STATUTES
I.I The Common Seal
7.1 Bachelors' Degrees
I. There shall be Ordinary and Honours Degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science.
2. Students who have fulfilled all the conditions prescribed by the Statutes for any degree shall be entitled to be admitted to that degree.
3. The Degree of Bachelor of Arts shall be taken in the School of Humanities or the School of Social Sciences or the School of Mathematical Sciences; the Degree of Bachelor of Economics and the Degree of Bachelor of Education shall be taken in the School of Social Sciences; and the Degree of Bachelor of Science shall be taken in the School of Mathematical Sciences, the School of Physical Sciences or the School of Biological Sciences.
4. Schedules defining the work to be undertaken for each degree shall be drawn up by the Boards of the appropriate Schools and submitted to the Council for approval. The fees to be paid by students shall be determined by the Council and be incorporated in the schedules. Such schedules shall take effect from the date of approval by the Council or such other date as the Council may determine, and shall be published in the next University Calendar.
0 All such enquiries should be directed to the Registrar.
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5. Syllabuses of courses offered in each School shall be drawn up by the Boards of the appropriate Schools.
6. No student may enrol unless his course of studies for that year has been approved by the Chairman of the appropriate School, or his nominee.
7. To qualify for an Ordinary Degree a student shall satisfactorily complete a programme of studies, which shall be divided into Part I, Part II and Part III, each Part representing one year's full-time study; except that students proceeding to the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor of Education shall also satisfactorily complete a programme of studies prescribed for Part IV of that degree.I
8. In determining a student's result, his performance in the entire Part will be assessed.
9. In determining the results of students in each Part, there shall be three classifications of pass: Pass with Distinction, Pass with Credit, Pass. The names of candidates shall be arranged in alphabetical order in each classification.
10. Except with the special perm1ss1on of the Academic Committee and on the recommendation of the Board of the appropriate School, a student must pass Part I before proceeding to any of the work of Part II, and he must pass Part II before proceeding to any of the work of Part III; and in the case of a candidate proceeding to the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor of Education he must pass in Part III before proceeding to any of the work of Part IV.I
11. A student who is not enrolled for sufficient courses to constitute a Pass shall be regarded as a part-time student for the purposes of this Statute. No student who has been enrolled as a full-time student in any year shall become a part-time student in that year except with the approval of the Academic Committee on the recommendation of the Board of the appro- priate School.
12. A part-time student shall:
(a) sit for annual examinations in the courses for which he is enrolled unless exempted from examination by the Board of the appropriate School;
(b) satisfy the Examinations Board in the courses constituting a Part, the classification of his pass in a Part being based on his performance in the entire Part; and
(c) except by permission of the Board of the appropriate School, complete the work of a Part over either two or three consecutive years; provided that this clause shall not apply to any part-time student who, having failed a Part, is undertaking a programme of study specified by the Examinations Board, as provided in Clause 17 (b ), in order to complete that Part.
13. To qualify for an Honours Degree a student shall satisfactorily complete a course of studies representing four years of full-time studies; students pro- ceeding to the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Education are also required to complete satisfactorily a period of teaching internship and course work extending over two terms.
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14. There shall be the following classifications for the Honours Degree:
First Class Second Class
Division A Division B Third Class
The names of successful students shall be published in alphabetical order within each classification. A student who fails to obtain an Honours Degree may be awarded the Ordinary Degree.
15. For the Honours Degree there shall be a final examination, and, except by permission of the appropriate Board, a student shall take the whole of the final examination at the one examination. A student shall not be per- mitted to present himself more than once for the final examination in the same Honours course or courses.
16. In each School there shall be an Examinations Board. The members of each Examinations Board shall be the members of the academic staff of the appropriate School and such other persons, not being persons who are undertaking courses under this Statute, as the Chairman of the School may from time to time appoint. If two or more Schools share responsibility for the teaching of a Part of any degree, a Joint Examinations Board may be appointed by the Boards of the appropriate Schools from among the members of the Examinations Boards of the Schools.1
17. The Examinations Boards shall have the following duties:
(a) to determine the results obtained by students in each Part;
(b) in the case of any student who fails to pass a Part, to determine what further work and examinations the student must satisfactorily complete before being granted a pass in the Part;
(c) to assess the performances in particular courses of part-time students;
(d) to determine what restrictions, if any, should be placed on a student's future programme of study when granting him a pass in a Part and, in appropriate cases, to specify what work and examinations the student must satisfactorily undertake to secure the removal of the restrictions imposed upon him;
(e) to determine which students should be granted supplementary examina- tions.
18. The Academic Committee and the Boards of the appropriate Schools may prescribe policies to be followed by the Examinations Boards in the discharge of their functions and the Examinations Boards shall give effect to those policies provided:
(a) that in case of conflict, a policy of the Academic Committee shall over- rule a policy of the Board of the School; and
(b) that decisions of Examinations Boards concerning particular students shall not be subject to review by the Boards of the Schools.
