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concerned, may allow such Special Examination to be held and
this shall be reported to the Senate as soon as possible.

(9) Redemption of Course Grade

A student may submit an application to redeem a grade C- for any
category of courses subject to the approval of the Dean of the Faculty of
the programme of study and the following conditions:
(a) An application to redeem grade C- shall be made within one week
after the date of the official announcement of examination results;

(b) Redemption may be carried out through assignment, test or other
assessment methods as determined by the examiner of the
course concerned;

(c) Redemption is limited to only one course for the semester
concerned;

(d) Increase in marks shall only be given if a student completes his
assignment satisfactorily and is confirmed by the examiner of the
course concerned; and

(e) the course can only be redeemed to grade C only.

(10) Repeating a Failed Course

(a) A student who fails any University Course (except External
Faculty Elective Course dan Co-Curricular Course) and Core
Course is required to repeat the same course until he achieves a
passing grade subject to the maximum duration of his study. The
better grade will be taken into account for the calculation of
CGPA.

(b) A student who fails any Elective Course, External Faculty Elective
Course or Co-Curricular Course, may repeat the same course or
take another course in the same category as replacement for the
failed course.

Calculation of CGPA shall be as follows:

(i) for a student repeating the same course, the better grade
point will be taken into account; and

(ii) for a student taking a different course as replacement, the
grade point of that course will be taken into account
cumulatively.

(c) Notwithstanding anything stated in paragraphs (a) and (b) above,
if a student obtains a grade F three times for the same course,
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