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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.96
AWARD OF EXTRACURRICULAR CREDITS 
REGULATIONS
18th November, 1997
LEGAL NOTICE 194 of 1997.
Citation.
Extracurricular Credits Regulations.
Applicability.
REGULATIONS FOR THE AWARD
OF EXTRACURRICULAR CREDITS
1. All undergraduate students are eligible for credits
(hereafter referred to as extracurricular credits) for activities done
over and above the curricular requirements of the diploma or
degree course they are following and satisfying the criteria stated
below.
2. ( a ) Not more than three extracurricular credits shall be
taken into consideration for the award of a degree, and
not more than one extracurricular credit shall be taken
into consideration for the award of a diploma.
( b ) Extracurricular credit may be awarded in fulfilment of
the optional credit requirements of a degree or diploma
course.
( c ) In those courses that are not structured on the Study
Unit-Credit system, each credit awarded for
extracurricular activities shall be weighted as 0.5% of
the final global mark that is considered for degree
classification purposes.
( d ) a student may not be awarded more than one
extracurricular credit in any one academic year.
3. ( a ) Students following a degree course, who are awarded
more than three extracurricular credits may have the
fourth and any subsequent credit gained recorded in the
transcript of their academic record, although such
credits are not taken into consideration for the award
of the degree.
( b ) Regulation 2.1 shall apply  mutatis mutundis  in the case
of students following a diploma course, who are
awarded more than one extracurricular credit. 
4. The Senate shall appoint an Extracurricular Board,
hereinafter referred to as the Board, with the function and powers
to consider which work is acceptable for the award of
extracurricular credit, to assess such work and to award credit for
it.
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5. The Board shall be composed of the Rector or his nominee
as chairman, the Registrar or his nominee, an academic member
nominated by each Faculty and each Institute where there are
students following a degree or diploma course, and two students
nominated by the K.S.U. (Kunsill ta’ l-Istudenti Universitarji).
Provided that the students’ representatives on the Board shall not
participate in the assessment of work submitted for the award of
extracurricular credit.
6. The Board may appoint, and work through, sub-committees
whose quorum shall be three members, one of whom a student, not
necessarily a member of the Board.
7. An extracurricular activity (including activities organised
by Bodies outside the University) may be considered for the award
of extracurricular credit, if the activity:
( a ) involves not less than 50 hours of work on the part of
the student,
( b ) requires the student to show such qualities as
initiative, perseverance, leadership or organisational
skills, and
( c ) is of a cultural, philanthropic, political, sporting or
research nature.
8. An extracurricular activity may not be considered for an
award on more than one occasion.
9. On accepting an extracurricular activity for consideration
for the award of credit, the Board may impose on the student such
conditions as the Board may deem necessary, in order to ensure that
credit is only awarded where it is merited.
10. Students may ask for an activity to be considered for the
award of an extracurricular credit by applying to the Registrar by
not later than:
( a ) mid-October if the activity is to be undertaken during
the first semester; or
( b ) mid-January if the activity is to be undertaken during
the second semester.
11. The application shall include a detailed description of the
activity and the name of a proposed competent supervisor (not
necessarily a member of the academic staff) who ho has agreed to
monitor the work., give advice to the student when necessary, and
report to the Board at the end of the activity.
12. The Board shall consider the application in terms of
regulation 6 and assign a supervisor who shall not necessarily be
the person proposed by the student.
13. At the end of the activity, or the part thereof which is being
considered for the award  of extracurricular credit for the current
academic year, the student shall be required to present to the Board
a report on the activity, including his contribution to it, and the
supervisor shall be required to present to the Board a confidential
assessment of the student’s participation in the activity.
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14. The Board shall consider the supervisor’s assessment
report and award a grade A, B, C, D, or Fail in descending order of
merit depending on the degree and quality of the student’s
participation in the project/activity.
