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Courses with Grades I and P shall be given the credit hour values when the
final grades for the courses other than Grades C-, D+, D, F and U, are
obtained in the following semester.

(vii) Where a candidate has repeated a course, the mark and grade that are
taken into account in the determination of the CGPA shall be the better mark
and grade achieved by the candidate.

(viii) Any candidate who has been imposed a sentence under rules 6 or 8 of the
University of Malaya (Students’ Discipline) Rules 1999 shall be given a zero
mark for the answer script concerned unless the Senate decides otherwise.

(e) Minimum requirements of study

(i) To fulfill the minimum requirements of study at the University, a candidate
must obtain a GPA and CGPA of not less than 3.0 for each semester until
the end of his studies.

(ii) The Faculty shall determine before the first semester of each academic
session and inform the candidate early the courses he must pass with the
specific minimum grades.

(iii) For courses that are required to pass with specific minimum grades, the
candidate shall repeat any course with a grade that is less than the
minimum grade so as to attain the minimum grade within the maximum
period of his candidature. A candidate who attains a grade less than the
required minimum pass grade after three attempts for a course for which
the minimum grade is required shall be terminated from his programme of
study.

(iv) Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) and the maximum
period of his candidature, a candidate who obtains a CGPA of 3.0 and
above in a semester—

(A) may maintain Grade B-, C+ or C that he has attained for any course; or

(B) may repeat to improve that grade that has been attained in any course.

(v) A candidate who obtains a CGPA of less than 3.0 in a semester—

(A) may not maintain Grade B-, C+ or C that he has attained in any course
until the candidate has attained a CGPA of 3.0 and above in the
following semester; and

(B) shall repeat any course in the following semester to raise his CGPA to
3.0 and above subject to the maximum period of his candidature.

(vi) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (iv), a candidate who obtains a
GPA of less than the required minimum for his programme of study shall
be placed on an Academic Probationary Period in the following normal
semester. That period shall continue and shall end when the candidate
has attained the required minimum GPA in the following normal semester.
Any candidate who is placed on an Academic Probationary Period for
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