the course shall be the overall mark or 48%, whichever is the lesser. If a student obtains an overall practical mark of less than 40% the student shall fail the course and the final mark shall be the overall mark or 48%, whichever is the lesser
6.11.For each practical course, field course or project course and for each student, the Departmental Panel of Examiners shall determine a final mark for that student for that course based on the assessment of the written reports or of the dissertation submitted by that student. The Panel shall determine whether the student has passed or failed the course. 6.12.For all other courses the Departmental Panel of Examiners shall determine, for each student, a continuous assessment mark, an end of course examination mark, an overall mark, a final mark and whether the student has passed or failed. The final mark for that course for that student shall be the overall mark for that course. 6.13 Each Departmental Panel shall submit, for each course under its control and for each student enrolled in that course, the final mark and the result to the Faculty Board of Examiners. For each student it shall indicate the number of credits obtained in courses under its control.
7.1. The examination results of a student shall be determined in accordance with the General Academic Regulations for Undergraduate Programmes. 7.2. The overall result PASS: GRADUATE shall apply to a student who has completed all the requirements for the Programme he/she is registered for. 7.3. The overall result PASS: PROCEED shall apply to a student who has passed all the prescribed Level 1 OR Level 2 OR Level 3 courses, as the case may be, in the given programme. 7.4. The overall result INCOMPLETE: PROCEED CARRYING (followed by a list of courses to be carried) shall apply to a student who has: 7.4.1. at least 100 credits at Level 1,OR 7.4.2. who has passed all prescribed Level 1 courses and has at least 100 credits at Level 2 OR 7.4.3. who has passed all prescribed Level 1 courses, has at least 100 credits at Level 2 and has completed the Industrial Attachment. 7.5. The overall result INCOMPLETE: REPEAT FAILED COURSES shall apply to a student who has at least 60 credits but less than 100 credits at the Level for which he/she is currently registered. Such a student may be permitted to register for courses at the next level whose pre-requisites he or she has passed but shall give precedence to completing the courses at the current level and so shall not be allowed to register for more too many courses at the higher level. It shall also apply to a student who, at the end of the academic year is expected to complete his/her studies, but fails to meet the requirements for graduating. 7.6. The overall result INCOMPLETE: ALLOWED TO APPLY TO REPEAT FAILED COURSES shall apply to a student who has less than 60 credits at the Level for which he/she is currently registered or has failed courses at more than one Level. Such a student, if allowed to repeat, shall only be allowed to register for courses he/she has failed or to replace a failed course by a replacement course at the same level as the failed course. 7.7. A student may be required to withdraw from the programme in accordance with the General Regulations. 8. REPEATING OF COURSES Normally a student who fails a course and elects to repeat that course will be required to repeat the entire course including attending all lectures, all tutorials, all practicals, writing the end of course examination and doing all items of continuous assessment.
9.1 To be eligible for the award of a BSc Honours Degree in a particular Programme a student must satisfy ALL of the following conditions: 9.1.1have passed courses worth at least 480 course units, of which courses, courses worth at least 120 course units shall be Level 1 courses, courses worth at least 120 course units shall be Level 2 courses, courses worth at least 120 course units shall be the Industrial Attachment and courses worth at least 120 units shall be Level 4 courses, except that if the Industrial Attachment in the particular Programme is at Level 4,the student must pass courses worth at least 120 course units at Level 3 or a higher level; AND 9.1.2of the courses passed, at least one shall be the Dissertation Project course with a weighting of at least 20 course units; AND 9.1.3have passed all core courses listed in the Special Regulations for that Programme; AND 9.1.4have passed the Communications Skills courses CSSC101 and CSSC102.
9.2 To be eligible for the award of a BSc Honours Degree after being admitted to the Programme to upgrade a BSc Degree to a BSc Honours Degree, as described in Section 5.2, a student must satisfy ALL of the following conditions: 9.2.1have passed Level 4 courses worth at least 120 course units, except that if the Industrial Attachment in the particular Programme is at Level 4,the student must pass courses worth at least 120 course units at Level 3 or a higher level; AND 9.2.2of the courses passed at least one course shall be the Dissertation Project with a weighting of at least 20 course units; AND 9.2.3have passed all courses that he/she was required to take at Level 1 and Level 2 in order to improve the total number of credits obtained in the major subject in the BSc Degree and in the upgrading Programme to at least 480 course units including the Industrial Attachment UNLESS he/she has been exempted by Senate from the Industrial Attachment. 9.2.4have passed all core courses listed for a major in that subject in the BSc Degree and all core courses listed in the Special Regulations for the upgrading Programme.