19. Examinations Boards shall meet after the annual examinations to deter- mine the results obtained by students. At the discretion of the Chairman, the function of the Examinations Board of a School at other times may be
1. Amended in 1970.
discharged by the Standing Committee of the Board of the School. \!\There the Standing Committee meets in place of the Examinations Board the provisions of this Statute pertaining to the Examinations Board shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Standing Committee.
20. The members of the academic staff responsible for each course shall report to the appropriate Examinations Board on the performance of each student enrolled in that course. In so doing, the members of the academic staff concerned may take into account the student's work throughout the year and his performance at annual or other examinations.
21. Annual examinations shall be held at a time fixed by the Council. Sup·
plementary and other examinations may be held at any time.
22. The Board of the appropriate School may preclude a student from presenting himself for an examination in any course if he has not performed the work prescribed for that course to the satisfaction of the members of the academic staff.
23. A student who has passed examinations of an equivalent standard in the University or elsewhere and who desires that such examinations should be counted towards the degree may be granted such status towards the degree as the Council shall determine on the recommendation of the appropriate Board.
24. In all cases where the statutes or schedules affecting the course of study for any degree of the University have been or shall be repealed or altered, the Council may nevertheless allow students who have previously enrolled under those statutes or schedules to complete their course of study there- under, but may impose such conditions or modifications as the Council may deeni desirable in each case.
25. If by reason of physical disability a student is unable to perform any of the work prescribed for a course the Council on the advice of the appro- priate Board may allow him to substitute for such work other work or another course substantially equal in standard, and in such cases may also impose such other conditions as it may deem desirable.
SCHEDULE
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THE ORDINARY DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS l. To qualify for the Ordinary Degree, a student sha11 satisfactorily complete a programme of studies within the School of Humanities or the School of Social Sciences or the School of Mathematical Sciences.2. For Part I a student in the School of Humanities or the School of Social Sciences shall select three courses approved by the Council on the recom- mendation of the Board of the appropriate School, provided that a Student in the School of Social Sciences shall also take the course Statistics for Social Sciences (see Appendix A and Appendix B). In the School of Mathematical Sciences a student shall select three courses, including Mathematics 400 and Mathematics 401, approved by the Council on the recommendation of the Board (see Appendix C).
3. For Part II and Part III a student in the School of Humanities or the School of Social Sciences shall select a combination of two disciplines
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approved by the Board of the appropriate School as their basic disciplines, and a basic course from each of these disciplines must be studied in each Part. The combinations of disciplines approved by the Board of the Schools are as follows:
School of Humanities English and Drama English and French English and Philosophy English and Spanish English and Fine Arts French and Drama French and Mathematics French and Philosophy French and Spanish French and Fine Arts Spanish and Drama Spanish and Philosophy Spanish and Fine Arts Drama and Philosophy Drama and Fine Arts Philosophy and Fine Arts Philosophy and Mathematics School of Social Sciences
American Studies and Economics American Studies and Geography American Studies and History American Studies and Philosophy American Studies and Politics American Studies and Psychology Economics and Geography Economics and History Economics and Mathematics Economics and Philosophy Economics and Politics Economics and Psychology Geography and History Geography and Mathematics Geography and Philosophy Geography and Politics Geography and Psychology History and Philosophy History and Politics History and Psychology Politics and Philosophy Politics and Psychology Psychology and Mathematics Psychology and Philosophy
Each Part comprises two basic courses and a cognate course, which have been approved for the Part by the Council on the recommendation of the Board of the appropriate School (see Appendix A and Appendix B).
4. A student in the School of Humanities may submit an application to the Board of the School to take a combination of disciplines other than those listed in clause 3.
5. For Part II a student in the school of Mathematical Sciences shall enrol in the Programme Ml. A student who has successfully completed Part I either in the School of Humanities or the School of Social Sciences, and who has included either Mathematics 402 or Mathematics 403 in his programme of studies, may enrol in Programme Ml in the School of Mathematical Sciences, provided that he has attained a sufficiently high standard. On satisfactorily completing this .Part II Programme, he shall enrol in one of the following Programmes of studies for Part III:
MIO Pure Mathematics Mll Statistics
Ml2 Mathematics
M20 Applied Mathematics (Physical Sciences option) M21 Applied Mathematics (Numerical Analysis option)
6. Any student who wishes to take a cognate course other than one of those approved under Clause 3 above, or who wishes to make a change in his basic disciplines, may do so only with the approval of the Board of the appropriate School. If such approval is granted, the Board shall determine any consequential changes which may be required in the student's pro- gramme of study for the degree.
7. In the School of Humanities a student whose work throughout the year has been of credit or distinction standard may be exempted by the Board of the School from all or part of the Part I examination. Any student so exempted may, however, take the full examination if he wishes.
8. A student who holds any other degree may be granted status in not more than three courses on account of the work he has done for the other degree.
9. The Tuition Fee for each Part is $351. Students not taking a complete