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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.126
BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTANCY (HONOURS) - 
B.ACCTY. (HONS.) - DEGREE COURSE 
REGULATIONS
28th April, 1998
LEGAL NOTICE 108 of 1998, as amended by Legal Notices 167 and 237
of 1998.
Citation and 
interpretation.
1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Bachelor of
Accountancy (Honours) - B. Accty. (Hons) - Degree Course
Regulations.
(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -
"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Economics,
Management and Accountancy;
"the course" means the course of Studies leading to the Degree of
Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) - B. Accty. (Hons);
"the Degree" means the Degree of Bachelor of Accountancy
(Honours) - B.Accty. (Hons).
Applicability.
Amended by:
L.N. 167 of 1998;
L.N. 237 of 1998.
2. These regulations shall be applicable to courses starting in
October 1999 or later.
Eligibility for the 
Degree.
3. A candidate must in order to be eligible for the award of
the Degree:
( a ) register as a regular student in the Course in
accordance with regulations  4 and 5;
( b ) complete the course, qualify in the examinations and
satisfy any other requirements prescribed in these
regulations; and
( c ) satisfy any other requirements prescribed in any other
relevant Statutes and Regulations of the University.
Registration.
time specified at the Office of the Registrar.
Course 
requirements.
Substituted by:
L.N. 167 of 1998.
5. A candidate may be admitted to the course if he:
either
( a ) satisfies all the requirements leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Commerce - B.Com. - and has been placed
in Category IIB or better, and has passed all four
papers in Accountancy with a minimum of two Grade
B and two Grade C (a third Grade B or one Grade A
shall compensate for not more than one Grade D);
or
( b ) satisfies all the requirements leading to the degree of
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Bachelor of Science (Business and Computing) and
has been placed in Category IIB or better, and has
passed all four papers of Business with a minimum of
one Grade B and three Grade C (a second Grade B or
one Grade A shall compensate for not more than one
Grade D); provided that candidates accepted under this
clause must pass an intermediate examination
consisting of the four papers of the final examination
in Accountancy of the B.Com. degree, and obtain a
minimum of two Grade B and two Grade C (a third
Grade B or one Grade A shall compensate for not more
than one Grade D) before being allowed to sit for the
final examination.
Course structure. 6. (1) The course shall normally extend over a period of two
years.
(2) A student may not take the final examination later than two
years from first registration for the course except with the
permission of Senate given in special circumstances.
(3) The course shall consist of a number of study-units. Credits
are awarded to candidates who successfully complete study-units.
(4) A Catalogue of study-units, with the credits assigned to
each, shall be published at the start of every academic year
following the approval of the Board.
(5) A student shall obtain not less than 34 credits in order to
complete the course. The credits shall be selected from the list of
study-units specified for the Honours level in Accountancy.
Individual project. 7. Students shall be required to write a dissertation/project
report on a subject approved by the Board which shall be submitted
for examination before the end of the course.
Final examination. 8. (1) At the end of the course and after obtaining the
minimum number of credits stipulated in regulation 6(5) above, a
student shall be required to sit for the final examination; provided
that students accepted under regulation 5( b ) shall also pass the
intermediate examination as prescribed in the regulation before
being allowed to sit for the final examination.
(2) The final examination shall consist of seven papers and the
dissertation/project. A  viva voce  examination may also be held.
(3) The dissertation and examinations are graded in
descending order of merit: A, B, C, D and F, where F indicates Fail.
(4) There shall be two sessions of examinations: one session is
normally held in June and a supplementary session is normally held
in September.
Supplementary 
examination and 
termination of 
courses.
9. (1) Students who fail in not more than three papers of the
final examination may he allowed to sit for a supplementary
examination in the following session in the papers failed.
(2) Students may not be allowed to repeat the final
examinations except in the case where a student fails in only one
paper of the supplementary examination. A student who fails in
only one paper of the supplementary  examination shall be required
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to repeat the entire final examination in the following year.
(3) For The purpose of this regulation the term "paper"
includes a dissertation/project.
Final grading.
into account his performance at the final examination, which shall
account for 70% of the final weighting, the credit certificates and
grades obtained during the course which  shall account for the other
30%.
(2) The names of students who qualify for the award of the
Degree shall be published in alphabetical order on a list divided in
the following categories:
First Class
Second Class Upper Division
Second Class Lower Division
Third Class.