9.3 To pass a major subject in a BSc Degree Programme a student must: 9.3.1pass each core course listed in the Special Regulations in the appropriate BSc Honours Programme; AND 9.3.2pass courses worth at least 180 course units in that subject. At least 80 of the course units passed must be for Level 2 or higher level courses. 9.4 To be eligible for the award of a BSc Degree a student must have: 9.4.1 passed two major subjects; AND 9.4.2 passed courses worth at least 480 course units including the Industrial Attachment. Courses worth at least 160 course units shall be for courses at Level 2 or a higher level; AND 9.4.3 passed the Communications Skills courses CSSC101 and CSSC102.
9.5 Each Departmental Panel of Examiners shall, having determined that a student is eligible for the award of a BSc Honours Degree in a particular Programme, determine the division in which he/she has passed that Degree. 9.5.1 In classifying the pass in a BSc Honours Degree Programme the Board shall consider the weighted aggregate of three marks, 9.5.1.1 The Level 2 mark which shall be the aggregate of the marks for the Level 2 courses worth 120 course units that the student has passed that give the student the highest aggregate, provided that all Level 2 core courses listed in the Special Regulations for that Programme are included. 9.5.1.2 The Industrial Attachment mark obtained according to Section 6.3 above. 9.5.1.3 The Level 4 mark which shall be the weighted aggregate of the mark for the Dissertation Project course worth at least 20 course units and the marks for the Level 4 courses with a weighting of the difference between 120 courses units and the weighting of the Dissertation Project that the student has passed that give the student the highest aggregate, provided that all Level 4 core courses listed in the Special Regulations for that Programme are included. If the Industrial Attachment in that particular Programme is at Level 4, then the Level 4 mark shall be replaced by the Level 3 mark which shall be the weighted aggregate of the mark for the Dissertation Project course worth at least 20 course units and the marks for the Level 3 courses with a weighting of the difference between 120 courses units and the weighting of the Dissertation Project that the student has passed that give the student the highest aggregate, provided that all Level 3 core courses listed in the Special Regulations for that Programme are included. 9.5.1.4 The weighted aggregate of these three marks shall be obtained by multiplying the Level 2 mark by 2, the Industrial Attachment mark by 1 and the Level 4 mark or Level 3 mark (as appropriate) by 4. 9.5.1.5 The classification of the degree will then be determined according to the General Regulations except that if the student takes longer than three years to complete Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4, the division of the pass shall be the third division. 9.5.2 In classifying the pass in a BSc Honours Degree in an upgrading Programme the Board will consider the weighted aggregate of two marks, the Industrial Attachment mark and the Level 4 mark or the Level 3 mark (as appropriate) calculated as in 9.5.1.2 and 9.5.1.3 above, respectively and the weighting shall be as described in 9.5.1.4. If the student has been exempted from doing the Industrial Attachment the division of the pass shall be determined using the Level 4 mark or the Level 3 mark (as appropriate). If the student takes longer than the minimum period to complete the upgrading Programme, the division of the pass shall be the third division. 9.5.3 In classifying the pass in a BSc Degree Programme the Faculty Board of Examiners shall consider the weighted aggregate of three marks, the Industrial Attachment mark and the Level 2 marks for each of the major subjects obtained as described in 9.5.1.2 and 9.5.1.1 respectively. The weighting of the various marks shall be achieved by multiplying Level 2 marks by 2 and Industrial Attachment marks by 1. The division shall then be obtained using the General Regulations.
The Degree Certificate shall record that the student has been awarded the BSc Honours Degree in the appropriate Programme, with the area of specialization enclosed in parentheses and the classification accorded to the Degree or that the student has been awarded the BSc Degree, with the major subjects studied in that Degree and the classification accorded to that Degree.
11. NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS A list of results shall be published in accordance with Section 12 of the General Regulations.
REGULATIONS FOR THE BSC AND BSC HONOURS DEGREES (effective between 2007 – june 2012)
1. APPLICATIONS OF THESE REGULATIONS 1.1. These Regulations should be read in conjunction with the General Academic Regulations for Undergraduate Degrees hereinafter referred to as the General Regulations. 1.2 These Regulations are in respect of programmes for the following degrees offered by the Faculty of Science: BSc Degree BSc Honours Degree BSc Degree in Food Science and Technology, Nutritional Sciences, and Family Sciences BSc Honours Degree in Food Science and Technology, Nutritional Sciences, and Family Sciences 1.3 The appropriate Degree will be awarded to a student who has successfully completed an approved Programme in accordance with these Regulations.
2. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS Course Unit In the Faculty of Science a course unit is defined so that a course with a weighting of ten (10) course units shall be taught in 48 contact hours at the rate of four (4 ) contact hours a week for a semester with at least two (2) and not more than three of those hours being lectures.
