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General Rules for Qualifications UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA GENERAL RULES FOR QUALIFICATIONS OFFERED AT THE MAMELODI CAMPUS Yearbook 2004, Mamelodi Campus GENERAL RULES FOR QUALIFICATIONS OFFERED AT THE MAMELODI CAMPUS The following rules will be given effect within the existing delegations of the University of Pretoria and within existing practices in faculties of the University of Pretoria. The University therefore reserves the right to change any of the rules at any time without prior notice. G1 Legal force of rules (1) The rules and syllabi that appear in this Calendar are based on the Act, Statutes and Regulations to which the University is subject, and on resolutions of Senate and Council taken by virtue of the above. Any deviation from the rules that the University may allow, is subject to the approval of Senate or Council, as the case may be. (2) Except where otherwise laid down, the general rules, where applicable, hold good for the individual faculties as well. (3) In the absence of anything to the contrary, references to subjects are also applicable mutatis mutandis (with the necessary logical adaptations) to other study units such as modules. (4) Where special requirements are prescribed in the rules of one faculty for the study of a subject, these requirements also apply, unless the contrary is evident, where the subject or course is studied in another faculty. (5) The official language for correspondence and tuition of the University is as follows: (a) Administrative Medium: For all administrative purposes within the University, the language to be used is English. This includes the minuting of official meetings. (b) Medium of instruction: Except for the teaching of language specific subjects, the medium of instruction is English. (c) Student submissions: Except for language specific subjects, students will answer examination papers, tests and assignments in English. G2 Degrees, diplomas and certificates (1) The University may confer the degrees and award the diplomas and certificates laid down in the Statute and mentioned in the rules of the individual faculties. (2) A person shall not be entitled to the privileges attached to a degree until such a degree has been conferred on him/her at a congregation of the University constituted for that purpose. (3) Subject to the provisions of G2(4) below Senate may accept as part of the requirements for the conferring of a degree, or the awarding of a diploma or certificate, periods of attendance as a registered student at any tertiary institution. (4) A degree shall not be conferred on, and a diploma or certificate awarded to, a candidate unless (a) the periods of attendance are together not less than the complete period prescribed for conferring such degree or for awarding such diploma, and (b) the candidate attended at the University, for a period of at least half the total period prescribed for the qualification, rounded up to the nearest whole number; provided that the minimum attendance for a Doctoral degree shall be two academic years. This implies that the minimum period of attendance at the University shall be: (i) one academic year for a one-year or two-year qualification; (ii) two academic years for a three-year or four-year qualification; etc. 2 General Rules for Qualifications G3 Registration (1) Any person who wishes to be considered for admission as a student of the University shall, (a) subject to faculty requirements, at first registration, complete the application form, submit the original documents required, and after being granted permission to register, do so by completing and signing the official registration form; and (b) if allowed by Senate, thereafter register annually by completing and signing the official registration form. The fees payable and the manner in which fees shall be paid have been laid down by Council. (2) By signing the official registration form, a student is bound to the rules of the University. A student will be notified in writing by the University as soon as his/her registration is approved. (3) The registration form will include the complete curriculum which the student intends to follow during the particular year of registration concerned, and no one shall be admitted to a study programme unless his/her curriculum has been approved by the University. An approved curriculum may subsequently be amended provided that such an amendment conforms to the rules in force at the time of amendment. (4) A student who was registered at another university shall not be registered as a student of the University unless he/she has submitted a certificate of satisfactory conduct. (5) The University may stipulate dates after which a person shall not be registered as a student at all. (6) A student's registration may be cancelled at any time if his/her academic progress, in the opinion of Council and Senate, is unsatisfactory. (7) A student who wishes to complete his/her degree at the University by registering for subjects at another university recognized by Senate for this purpose may, with the permission of the Dean on recommendation of the Head of Department, do so subject to the requirements of Rule G13(1)(d). Credit will then be granted for this subject for completion of the degree at the University. For that specific year the student shall also register as a student of the University notwithstanding the requirements of rule G4(2) and shall pay a fee as laid down by Council. G4 Limitations on registration (1) Except with the permission of Senate, no person shall be registered for more than one degree, diploma or certificate concurrently. (2) Except with the permission of Senate, no student of the University shall be registered concurrently as a student of another university. (3) A student who is registered at another university in the Republic and wishes to be registered concurrently at the University shall furnish details of his/her current registration at the other university with his/her application, which must be accompanied by written permission for such concurrent registration issued by the Registrar of the other university. (4) Except with the permission of Senate, a student who has been excluded from one faculty or subject of study on account of his/her failure to satisfy the minimum requirements prescribed for that faculty or subject of study shall not be admitted to any other faculty or subject of study at the University. (5) A student in full-time employment is strongly advised to limit the number of subjects taken per year. 3 Yearbook 2004, Mamelodi Campus G5 Conferment of status If a student wishes to register for further studies for which the possession of a degree is a prerequisite, but he/she did not obtain such a degree at the University, Senate may admit him/her to such further studies by virtue of a degree obtained at another university or by virtue of other studies. G6 Attendance and work (1) No person shall attend lectures before he/she has been registered as a student of the University. (2) A student registered for a degree or diploma or certificate shall attend such classes, perform such work and pass such examinations as may be prescribed for that degree or diploma or certificate. (3) A student shall attend, to the satisfaction of the head of the Department concerned, the lectures, seminars, practical classes and evaluation sessions in a subject. G7 Examinations (1) Any examination of the University shall be conducted under the supervision of Senate and in accordance with rules formulated by Senate. (2) (a) Senate shall be the final authority in deciding the result of an examination of the University. (b) Deans shall be the final authority in approving the completion of curricula of qualifications. (3) Subject to any provisions to the contrary in terms of the Statute and Regulations of the University, a candidate for a degree, diploma or certificate must pass an examination of the University in each subject taken by him/her for that degree, diploma or certificate. (4) Examinations shall be written during the periods indicated on the Academic Calendar, unless Senate decides otherwise. (5) Examiners will be appointed by Senate in terms of the Statutes of the University. (6) Senate approves the places, dates and times of examinations. (7) At the discretion of Senate an examination shall be written or oral, or both written and oral, and may include practical work. (8) In exceptional cases a student may be admitted by the Dean, on recommendation of the Head of the Department concerned, to a special examination immediately after the examination. If the student, without a valid reason, fails to report for his/her special examination he/she forfeits the opportunity of being re-examined (also see G11). G8 Re-marking of scripts A student may have his/her examination script re-marked in respect of any examination in any particular subject, provided that: (1) Re-marking of examination scripts shall not be allowed in subjects where external examiners have been appointed; (2) The student applies for the re-marking within ten working days after the announcement of the results, by completing an application form in triplicate at the office of Student Administration of the relevant faculty. (The original of this form accompanies the script to be re-marked, one copy is for the office of Student Administration’s records and the other copy is handed to the student); 4 General Rules for Qualifications (3) An amount as published in the ‘Fee Brochure’ is payable when a student applies for re-marking. No application shall be considered without
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