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Result categories and percentage scores
The relationship between result categories and normalised
percentage scores is:
Result category
Range of scores
HD 85% - 100%
D 75 - 84
C 65 - 74
P 50 - 64
N 0 - 49
It should be noted that the above table is used in
determining result categories for all students enrolled in
a subject.
Additional grades, for which percentage scores are not
applicable, may be awarded as a result of supplementary
examinations. These are:
SP Pass at supplementary assessment
SN Fail at supplementary assessment
SUPSupplementary assessment granted for this subject
Guidelines for part-time study
With changes in the courses of study leading to degree
qualifications, some part-time students may be unsure of the
subjects they are required to pass in order to qualify for an
-. o award.
The following guidelines which the Divisional Board has
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established should be used to determine the subject
2 requirements for students undertaking courses (including
X -. conversion programs) on a part-time basis:
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(a) In general, students who have not at some time
ID discontinued their course without permission, will
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2 follow the course of study in operation at the time of
g. their initial enrolment in the Higher Education Sector
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2. section of the Handbook for that year.
2 (b) Despite the above, students who are undertaking a
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course of study which has been unduly prolonged, or
o who would benefit from transfer to a later course of
c. study, may be transferred by the Divisional Board on
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(c) Students who discontinue study without permission and
who later wish to renew their enrolment in the Higher
Education Sector of the University in that same course
will be treated as new students but will receive such
credit for the subjects previously passed as is determined
by the Divisional Board on the advice of the Head of the
student's school.
(d) Where subjects have been discontinued since students'
initial enrolment, students will be required toundertake
the presently operating subject equivalent subjects.
Information reqardinq superseded subject equivalents is
available from ihe ~ead of the student's school.
(e) As students will realise, there is often benefit in
transferring from the course of study in operation at
the time of enrolment to a later course of study. With
the permission of the Head of the student's school,
students may transfer from the course of study for which
they are enrolled to a later course of study but should
recognise that such a transfer may involve the undertaking
of some additional subjects.
Minimum hours for part-time
enrolment
The normal load for part-time students is approximately half
that of full-time students, and is typically between 10 and 12
hours of class contact per week.
To enable the Division to admit as many students as possible
within its quota limits, a minimum time commitment by parttime
students is necessary. This minimum commitment has
been set at seven hours per week, unless special circumstances
apply. Such special circumstances include non-availability of
suitable classes, quota limitations, graduate studies, or cases
where the proposed enrolment arrangements lead into a
standard full-time program. In such special circumstances, the
enrolment requires the specific approval of the head of the
awarding school.
Part-time students who initially enrol for seven hours per week
or more, and who subsequently withdraw from certain subjects
which reduces their enrolment to below seven hours per
week, may be processed as a total withdrawal from the
course.
Normally the maximum hours of class contact for a part-time
undergraduate student are fourteen hours per week, although
special permission may be granted by the School Head to study
up to sixteen hours per week, particularly if the increase in
hours will allow the student to study on a full-time basis in the
following year.
Exclusion from courses
A student will be considered for exclusion from further study in
the course in which that student is enrolled if he or she:
(i) fails any subject twice
or
(ii) fails more than half of the subject hours in which he or she
is enrolled in any academic year.
Normally a third attempt at any subject will not be permitted.
A student may repeat full-time studies on a full-time basis once
only during a course, unless special approval is given by the
Divisional Board.
If a School Head considers that a prima facie case for exclusion
exists, the matter will be referred to the Courses Committee
sitting as an Exclusions Sub-committee.
The procedure for considering engineering students
recommended for exclusion is as follows:
1 Based on compliance with the Division regulations on
suspension from courses, the School Head submits a
case for the possible exclusion of a student to the
Engineering Courses Committee.
2 If the Courses Committee accepts that a case exists, the
student is advised that hislher status in the course
concerned is to be considered at a subsequent meeting
of the Committee; and that he/she may attend to
present information relevant to the case.
3 The Committee may coopt representatives when
hearing a case for exclusion.