3. DEPARTMENTS Courses are available in the following Departments within the Faculty of Science:
4. ENTRY REGULATIONS 4.3 In order to qualify for normal entry to an Undergraduate Degree Programme in the Faculty of Science, a prospective student must satisfy the Entry Regulations specified in the General Regulations and in so doing, must also meet the following Faculty requirements: 4.3.1have obtained a Pass at A Level in at least two of the following subjects or their recognised equivalents:
AND 4.3.2have obtained a Pass at O Level in a third subject chosen from those listed in Section 4.1.1; AND 4.3.3have obtained a Pass at O Level in Mathematics. NOTE: There are restrictions on the combinations of certain subjects. See Schedule B2 of the General Regulations. 4.4 While the above requirements apply to entry to the Faculty of Science as a whole, the following specific qualifications are NORMALLY required by the indicated Departments for initial entry to courses in that Department:
NOTE: These requirements refer to qualifications obtained prior to entry to the University. Courses and subjects may have additional pre‑requisites based on courses studied at the University.
5. STRUCTURE OF DEGREE PROGRAMMES 5.2 BSc Degree 5.2.1 Except in cases of special entry when a lesser period may be allowed, the BSc Degree Programme requires full time study over a period of at least three years. A student will be required to complete the programme in not more than six years from the date of first registration for the programme. 5.2.2 A BSc Programme shall consist of distinct courses with a total weighting of at least 300 course units and shall include EITHER two distinct major subjects OR at least one major subject and at least one minor subject, the major and the minor subjects being different. At least 200 of the 300 course units shall be for level 2 or higher-level courses. For a major in a subject, other than Biochemistry, Nutritional Sciences, Family Sciences and Food Science and Technology, a student must study courses worth at least 130 course units in that subject, including all core courses listed for a major in that subject. Of these courses, courses with a weighting of at least 50 course units must be level 3 courses. For Biochemistry the minimum requirement shall be courses with a weighting of 100 course units, with courses with a weighting of at least 50 being level 3 courses, including all core courses listed for a major in Biochemistry. For Nutritional Sciences, Family Sciences and Food Sciences and Technology, each subject is counted as two major subjects provided that courses worth twice the number of course units required for a major in other subjects except Biochemistry are studied. For a minor in a subject, other than Biochemistry, a student must study courses with a weighting of at least 80 course units including all core courses listed for a minor in that subject, at least 50 of the course units must be for level 2 or higher level courses. For Biochemistry the minimum requirement is the level 2 or higher level courses with a weighting of 50 course units. 5.2.3 The following subjects are available as major or minor subjects in BSc Degree Programmes:
5.2.4 At initial registration a student, other than one registering for Food, Nutrition and Family Science, shall study level 1 courses worth a minimum of 20 course units in each of at least two subjects chosen from the list in 5.1.3 excluding Biochemistry and further level 1 courses worth at least 20 course units in each of the two semesters of the first year of study. A student registering in Food, Nutrition and Family Science shall study the level 1 courses listed under the special regulations for that Department. In all cases, the two communications skills courses, which are core courses for all programmes, must be included in the courses studied. 5.2.5 It should be noted that while studying a course, a student will be expected to attend lectures, practicals and tutorials in that course and to complete all items of continuous assessment according to the published time‑table, regardless of the number of courses he/she is registered for. 5.3 Honours Degrees 5.3.1 There are four types of BSc Honours Degree Programmes. Each type requires a student to complete portions of a BSc Degree Programme and to obtain passes of a sufficiently high standard in the courses from the relevant subject or subjects studied in those portions of the BSc Degree Programme before transferring to the Honours Programme. 5.3.2 Except in the case of special entry, where a lesser period may be allowed, a BSc Honours Degree Programme requires full time study, including the time spent in the BSc Degree Programme, over a period of three or four years. Normally a student will be required to complete the Programme in not more than one year more than the minimum period from the date of first registration for the Programme. 5.3.3 In an Honours Degree Programme, a student must pass at least one project course examined by a dissertation and having a weighting of at least 20 course units. This course must be a level 3 or level 4 course, whichever is the higher, and will usually be taken in the final year of study. This course shall be listed as a core course in the Special Regulations for the subject of which it forms a portion. In an honours degree programme the weighting of each additional project course shall be at least 10 course units and the total weighting of project courses in the Degree Programme shall not exceed 40 course units. 5.3.4 Final year honours students may be required to be in attendance in the Department outside normal University semesters. 5.3.5 Type (a) Honours Degree Programme 5.3.5.1 This programme starts at level 2 and requires 2 further years of full‑time study. It is normally designated by the notation 3‑1‑1. To be eligible for entry to this programme a student must have passed level 1 courses worth at least 40 course units in the intended major subject in a single Academic year and must have obtained passes of a sufficiently high standard in these courses. In addition, he/she must have passed additional level 1courses worth at least 40 course units, including all pre-requisites for courses in the programme being embarked on. 5.3.5.2 This programme shall include a major in a single subject. 5.3.5.3 For a major in a subject in this type of degree, a student shall study courses in that subject including those studied in the BSc Degree Programme worth at least 300 course units. Of these courses, courses worth at least 100 course units will normally be level 2 honours courses and courses worth at least 100 course units will be level 3 honours courses. The level 2 honours courses may consist of or be replaced by level 2 BSc courses worth 50 course units and level 3 BSc courses worth 50 course units in the major subject or an approved ancillary subject. 5.3.5.4 Type (a) Honours Degree Programmes are available in the following subjects:
