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GENERAL REGULATIONS
FOR THE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE
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Definition
of Terms
“Faculty
Handbook” means, in the case of the St. Augustine Campus, The
Students’ Guide to the Faculty of Social Sciences, and in the case of
the other Campuses means The Handbook of the Faculty of Social Sciences;
“free
electives” means courses listed in the Faculty Handbook which are optional
in the degree programme concerned;
“Level
I”, in relation to a Faculty other than a Faculty of Social Sciences,
means the stage of a degree programme at the end of which a candidate who
has completed all the examinations /is eligible, under the scheduling of the
programme in that Faculty, to complete that programme within two years
without registering for summer school sessions;
“pre-requisite” means a course listed in the Faculty Handbook as a
course which must be completed before being permitted to register for
another course for which it is so listed as a pre-requisite;
“summer school sessions” refer
to the sessions of the summer schools as governed by the Summer School
Regulations.
QUALIFICATIONS
FOR ADMISSION
1.1
Before registration and before beginning courses in the Faculty the
candidate must have satisfied the University Matriculation requirements for
entry to a degree programme (See University Matriculation requirements - UWI
Calendar Vol II Part II).
1.2
On entry to the University students may be required by Faculty Board
to take an English Proficiency Test. Students failing this test may be
required by Faculty Board to do a prescribed
course in English as a prerequisite to the compulsory Foundation Course, FD10A
English for Academic Purposes, or FD10H Rhetoric II: Writing for
Special Purposes.
1.3
Applicants for entry into Economics, Accounting, Management Studies;
Psychology and Statistics (Mona) degree options (specialization and majors)
are required to have a minimum
of a Grade II pass in CXC (General) Mathematics or a qualification deemed by
Faculty Board to be equivalent.
TRANSFERS
Inter
and Intra Faculty Transfers
2.1
Students in another Faculty who have completed Level One of a degree
programme of the University of the West Indies are eligible for transfer to
the Level II of a degree programme offered by a Faculty of Social Sciences.
Such students must, at the time of transfer, have passed courses
which satisfy the Level One requirements of the Faculty of Social Sciences
as well as the pre-requisites of the relevant courses of the programme into
which the transfer is sought. Transfers are offered to students who have
acquired a strong level one record.(B+ average and above)
2.2
Transfer may also be offered to any student registered in any other
Faculty of the University of the West Indies and who has successfully
completed the Level One
prerequisites to Levels II & III courses in the area of intended major
or special and has also completed the required Foundation Course(s).
2.3
For transfer to the Level II of a degree programme offered by the
Faculty of Social Sciences (Mona), students registered prior to 1998-99 may
include among the courses passed
Essentials in English (UC010, UC001) or Use of English (UC120).
COURSE OF STUDY
3.
Candidates for any of the degree programmes must pursue a course of
study comprising at least 90 credits at least 30 credits at Level One and at
least 60 credits at Levels II and III. The Faculty Board may require that
the timing of registration in particular courses may be such as to ensure
that the course of study extends over either at least five (5) semesters and
two (2) summer school sessions or six (6) semesters.
LEVEL ONE REQUIREMENTS
4.1
Students must satisfy the requirements for a minimum of 30 credits at
Level One comprising:
such Foundation courses as are required and offered;
other
compulsory courses in the chosen degree option as specified in the Faculty
Handbook;
free
electives to bring the total credits to 30.
FOUNDATION COURSES
4.2
(a) As of 1998-99 all students registered in the University of the
West Indies will be required to complete a minimum of 9 credits of
Foundation Courses including MS11A Fundamentals of Computers. Foundation
Courses are University Courses and not Level One Courses.
They may be completed at any stage in a student’s programme.
Students are advised to complete foundaion course requirements prior
to proceeding to the final sememster of their programme.
Students awarded Advanced Standing, as well as those in the B.Sc.
Hospitality and Tourism Management programme, are required to complete 9
credits of Foundation courses including MS11A fundamentals of Computers. The
Foundation courses comprise:
(i)
FD10H Rhetoric II; Writing for Special Purposes
(ii)
FD12A Science, Medicine and Technology in Society
(iii)
FD11A Caribbean Civilization
(iv)
FD13A Law, Governance, Economy and Society
(v)
any other course approved for the purpose by the Board of
Undergraduate Studies
(b)
Students registered in the Faculty of Social Sciences will be
required to include among such Foundation Courses,
FD10H Rhetoric 11; Writing for Special Purposes.
(c ) The elective
Foundation course, FD13A Law, Governance, Economy and Society, will not
count for credit in the programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences except with
the permission of the Dean.
(d)
Exemption in whole or in part from the requirements under [4.2(a- b)]
may be granted from time to
time by the Board for
Undergraduate Studies.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR ENTRY TO LEVELS II AND III
5.
