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(b) Application for course exemption shall only be allowed for
University Course and Faculty Elective Course categories.

(c) Course exemption will not result in a student obtaining credit for
the course that is exempted. For this purpose, a course that is
approved for exemption will be given a grade K1.

(d) If a course exemption results in insufficient credits for the purpose
of completing his degree, the exempted course must be replaced
by a different course from the same level of study.

(e) Application for course exemption must be submitted to the Dean
of the Faculty of the programme of study who will obtain the
recommendation from the designated special committee. The
recommended application shall be submitted to the Senate for its
consideration.

(f) The decision of an application for course exemption will be
communicated by the Registrar/Dean of the Faculty of the
programme of study.

(6) Programme External Assessor

(a) Programme External Assessors shall be appointed and not
exceed two persons for each programme of study, upon the
recommendation of the Faculty concerned.

(b) Qualifications

(i) The Programme External Assessors shall be appointed
from among renowned world university academia, who are
qualified, knowledgeable, and possess expertise relevant
to the programme of study concerned, as well as having
experience in university administration.

(ii) Under certain circumstances, an expert from the industry
in the field of study concerned may be appointed as one of
the Programme External Assessor.

(iii) A former full time teacher may be appointed as a
Programme External Assessor, on condition that the
teacher :

(A) possesses the experience and expertise relevant
to the programme of study concerned;

(B) has left the University service not less than five (5)
years from the date of appointment as a
Programme External Assessor; and
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