5.3.6 Type (b) Honours Degree Programme 5.3.6.1 This programme is normally a one year full time programme but may be taken over two years on a part time basis. It is normally designated by the notation 3‑2‑2‑1. To be eligible for entry to this programme a student must hold a BSc Degree with a major in a relevant subject or an equivalent qualification. The relevant major subject must normally have been passed in the upper second division or a higher division but an applicant with a lower second division pass may be permitted entry based on an interview to determine whether experience obtained after graduation has improved the students knowledge and abilities in the relevant subject. 5.3.6.2 In this programme a student must study level 3 honours courses in a single subject worth at least 100 course units. 5.3.6.3 Type (b) Honours Degree Programmes are available in the following subjects:
5.3.7 Type (c) Honours Degree Programme 5.3.7.1 This programme requires a minimum of three years full‑time study including the time spent on the BSc portion of the programme. It is normally designated by the notation 3‑2‑1. To be eligible for entry to the honours portion of this programme a student must have passed courses worth at least 100 courses units in the intended major subject, other than Biochemistry, at least 60 of which must be level 2 or higher level courses. These courses must be passed at a sufficiently high standard, in a the minimum time for those courses. In addition a prospective student must have passed at least one other subject as a minor subject. In the case of Biochemistry, the minimum number of courses units that have to be passed in Biochemistry is reduced to the 60 level 2 or higher level courses while the other conditions remain the same as for any other subject. 5.3.7.2 The Programme shall include a major in a single subject and a minor in a second subject at BSc level. 5.3.7.3 For a major in a subject, other than Biochemistry, in this type of degree a student must study courses in that subject or an approved ancillary subject, worth at least 200 course units including those studied in the BSc Degree Programme. Of these courses at least 100 shall be level 3 or higher level Courses. At least 50 of these course units must be for Honours courses. For Biochemistry the minimum is 160 course units in Biochemistry of which at least 100 shall be level 3 or higher level courses including at least 50 course units for Honours courses. 5.3.7.4 Type (c) Honours Degree Programmes are available in the following subjects: Biochemistry 5.3.8 Type (d) Honours Degree Programme 5.3.8.1 This programme starts in the third year of study and requires a further 2 years full time study. It is normally designated by the notation 3‑2‑1‑1. To be eligible for entry to the Honours portion of this Programme a student must have passed courses worth at least 100 course units in the intended major Subject, at least 60 of which must be level 2 or higher level courses passed, at a sufficiently high standard, in a single academic year. In addition the student must have passed in at least one other subject as a minor subject. 5.3.8.2 The Programme shall include a major in a single subject and a minor in a second subject at BSc Degree level. 5.3.8.3 For a major in a subject in this type of Programme a student shall study courses worth at least 300 course units in that subject including those studied in the BSc Degree Programme. Of these courses at least 100 course units shall be for level 3 courses and at least 100 course units shall be for level 4 courses. 5.4 Selection of Courses 5.4.1 For each level 2 or higher level course all pre‑requisites that apply to that course and whether it is a core course shall be listed in the Special Regulations for the subject of which that course forms a portion. A student shall not be admitted to a level 2 or higher level course unless he/she has passed all pre‑requisites for that course prior to the start of the semester in which he/she intends to study that course. A student shall study all co‑requisite courses for each course for which he/she registers at the same time as or at an earlier time than that course. Passing a co‑requisite course cannot be a condition for passing a course. 5.4.2 A student may include in his/her Programme approved courses offered by other faculties up to a total equivalent to, at most, 80 course units. The weighting allocated to a course from another Faculty shall be that allocated to the course by that other Faculty. Normally a course will only be approved if it is fully compatible with these Regulations. 5.4.3 A student’s selection of courses for a Degree Programme is subject to the approval of the Dean of Science and the Boards of all relevant Departments and to the following conditions:‑ 5.4.3.1 The course combination is feasible in terms of the timetable. 5.4.3.2 The student shall not register for courses worth more than 80 course units in a semester. 5.4.3.3 The chosen courses must enable the student to complete his/her Programme in as close to the minimum period as is possible and the student must include courses that will allow him/her to complete the requirements for a given level in preference to higher level courses wherever possible. 5.4.4 A student may change his/her registration for courses to be taken in the second semester during the last week of the first semester or the first week of the second semester.