Students are required to satisfy pre-requisites for Levels II and III
courses. A minimum of
twenty-four credits at Level One including eight core courses is required to
progress to Level II.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE
6.1
In order to qualify for the award of a degree a student must:
have completed a minimum of 90 credits (normally equivalent to 30
semester courses) of which:
at least thirty credits are from Level One semester courses
(including the Foundation Course requirement), and at least sixty credits
from Levels II and III semester courses
have satisfied the requirements for their specific degree programmes
6.2
Degrees are offered in the following categories:
Special
Major
Double major
Major and one minor
Major and two minors
A
student must be formally registered in one of these categories:
A special
comprises a minimum of forty-five (45) credits in the subject area over
Levels II and III
A major
comprises a minimum of thirty (30) credits in the subject area over Levels
II and III
A double
major comprises a minimum of thirty (30) credits each in two (2)
subject areas over Levels II and III
A minor
comprises a minimum of fifteen (15) credits in the subject area over Levels
II and III
A major/minor
comprises a minimum of thirty (30) Levels II and III credits
in the subject area of the major and fifteen (15)
Levels II and III credits in the subject area of the minor.
A
Special degree is available from among the following subject areas
only:
[Key:
+ Cave Hill * Mona #
St. Augustine ( ) a Bahamas ]
Accounting
+ #
Economics
+*#
Business,
Economics & Social Statistics*
Hospitality
and Tourism Management +
Hotel
Management (+ * )a
Management
Studies + #
Psychology
+
Public
Sector Management +
Sociology
+
Social
Work +*
Tourism
Management (+ * )a
6.3.2
A Major is available from among the following subject areas:
Accounting
+ *
Economics
+ * #
Government
#
International
Relations *
Management
Studies + * #
Political
Science + *
Public
Administration *
Public
Sector Management +
Psychology
* #+
Social
Work #
Sociology
+ * #
Statistics
*
6.3.3
Minors may be declared from among the following subject areas:
Accounting
+ * #
African
and African Diaspora Studies *
Demography
*
Economics
+ * #
Finance
#
History
+
Human
Resource Management #
International
Relations *
Law
+
Marketing
#
Management
Studies + * #
Management
Information Systems #
Mathematics
+
Political
Science + *
Public
Sector Management +
Psychology
* # +
Sociology
*
Social
Policy Administration *
Social
Policy #
Social
Psychology *
Sports
Management #
Statistics
*
[Key:
+ Cave Hill * Mona #
St. Augustine ( ) a Bahamas ]
6.3.4
The degree majors with which the above minors may be combined will be
approved by Faculty Board and Board for Studies (major) BSc. Accounting
(major) and the BSc. International Relations (major). Part-time registration
is not permitted at Levels II and III at the St. Augustine Campus.
(b)
The Faculty Board may require that the timing of
registration in particular courses be such as to ensure that the course of
study for the Level One
programme extends over at least three (3) semesters inclusive of one (1)
summer school session.
6.3.5
Students may also request to combine a Social Sciences major with a
minor offered by another Faculty. To
do this, the permission of the Deans of both Faculties must be sought and
obtained. At St. Augustine
students may register in the Faculty for a double major comprising a major
in the Faculty and a major offered by another Faculty. By special
arrangement with the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (St.
Augustine), students may register for a double major comprising any of the
majors offered in the Faculty of Social Sciences as one of the two required
subject areas and Mathematics in the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural
Sciences (St. Augustine) as the other. Students may also apply to register
in the Faculty of Social Sciences for a double major involving any of the
Faculty of Social Sciences majors and
any other majors offered in another Faculty at the St. Augustine campus. To
do this, the permission of the Deans of both Faculties must be sought and
obtained.
6.3.6
A student may with the permission of the Dean change any major,
special or minor for which that student is registered.
REGULATIONS
FOR FULL-TIME PROGRAMME
7.
A full-time student:
(a) shall complete the degree programme in not more than eleven (11)
semesters and five (5) summer school sessions;
(b) will unless Academic Board approves otherwise on the
recommendation of Faculty Board be required to register for ten (10)
semester courses in any one year and five (5) semester courses in any one
semester, provided that permission may be sought for not more than one
additional course for the year by any student who needs that one course for
completion of the requirements for the degree or who has been awarded a
grade of A as the examination mark for more than half of the courses for
which that student has been examined when registered in the Faculty.
(c) will be required to withdraw from the Faculty unless he/she has
gained at least:
Fifteen credits at the end of the second semester,
thirty-three credits at the end of the fourth semester
fifty-one credits at the end of the sixth semester
sixty-nine credits at the end of the eighth semester
N.B. Credits gained from courses done in another programme will not
be counted towards the rate of progress.
REGULATIONS
FOR PART-TIME PROGRAMME
8.
(a) a part-time programme is offered for Level One of the BSc degree
at all campuses. Level II and
III are available in all programmes offered at the Cave Hill Campus.
At the Mona Campus part-time is offered in BSc. Management Studies
(major) BSc. Accounting (major) and the BSc. International Relations
(major). Part-time registration is not permitted at Levels II and III at the
St. Augustine Campus.
(b) the Faculty Board may require that the timing of registration in
particular courses be such as to ensure that the course of study for the
Level One programme extends over at least three (3) semesters inclusive of
one (1) summer school session.
(c) a part-time student will be required to withdraw from the Faculty
unless he/she has gained.
six credits at the end of the second semester
eighteen credits at the end of the fourth semester
twenty-four credits at the end of the sixth semester
thirty-nine credits at the end of the eight semester
fifty-four credits at the end of the tenth semester
seventy-two credits at the end of twelfth semester
ninety credits at the end of the fourteenth semester
(d) Once
a Part-time student transfers into the Full-time programme, he/she is
required to maintain the rate of progress mandated for with the Full-time
programme.
N.B. Credits gained from courses done in another programme will not
be counted towards the rate of progress.
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