BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES

REGULATIONS

l.

There shall be an Ordinary and an Honours degree of Bachelor

of

Architectural Studies. A candidate may obtain either degree or both.

2.

The course olstudy for the Ordinary degree shall extend over three academic ^years, and that lor the Honours degree over lou¡ academic ^years, of full-time study or the equivalent,

3. (a)

In

these regulations, and

in

the schedules made under them, the lollowing definitions shall apply:

"Subject" means a course of study at the University normally extending over one academic year.

"Half-subject" means a course

ol

study normally extending over one hall of an academic year or a lull academic year but equivalent in academic weight to only one half ofa lull subject.

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise the word "subject" elsewhere

in

these regulations and the schedules made under them includes "half-subject".

(b) The Council, alter receipt ofadvice f¡om the Faculty ofArchitecture and Planning, shall lrom time to time prescribe _schedules dehning:

(i)

the subjects ofstudy lor the degree;

(ii)

the range of subjects to be satislactorily completed and the examinations to be passed by candidates.

(c) Such schedules shall become eflective from the date olprescription by the Council or such other date as the Council may determine.

(d) The syllabuses

of

subjects shall be specified

by

the chairman

of

department or chairmen of departments concerned and submitted to the Faculty and the Executive Committee of the Education Committee lor approval, except that chairmen oldepart- ments may approve minor changes to previously approved syllabuses.

(e) Schedules made and syllabuses approved by the Council shall be published in the next edition olthe University Calendar.

4. To qualify for the O¡dinary degree a candidate shall comply with the provisions olthe schedules.

5. Except by permission

olthe

Faculty, a candidate shall not enrol in any subject lor which the pre-requisite studies as prescribed in the syllabus for that subject have not been satisfactorily completed.

6. A candidate shall not be eligible for hnal assessment until the requirements prescribed in the schedules have been satisfactorily completed.

7. There shall be th¡ee classifications olpass in any subject lor the O¡dinary degree, as

lollows:

Pass with Distinction

Pass with Credit

Pass

The names ofthe candidates in each ofthe classifications shalÌ be published as prescribed

in

the schedules. The list

ol

candidates who ^pass may be published ìn two divisions, Division

I

and Division

II, in

which case a Division

I

^pass may be prescribed in the syllabuses as pre-requisite for enrolment in another subject.

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8. In determining a candidate's final result

in

a subject the ^examiners may take into account assessments ofthe candidate's oral, written or practical work, or examinations in that subject provided that the candidate has been given notice at the beginning of the academic year of the way in which such assessments will be taken into account and of their relative importance in the hnal ^result.

9. A candidate who fails to pass in a subject or who obtains a Division

II

pass and who desires

to

take the subject again shall, unless granted exemption wholly or partially therefrom by the chairman of the department concerned, satisfactorily complete such written and laboratory or other work in that subject as may be prescribed.

10.

A

candidate may be granted a supplementary examination

in

a subject only in circumstances approved by the Faculty and in accordance with the policy determined by the Faculty f¡om time to time.

I 1. (a) A candidate who has twice failed to pass the annual examination, which for this purpose shall include any supplementary examination, in any subject, may not enrol lor that subject again except by permission olthe Faculty, and then only in accordance with such conditions as the Faculty may prescribe.

(b) A candidate who is not granted permission to sit for an examination, or who fails to attend all or part of an annual examination (or a supplementary examination if granted) after having attended substantially the

full

course of instruction in that year, shall be deemed to have lailed to pass the examination.

(c)

A

candidate who obtains a Division

I

pass or higher

in

a subject only after being granted permission to enrol for the third time in that subject may not enrol lor any subject lor which that Division I pass or higher is pre-requisite save in exceptional circumstances and with the permission olthe Faculty.

12. (a)

A

candidate who has passed subjects for the degree ofBachelor ofArchitecture or subjects in othe¡ ^faculties or in other institutions or who has other qualifications may on written application to the Registrarbe granted such exemption from these regulations and from schedules made under them as the Council on the recommendation of the Faculty may determine.

(b) A ^graduate ofthe University or ofanother institution who wishes to ^proceed to the degree of Bachelor of Architectural Studies:

(i)

shall present a range olsubjects which fuÌfils in all respects the requirements ofthe schedules;

(ii)

shall not be granted _status in or exemption lrom any third-year subject prescribed in the schedules, or in any Honours subject;

(iii)

may count towards the degree not more than four subjects or their equivalent which have already been presented, or

in

which status has been granted, lor another degree.

13. To qualily for the Honours degree a candidate shall comply with the provisions of the schedules.

14. The names ofthe candidates who qualily lor the award ofthe Honours degree shall be published

in

acco¡dance with the provisions of the schedules within the following

classes and divisions:

First CIass Second Class

Division

A

Division B Third Class

I 5. (a)

A

candidate who fails to complete the work for the Honours degree within the time allowed or whose work is unsatislactory, or who withdraws from the Honours course shall be reported

to

the Faculty

of

Architecture and Planning, which may permit re-enrolment lor the Honours degree, subject to such conditions as it may determine.

þ)

Enrolment lor a second time for the Honours degree in a subject is not permissible if the candidate:

(i)

has already qualifred for Honou¡s in that subject; or

(ii)

has, after presentation for examination in that subject, failed to obtain Honourq

or \ (iii)

has withdrawn lrom the Honours course unless the Faculty of Architecture and

Planning under regulation 15(a) permits re-enrolment.

Regulations allowed 3l January, 1980.

Amended:4 Feb. 1982: 6, f2;24 Feb. 1983: 3.

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DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES

SCHEDULES

(Made by the Council under regulation 3.)

(The Council, in making these schedules under regulation 3, determined that they become effective on

I

January, 1980).

NOTE: Syllabuses of subjects lor the degree ol- B.Arch.St. are published below, immediately alte¡ these schedules For syllabuses ofsubjects taught lor other degrees and diÞlomas see the table of,subjects at the end ofthe volume.