7.1. The assessment of a practical course shall be based on written reports submitted during the course according to a schedule laid down by the appropriate Departmental Board. 7.2. The assessment of a field course or a project course shall be based on written reports or on a dissertation submitted at a date determined by the Departmental Board. Students shall be notified of this date at the start of the course. 7.3. The assessment of a course containing theory and practical components shall be based on an end of course theory examination, continuous assessment (including both theory and practical work) and may include an end of course practical examination. 7.4. All other courses shall be assessed by continuous assessment and an end of course examination. 7.5. The end of course examination for a course worth 10 course units shall be of two hours duration, while that for a course worth 5 course units shall be of ninety minutes duration. A course worth 20 course units shall normally have a three hour end of course examination, but if there is a practical component to the course the end of course theory examination may be two hours long. 7.6. Where a course has an end of course practical examination, the end of course practical examination may be held at a time and venue different from that of the end of course theory examination for the same course. The duration of the end of course practical examination shall be specified in the Special Regulations for the subject, but shall not be greater than ninety minutes in the case of a course worth 10 course units nor greater than three hours in the case of a course worth 20 course units. An end of course practical examination shall have the same weighting as the end of course theory examination. 7.7. A course with an end of course practical examination shall contain a practical component in the continuous assessment. The continuous assessment may be entirely practical or contain theory and practical components, but the relative weightings shall be stated in the Special Regulations for the subject. 7.8. In a course with a theory and a practical component the weightings of the continuous assessment mark and the end of course examination mark need not be within the limits stated in the General Regulations but these weightings must be stated in the Special Regulations for the subject. Furthermore the continuous assessment weightings shall be between 25% and 75% of the overall mark for the course. 7.9. For each course that contains a theory and a practical component, the appropriate Departmental Panel of Examiners shall determine for each student a theory continuous assessment mark, a practical continuous assessment mark, an end of course theory examination mark, an end of course practical examination mark (where appropriate), an overall theory mark, an overall practical mark, an overall mark and a final mark for the course. If a student obtains an overall mark of at least 50%, an overall theory mark of at least 50% and an overall practical mark of at least 40%, that student shall pass the course and the final mark for the course shall be the overall mark for the course. If a student obtains less than 50% in the overall theory mark for the course and an overall practical mark of at least 40%, the student shall fail the course and his final mark for the course shall be the overall mark or 48%, which ever is the lesser. If a student obtains an overall practical mark of less than 40% the student shall fail the course and the final mark shall be the overall mark or 48%, whichever is the lesser. 7.10. For each practical course, field course or project course and for each student, the Departmental panel of Examiners shall determine a final mark for that student for that course based on the assessment of the written reports or of the dissertation submitted by that student. The Panel shall determine whether the student has passed or failed the course. 7.11. For all other courses the Departmental Panel of Examiners shall determine, for each student, a continuous assessment mark, an end of course examination mark, an overall mark, a final mark and whether the student has passed or failed. The final mark for that course for that student shall be the overall mark for that course. 7.12. In a course which contains a practical component which is assessed by continuous assessment only and which is not a practical course, a field course or a project course, if a student obtains less than 40% in the practical continuous assessment the student may, at the discretion of the Departmental Panel of Examiners, be assessed by a special practical examination, which must be held before the end of the examination period of the semester in which the course is completed. 7.13. Each Departmental Panel shall submit, for each course under its control and for each student enrolled in that course, the final mark and the result to the Faculty Board of Examiners. For each student it shall indicate the number of credits obtained in courses under its control and whether the student is eligible to pass the subject as a major subject or as a minor subject or qualifies for admission to an honours degree programme under its control, as appropriate.
8.1. The examination results of a student shall be determined in accordance with the General Academic Regulations for Undergraduate Programmes. 8.2. To be allowed to proceed to register for Level 2 Science courses in a given major or minor subject, a BSc student must have passed Level 1 courses in that subject worth at least 30 course units. 8.3. To be allowed to proceed to register for Level 3 Science courses in a given major subject, a BSc student must have passed Level 2 courses in that subject worth at least 40 course units. 8.4. The overall result PASS: PROCEED shall apply to a student who has passed all the prescribed Level 1 OR Level 2 courses, as the case may be, in the given programme. 8.5. The overall result INCOMPLETE: PROCEED shall apply to a student who:
8.6. The overall result of a student who fails to qualify to register for Level 2 courses in at least one major subject or has failed to obtain passes in courses as prescribed in Regulation 7.5 above shall be INCOMPLETE: REPEAT FAILED COURSES. 8.7. The overall result of a student who fails to qualify to register for Level 3 courses in at least one major subject or has failed to obtain passes in courses as prescribed in Regulation 7.5 above shall be INCOMPLETE: REPEAT FAILED COURSES. 8.8. The overall result of a student who, at the end of the academic year is expected to complete his/her studies, fails to meet the requirements for graduating shall be INCOMPLETE: REPEAT FAILED COURSES or WITHDRAW, in accordance with the General Academic Regulations.
