S.L. 327.352 Art. 9Assessment and progress. Re-numbered by: L.N. 353 of 2011.

(1) In order to be awarded credit for any study-unit included in the programme, students must achieve a mark of not less than 45% in the study-unit.

(2) Students who in any academic year fail in the assessment of not more than 10 credits shall be given the opportunity to resit the failed assessments during the September assessment session.

(3) Students who fail in the re-assessment of a compulsory study-unit shall be allowed to refer the failed study-unit to the following year to be done over and above the study-units for that year. AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

(4) In the case of non-compulsory referred study-units, the Board may allow or require students to register for alternative study-units which fall within the scope of the programme of study.

(5) A study-unit that has been accepted as an alternative to a referred study-unit shall, for the purposes of these bye-laws, be deemed to be a referred study-unit.

(6) Students who fail more than the number of credits permitted under paragraph (2) of this bye-law shall be deemed to have failed the year, and if eligible in terms of the Principal Regulations, shall be required to:

(a) be assessed in the Incomplete Study-Unit/s in an extension year of study; or

(b) repeat the year in its entirety, including any Study-Units the students may have successfully completed in their failed year..

(7) Students who after re-assessment of a referred study-unit fail to obtain credit for the referred study-unit, shall be deemed to have failed the course.