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(1)The title of these bye-laws is the Bye-Laws for the Degrees of Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies (Honours) - B.LIAS (Hons) - and Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies - B.LIAS - under the auspices of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences.

(2)Citation and interpretation. In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires - "the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences; "the course" means the programme of study leading to the degree of Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies (Honours) - B .L I A S ( H o n s ) - o r t o t h e d e g r e e o f B a c h e l o r o f L i b r a r y Information and Archive Studies - B.LIAS; "the Degree" means the degree of Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies (Honours) - B.LIAS(Hons) - or the degree of Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies - B.LIAS; and "the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards. S.L. 327.236 2. These bye-laws shall be commencing in October 2012 or later. courses Applicability. Amended by: L.N. 39 of 2013. 3.

(1)The degree of Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies (Honours) shall be awarded in terms of these byelaws in Library Information and Archive Studies as the honours main area of study together with a subsidiary area of study. Areas of study. applicable for

(2)The degree of Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies shall be awarded in terms of these bye-laws in two ordinary main areas of study, one of which must be Library Information and Archive Studies.

(3)The Board shall announce the areas of study that may be taken with Library Information and Archive Studies in the Degree before the commencement of the course. 1 2 [ S.L.327.241 DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE STUDIES (HONOURS) - B. LIAS (HONS) - AND BACHELOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE STUDIES - B. LIAS - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES Requirements for admission. Substituted by: L.N. 39 of

2. To be registered as regular students in the course, applicants shall satisfy the general requirements for admission as specified in the Admission Regulations. Course duration.
3. The course shall extend over a period of three years of fulltime study. Course programme.
4. Applicants shall be required to indicate their choice of areas of study at the time of applying for admission. Course to consist of two parts. Part One.
5. The course shall consist of two parts. 8.

(1)Part One shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned.

(2)At the end of Part One of the Course, students who have obtained an average mark of: (

1. a)65% or better in the Library Information and Archive Studies area of study, and (
2. b)60% or better in all the study units of Part One shall be eligible to proceed to the degree of Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies (Honours). Part Two. 9. Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 120 credits are assigned. Publication of course programmes. 10.

(1)The Board shall publish the course programmes in Library Information and Archive Studies drawn up in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Principal Regulations and as approved by Senate, before the commencement of each course. Subject to changes that the Board may make, with the approval of Senate, students shall follow the study-units and obtain the credits as indicated in the course programmes and in the programmes of study of the other areas they are following for the Degree.

(2)The programmes of study for the areas of study that may be taken with Library Information and Archive Studies in the course shall be those published by the Board of the academic entity responsible for the area of study. Credits. 11.

(1)Students on the Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies (Honours) B.LIAS (Hons) course shall be required to register and obtain credit for study-units to which a total of 180 credits are assigned, of which not less than 132 credits shall be in Library Information and Archive Studies and not less than 36 credits shall be in the subsidiary area of study.

(2)Students on the Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies course shall be required to register and obtain credit for study-units to which a total of 180 credits are assigned, of which not less than 80 credits shall be obtained in each of the two main areas of study. Classification of the Awards. 12.

(1)The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of the Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies (Honours) degree shall be based on the results obtained in each of the last two years of the course, which shall be weighted as DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE STUDIES (HONOURS) - B. LIAS (HONS) - AND BACHELOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE STUDIES - B. LIAS - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SCIENCES [ S.L.327.241 follows: Second Year Average Mark 40% Third Year Average Mark 60%

(2)The average score of the third year shall be weighted as 30% attributed to taught study-units and 70% attributed to the dissertation and synoptic study-units. 13. The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of the Bachelor of Library Information and Archive Studies shall be based on the results obtained in each year of the course, which shall be weighted as follows: First Year Average Mark 25% Second Year Average Mark 25% Third Year Average Mark (excluding Synoptic Study-Units) 25% Synoptic Study-Units 25%. Final Weighted Average Mark. 3