8. REPEATING OF COURSES 8.1. Normally a student who fails a course and elects to repeat that course will be required to repeat the entire course including lectures, tutorials, practicals, end of course examinations and all items of continuous assessment but, in exceptional circumstances, if the student passes the continuous assessment for that course, he/she may, when repeating the course, be exempted by the relevant Departmental Board with the approval of the Academic Committee from attending all or part of the course and be allowed to re‑write the end of course examinations at an appropriate time. 8.2. Where a student is so exempted from a portion of the repeated course, the continuous assessment mark for that portion of the course will be carried forward to the assessment of the course.
9.1 To be deemed to have completed the requirements for level 1 of a degree programme, a student must have passed all Communications Skills courses prescribed for the programme and other courses worth at least 80 course units with at least 30 level 1 credits in each of two subjects or at least 80 credits in courses from those at level 1 in Food, Nutrition and Family Science. 9.2 To be deemed to have completed the requirements for level 2 or higher levels of a degree programme a student must have passed courses worth at least 100 course units at that level including at least 80% of the courses needed to satisfy the requirements for his/her chosen major and/or minor subjects at that level. 9.3 A student may be required to withdraw from the programme in accordance with the General Academic Regulations.
10. AWARDING A DEGREE AND CLASSIFICATION OF THAT DEGREE 9.6 To pass a major subject in a BSc Degree Programme a student must: 9.6.1 pass each core course listed for a major in that subject; and 9.6.2 pass courses worth at least 130 course units in that subject, except when that subject is Biochemistry, when the minimum shall be 100. At least 50 of the course units passed shall be for level 3 courses. 9.7 To pass a minor subject in a BSc Degree Programme a student must: 9.7.1 pass each core course listed for a minor in that subject; and 9.7.2 pass courses worth at least 80 course units in that subject, except in the case of Biochemistry, when the minimum shall be 50. Of the courses passed, courses worth at least 50 course units shall be level 2 or higher level courses. 9.8 To be eligible for the award of a BSc Degree a student must have: 9.8.1 passed EITHER two major subjects OR one major and one minor subject; AND 9.8.2 passed courses worth at least 300 course units, at least 200 of which shall be for courses at level 2 or a higher level. 9.8.3 passed courses CSSC101 and CSSC102. 9.8.4 Except that a student who is eligible under 10.3.1 and 10.3.2 for the award of a BSc Degree with one major subject and one minor subject and who has not exceeded the maximum duration for that degree may, within 35 days of the publication of the results, apply to be allowed to defer the award of the Degree and to register in the following year for an additional year of study for the purposes of passing the minor subject as a major subject. Should the student fail to complete the requirements for the second major subject in the maximum period of study for the BSc degree he will be eligible for the award of a BSc degree with one major subject and one minor subject. 9.9 To be eligible for the award of a Type (a) Honours Degree a student must satisfy ALL of the following conditions: 9.9.1 pass courses worth at least 300 course units, at least 200 of which shall be level 2 or higher level courses; 9.9.2 pass level 2 or higher level courses worth at least 200 course units in the major subject which may include courses worth at most 40 course units in an approved ancillary subject. At least 80 of the course units shall be for honours courses, including a project course assessed by a dissertation with a weighting equivalent to at least 20 course units; and 9.9.3 pass each core course in the major subject. 9.9.4 pass courses CSSC101 and CSSC102. 9.10 To be eligible for the award of a Type (b) Honours Degree in a particular subject a student must satisfy BOTH of the following conditions: 9.10.1 have passed courses worth at least 100 course units, of which courses worth at least 80 course units are honours courses in the major subject. Of the honours courses passed in the major subject, at least one shall be a project course assessed by a dissertation, with a weighting of at least 20 course units; AND 9.10.2 have passed all core courses listed for a major in that subject in this type of degree. 9.11 To be eligible for the award of a Type (c) Honours Degree a student must pass courses worth at least 300 course units, must pass a major subject and a minor subject AND must pass his major subject by: 9.11.1 passing each core course listed for a major in that subject in this type of Degree; AND 9.11.2 passing level 3 courses worth at least 100 course units in the major subject, of which courses worth at least 80 course units shall be honours courses. Of the honours courses passed, one shall be a project course, assessed by a dissertation, with a weighting of at least 20 course units. 9.12 To be eligible for the award of a Type (d) Honours Degree a student must pass courses worth at least 400 course units, must pass a minor subject AND must pass the major subject by: 9.12.1 passing each core course listed for a major in that subject in this type of Degree; AND 9.12.2 passing level 3 courses worth at least 80 course units and level 4 courses worth at least 80 course units in the major subject. At least one of the level 4 courses passed shall be a project course, assessed by a dissertation, with a weighting of at least 20 course units. 9.13 Each Departmental Panel of Examiners shall, having determined that a student has passed a major subject, determine the division in which he/she has passed that subject. 9.13.1 In classifying the pass in a major subject in a BSc Degree Programme the Board shall consider the weighted aggregate mark of the level 2 courses worth 50 course unit and the level 3 courses worth 50 course units that give the student the highest aggregate, provided that all core courses for a major in that subject are included. 