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COURSES AND CREDITS

There are four categories of course that are offered. Each programme has a specific number of credits to be
fulfilled for each of the categories.

The table below summarises the requirements:

University Faculty Core Programme Core Faculty Elective Industrial Training
Programme
Courses (credits) Courses (credits) Courses (credits) Courses (credits) (credits)
BAcc 22 28 60 15 12
BBA 24 15 43 30 10
BFin 24 18 44 35 10

CREDIT TRANSFER

Credit transfer may be granted in special cases to students who are currently studying for a bachelor degree in
UM. For example, credit transfer may be given to students who have applied for a change of academic
programme or have taken courses during a student exchange programme and have had their applications
approved.

There are two types of credit transfer allowed by the University:
I. Credit transfer with grade
II. Credit transfer without grade

Approval for any credit transfer is subject to the following conditions:

 the course content must overlap at least 80% of an equivalent course offered by the University; and

 the grade or grade point obtained for the particular course must not be less than a C or 2.0.
 the course for which the transfer of credit is applied must be a course in a programme of study that is
equivalent to the programme of study pursued by the student at the University.

 application for credit transfer should be submitted to the Dean not later than the Friday of the second
week of lectures of a normal semester.

CREDIT EXEMPTION

Credit exemption means students are exempted from registering for courses that they have already taken prior
to their entry into their programme of study at UM. These courses must be approved by the University Senate.
Credit exemption courses will be given a grade K1, and no credits will be taken into account in the calculation of
the GPA and CGPA.

To be considered for credit exemption, the professional certificate/diploma/degree qualification on which the
request for credit exemption is based should have been taken less than five years prior to admission to the
University.

The following conditions have to be met when applying for credit exemption:

 The application must be made within the first two semesters of study;
 The content of the course must overlap at least 80% of the equivalent course offered by UM; and

 The grade or grade point obtained for the particular course must not be less than a grade C or 2.0.

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