S.L. 327.485 Art. 9Assessment and progression in the course.

(1) The method of assessment for each study-unit shall be indicated in the study-unit description and published in the catalogue of study-units. The result of each study-unit shall take into account all components of the assessment of that study-unit.

(2) In any academic year, students who fail study-units to which not more than 16 ECTS credits are assigned, or two study-units which between them are assigned not more than 20 ECTS credits, and who are not eligible to a compensated pass, shall be allowed a supplementary assessment in September of the same year.

(3) Students who after the supplementary session fail in study-units to which 10 or less ECTS credits are assigned, after academic counselling by the Dean and/or the Head of Department concerned, may be given the option by the Board, to either:

(a) refer the failed study-unit/s to the following year to be done over and above the study-units indicated for that year; or

(b) refer the failed study-unit/s to an additional year of study, if (i) the study-unit cannot be referred to the following year in terms of paragraph (5) of this regulation, or (ii) if they are in Year 5 of the Course. The possibility to refer study-units to an additional year of study shall be allowed once in each of the two parts of the Course; or

(c) repeat the year, if eligible in terms of these regulations.

(4) Students referred to in sub-regulation (3)(a) who take up the option to refer failed study-units to the following year of the course shall be considered to have progressed conditionally and shall not be allowed to continue with the course if, after the supplementary session of that year, they fail again to obtain a pass in the referred study-unit/s.

(5) Study-units which students may be allowed to refer to the following year will be indicated in the programme of study.

(6) If a student is prevented for a reason considered valid by Senate from being assessed in referred study-units, the student shall be required to complete the previous year’s requirements in an additional year of study, if eligible in terms of these regulations. Under no circumstances shall a student be allowed to progress to the following year if the requirements of the year previous to the current one have not been satisfied.

(7) Nothwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation (3), in the case of assessments that can only be held once during an academic year and hence no supplementary session is possible, students who fail these assessments or are prevented for a reason considered valid by Senate from being assessed in these study-units shall be allowed to proceed to the following year of the course, provided that they pass such assessments in that year, or in an additional year of study, if eligible in terms of these regulations.

(8) Students who after the supplementary session fail in study-units to which more than 10 ECTS credits are assigned shall not be allowed to proceed to the following year of the course, but shall be required to repeat the year if eligible in terms of these regulations.

(9) In a repeat year, students are required to follow and be assessed in all study-units of the programme of study for the year, even those they may have previously passed. Any mark/grade may be obtained in the repeat year and will replace the marks/grades obtained in the preceding year.

(10) The maximum mark/grade that may be awarded in a referred study-unit, irrespective of whether the subject is assessed in a normal or a supplementary session of examinations, is 45%, grade D.