9.13.2 In classifying the pass in the major subject in a BSc Honours Degree type (a) Programme the Board shall consider the weighted aggregate of the level 2 courses worth 100 course units and the level three courses worth 100 course units, in that subject, that give the student the highest aggregate, provided that all core courses and honours course listed for a major in that subject in this type of Degree are included. 9.13.3 In classifying the pass in a BSc Honours Degree type (b) Programme the Board will normally consider the weighted aggregate of the courses worth 100 course units that give the student the highest aggregate, provided that all core and honours courses listed for a major in that subject in this type of Degree are included. 9.13.4 In classifying the pass in the major subject in a BSc Honours Degree type (c) Programme the Board shall consider the weighted aggregate of the level 2 courses worth 50 course units and the level 3 courses worth 100 courses units, in that subject, that give the student the highest aggregate, provided that all core courses and honours courses listed for a major in that subject in this type of degree are included. 9.13.5 In classifying the pass in the major subject in a BSc Honours Degree type (d) Programme the Board shall consider the weighted aggregate of the level 2 courses worth 100 course units, the level 3 course units worth 100 course units and the level 4 courses worth 100 course units, in that subject, that give the student the highest aggregate provided that all core courses and honours courses listed for a major in that subject in this type of Degree are included. 9.13.6 Courses shall be weighted by multiplying the marks for level 2 courses by 2, those of level 3 courses and level 2 honours courses by 3 and those for level 3 and level 4 honours courses by 4. For the purposes of this exercise, a level 2 or a level 3 BSc course that forms a part of an honours programme shall be treated as though it were a BSc course at the appropriate level. 9.14 The Degree Certificate shall record that the student has been awarded the Degree, the major subject(s), with the area of specialization enclosed in parentheses, the classification accorded to each major subject and shall list the minor subject(s) without classification. 9.15 The Honours Degree Certificate shall record that the student has been awarded an Honours Degree in the division of the pass obtained in the major subject, that it is an Honours Degree in the major subject with, if appropriate, the area of specialization enclosed in parentheses and shall list the minor subject(s) without classification. 9.16 In addition to satisfying the regulations spelt out above, for the Food, Nutrition and Family Sciences degrees each candidate shall be required to have passed both level 2 and level 3 Industrial/Community Projects to be awarded the degree.
11. NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS A list of results shall be published in accordance with Section 12 of the General Regulations which shall indicate, where appropriate, eligibility to proceed to honours in appropriate subjects. Regulations for the Master of SCIeNCE (MSc) Degree
1.1 These Regulations should be read in conjunction with the General Academic Regulations for Masters Degrees by Coursework, hereinafter referred to as the General Academic Regulations (GAR).
1.2 In addition to these Faculty of Science Regulations, there shall be individual regulations for each programme specified below.
1.3 The General Academic Regulations shall take precedence over these Faculty Regulations which, in turn, shall take precedence over the individual programme regulations.
2.1 An applicant for admission to a Master of Science Degree must normally have obtained an appropriate Honours Degree of this University with a degree class of 2.1 or better or an equivalent qualification from another Institution. 2.2 An applicant for admission to a Master of Science Degree who has obtained an appropriate Honours Degree of this University with a degree class of 2.2 or an equivalent qualification from another Institution, may be considered for admission provided she/he has been employed for a minimum of two years in a position which will have resulted in an improvement of his/her understanding of the content of the Honours Degree obtained and such a person will be required to sit for a qualifying examination and to pass that examination with a mark of 2.1 or better.
2.3 An applicant is admitted to a Master of Science Degree programme in a subject related to that taken in his/her Honours programme.
2.4 An applicant with a Bachelor’s Degree of this University with a degree class of 2.1 or better or an approved equivalent qualification will normally be required to take the appropriate programme that upgrades that Bachelor’s Degree to a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree of this University, as detailed in Section 2.1 before being considered for admission.
Master of Science programmes offered by the Faculty are listed below: 3.1 Master of Science Degree in Agricultural Meteorology. (MAGM) 3.2 Master of Science Degree in Analytical Chemistry. (MACH) 3.3 Master of Science Degree in Applied Physics. (MAPH) 3.4 Master of Science Degree in Biotechnology (MBTC) 3.5 Master of Science Degree in Chemistry (MCH) 3.6 Master of Science Degree in Computer Science (MCT) 3.7 Master of Science Degree in Environmental Policy and Planning (MEPPS)
3.8 Master of Science Degree in Exploration Geology (MXGL) 3.9 Master of Science Degree in Exploration Geophysics (MXPH) 3.10 Master of Science Degree in Geography and Environmental Science (MSGE) 3.11 Master of Science Degree in Mathematics (MTS) 3.12 Master of Science Degree in Plant Physiology (MPP) 3.13 Master of Science Degree in Statistics (MSTC) 3.14 Master of Science Degree in Tropical Entomology (MTE) 3.15 Master of Science Degree in Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries (MTFH) 3.16 Master of Science Degree in Tropical Phytopathology (MTP) 3.17 Master of Science Degree in Tropical Resource Ecology (MTRE)
4.1 The duration of an MSc programme shall be one of the following: 4.1.1. A programme with a weighting of at least 200 course units which shall be of either one year and six months duration on a full-time basis or 3 years duration on a part-time basis. 4.1.2. A programme with a weighting of at least 240 course units which shall be of two years duration on a full-time basis or four years duration on a part-time basis.
