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PART V
STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMME OF STUDY

Offer and completion of courses

10. (1) A Faculty shall determine the courses that it wishes to offer in any semester. A new
course may be offered if it fulfils the required conditions and has been approved by the
Senate.

(2) Every course offered shall be taught, completed and examined in one semester. Only
specific courses that have obtained the prior approval of the Senate may be conducted for
more than one semester.

(3) The total credit hours for the coursework component of any Degree programme of study shall
be as determined by the Faculty and the Senate.

Change in field of research

11. A candidate may submit an application in accordance with prescribed procedures to change his field
of research. Any change in the field of research is subject to the approval of the Faculty concerned.

Change in mode of studies

12. A candidate may submit an application in accordance with prescribed procedures to change his mode
of studies. Any change in the field of research is subject to the approval of the Faculty concerned.

Transfer of Credit

13. (1) “Transfer of credit” means the transfer of credit hours that are similar to the grade
obtained for a course taken by a candidate after his admission into a Degree programme of
study.

(2) In the transfer of credit, the credit hour that has been obtained together with the grade and the
grade point for the course concerned shall be taken into account in the calculation of the
candidate‟s GPA and CGPA. The approval for the transfer of credit, among other things, is
subject to the following conditions:

(a) The course for which the transfer of credit is applied has at least seventy-five
percentage of overlap with the course that is offered at this University;

(b) The grade or grade point obtained for the course concerned is not less than B or 3.0;
and

(c) The course for which the transfer of credit is applied shall be a course from a
programme of study that is equivalent to the Degree programme of study.

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