Faculty Regulations
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HUM 1.00 All Year 1 students admitted to the University into the Faculty of Humanities shall register with the Faculty of Humanities, giving, where possible, a provisional indication of the subjects in which they hope to major. Year 1 students are advised to consult the Faculty of Humanities Year 1 Tutor on matters relating to their programme of study in Year 1.
Provided that a student takes at least one of his/her major subjects from the Faculty of Humanities (FOH), he/she may take the second major either from the Faculty of Humanities, or from the following in the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS): Social Anthropology/Sociology, Political and Administrative Studies, Economics - subject to the approval of both the relevant FOH and FSS departments, and subject to any restrictions imposed by the timetable. in exceptional circumstances, a Humanities student may be allowed to register for other FSS courses. Normally a Humanities student cannot major in the following areas: Law, Education, Commerce, Management, Accounting, Statistics, Mathematics, Urban and Regional Planning, and Economics.
HUM 1.01 A department, subject to approval by the Faculty, may include within the minimum requirements for its degree offerings a limited number of courses from other departments.
HUM 1.02 Every project, or similar undertaking, whether completed wholly in term time, or wholly in vacation-time, or partly in both, shall be used in assessing the final grade of the degree of the student.
HUM 1.03 All Faculty of Humanities departments will normally offer:
a) A major subject in a double major B.A. (Humanities), when two subjects, as defined in HUM 1.00, are taken, with a minimum of nine and a maximum of 12 credit hours per week per subject being taken in each of the two semesters;
b) A teaching subject in a B.Ed. when students will take a minimum of six and a maximum of 12 credit hours per week in the content major (s) for two semesters; and
c) A single major which will be started at the beginning of Year 3. See the individual Faculty Regulations for the necessary qualifications to take a single major. A single major will have a minimum of fifteen (15), and a maximum of eighteen (18), credit hours per week.
Note: These minimum and maximum credit hours can be varied according to departmental requirements with Faculty and Senate approval;
In keeping with the General Academic Regulations for Undergraduate Degrees, the following words have the given definitions:
Programme: A plan of study lasting over a specified period which leads to a diploma or degree of the University.
(ii) Subject: A field of study offered by a department.
(iii) Course: A separately teachable and examinable component within a subject.
Credit hours: One credit hour represents one lecture hour, or equivalent, per week per semester.
HUM 1.04 It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that he/she is taking correct courses within a programme. The Faculty Tutors are available for consultation if a student is in doubt about his/her programme and/or courses.
HUM 2.00 General Regulations
HUM 2.01 During year 1, every Faculty of Humanities student shall take and pass 36 credit hours as follows:
A total of 8 credit hours in CSS100 (4 credit hours per semester) unless the student is exempted from CSS100 by the Faculty at the recommendation of the Department of English.
A total of 6 credit hours of Numeracy - i.e. ST151 and M001 unless the student is exempted from M001 and ST151 by the Faculty in which case the student may substitute these with credit hours from an appropriate course.
A minimum of 16 credit hours of Faculty of Humanities courses in addition to CSS100.
A further appropriate number of credit hours either from the Faculty of Humanities or from other faculties.
b) Students who wish to register for more credit hours than the normal 36 may take them from the Faculty or any other faculty provided that the credit hours of such courses do not raise the student’s yearly load to more than 48 credit hours when added to the credit hours of courses in (a) (i)-(iv) above.
c) If a student is exempted from any of the courses making up the Year 1 programme, the number of credit hours for which exemption has been granted shall be made up for by taking other courses from the Faculty of Humanities.
HUM 2.02 Formal non-externalised examinations may be given in all year 1 courses.
HUM 2.03 in order to proceed from Year 1 to Year II a student must pass all the compulsory courses as spelt in Hum 2.01 (a) and achieve an Overall Weighted Mean (OWM) of at least 50%.
HUM 2.04 In order to major in a particular subject in Year II, a student shall take and pass the prescribed core courses and all prescribed prerequisite ancillary courses.
HUM 2.05 Supplementary examinations shall not be given in Year 1 with the exception of M001 and ST151.
HUM 3.00 Assessment
HUM 3.01 The ratio of continuous assessment to examination is 1:1. The minimum requirement for a final written examination mark in a course shall be 40%.
HUM 3.02 In order to “pass” a major subject in a double major degree programme, a student must obtain an overall minimum of 50% in each prescribed course.
HUM 3.03 In order to proceed from Year II to Year III and from Year III to Year IV in a double major degree a student shall:
a) Pass both subjects as required by the programme concerned;
b) Obtain an overall weighted mean of 50% calculated from the students best 36 credit hours of the year’s programme.
HUM 3.04 A student who has failed in not more than two required courses totalling a maximum of 12 credit hours may be allowed to proceed to year III or year IV provided that:
a) the student repeats the course (s) in the next year of study; the student’s OWM is 50% or more;
c) there is a programme for the student in the next year of study;
d) the student does not take in the next year of study course(s) whose prerequisites he/she has not passed;
e) the student’s work load in the next academic year does not exceed the normally permissible maximum of 48 credit hours.
HUM 3.05 Fail, Repeat and Discontinue
a) A student whose OWM is 40% 49% should fail and repeat the year.
b) A student whose OWM is less than 40% should fail and discontinue from the University.
HUM 3.06 With the exception of CSS 100 a student who fails courses totalling more than 12 credit hours will not be allowed to proceed. Such student will repeat the failed courses. in the repeat ear the student will not be required to take the courses passed.
HUM 3.07 A student who fails to meet the requirement for the award of the B.A./B.Ed. at the end of Year 4 may, on the recommendation of the faculty, with the joint advice of the programme (s) concerned, follow a suitable programme which will make it possible for the student to complete the degree provided that he/she is within seven years of initial registration.
HUM 3.08 A student who fails a core or prerequisite course in any one year of study may be allowed to repeat it only once. If the core or prerequisite course is failed a second time the student will normally be discontinued from the programme.
Incomplete Work
Any student who has failed for some sufficient reason, to complete the required work by the end of the course may be awarded an “inc” (incomplete) grade and will be allowed some definite time to complete the work. If she/he fails to do so, the “Inc” grade will become a permanent part of his/her record and he/she will not get credit for the course(s) concerned.
Supplementary Examinations
Unless otherwise stated in Special Departmental Regulations, Supplementary examinations may be written in not more than 4 courses providing that such courses do not exceed 12 credit hours. in order to supplement a course, a student must have scored at least 50% in the continuous assessment of that course and scored at least 40% in the examination itself. No final supplementary examination mark will be higher than 59%.
HUM 5.02 in a course or course component that has no formal examination, the method of assessment including supplementary assessment must first be presented to and approved by the Faculty.
HUM 5.03 Exemptions from any requirement (s) or course (s) will be approved by the Faculty acting either on its own or at the recommendation of the relevant Department(s)