4.2 Each MSc programme is divided into two parts. Part 1 shall be the coursework component and Part 2 shall be the research component for at least six months duration. The coursework component shall have a weighting of at least 120 course units and the duration shall be given in the individual programme regulations. The research component shall be weighted so that its weighting is within the limits prescribed in the General Academic Regulations. Normally the duration of each component shall conform to the relative weighting, in terms of course units, of that component compared with the overall weighting of the programme.
4.3 Each course shall consist of a minimum of 60 contact hours, including seminars and practicals, at least 48 contact hours shall be lectures. The minimum number of contact hours for each course in a specific programme shall be specified in the individual programme regulations.
4.4 The combination of courses shall be as specified in the individual programme regulations.
4.5 The length of a dissertation will normally be between 12 000 and 20 000 words but a dissertation consisting mainly of computations need not conform to these limits. The dissertation will normally be submitted on or before the end of the last month of the programme.
5.1 Examinations shall be conducted in accordance with the General Academic Regulations.
5.2 Courses will be examined at the end of the semester in which they are taught and each course comprises one paper examinable for at least three hours. If there is a practical component in the course, the end of course theory examination may be two hours long.
5.3 Where a course has an end of course practical examination, the end of course practical examination may be held at a time and venue different from that of the end of course theory examination for the same course. The duration of the end of course practical examination shall be specified in the individual regulations for the programme but shall not be greater than three hours. Normally an end of course practical examination shall have the same weighting as the end of course theory examination.
5.4 External moderation of end of courses examinations shall be in accordance with Section 6.2 of the General Regulations.
5.5 To be admitted to a formal examination, a student should attend lectures regularly. Attendance at seminars, tutorials and practicals is compulsory.
5.6 Examiners may require a student to attend a viva voce examination.
5.7 A student must pass Part 1 before proceeding to Part 2. A student who fails a course will be allowed to supplement or repeat the course.
6.1 The assessment of a practical course shall be based on written reports submitted during the course according to a schedule laid down by the appropriate Departmental Board.
6.2 The assessment of a field course or a project course shall be based on written reports or on a dissertation submitted at a date determined by the Departmental Board. Students shall be notified of this date at the start of the course.
6.3 The assessment of a course containing theory and practical components shall be based on an end of course theory examination, continuous assessment (including both theory and practical work) and may include an end of course practical examination.
6.4 All other courses shall be assessed by continuous assessment and an end of course examination. 6.5 The end of course examination for a course will normally be of three hours duration, If there is a practical component in the course, the end of course theory examination may be two hours long.
6.6 A course with an end of course practical examination shall contain a practical component in the continuous assessment. The continuous assessment may be entirely practical or contain theory and practical components, but the relative weightings shall be stated in the individual regulations for the programme.
6.7 In a course with a theory and a practical component the weightings of the continuous assessment mark and the end of course examination mark need not be within the limits stated in the General Academic Regulations but these weightings must be stated in the individual regulations for the programme. Furthermore the continuous assessment weightings shall be between 25% and 75% of the overall mark for the course.
6.8 For each course that contains a theory and a practical component, the appropriate Departmental Panel of Examiners shall determine for each student a theory continuous assessment mark, a practical continuous assessment mark, an end of course theory examination mark, an end of course practical examination mark (where appropriate), an overall theory mark, an overall practical mark, an overall mark and a final mark for the course. A student shall pass the continuous assessment and the end of course examination separately. A student who fails continuous assessment shall be barred from sitting for the end of course examination in accordance with item 6.5 of the General Academic Regulations. 6.9 For each practical course, field course or project course and for each student, the Departmental Panel of Examiners shall determine a final mark for that student for that course based on the assessment of the written reports or of the dissertation submitted by that student. The Panel shall determine whether the student has passed or failed the course.
6.10 For all other courses the Departmental Panel of Examiners shall determine, for each student, a continuous assessment mark, an end of course examination mark and an overall mark and whether the student has passed or failed. The final mark for that course for that student shall be the overall mark for that course.
6.11 Each Departmental Panel shall submit, for each course under its control and for each student enrolled in that course, the final mark and the result to the Faculty Board of Examiners. For each student it shall indicate the number of credits obtained in courses under its control.
Examination results shall be processed in accordance with item 8 of the General Academic Regulations.
Results shall be determined in accordance with item 9 of the General Academic Regulations. |
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