S.L. 327.633 Art. 49Assessment Opportunities.

(1) Other than in the case of Study-Units whose assessments are indicated as not available at the September assessment session and Study-Units assessed by Dissertation or by Long Essay or similar, students shall be entitled to four opportunities to obtain a pass grade in the assessment of a Study-Unit, namely:

(a) at the end of semester assessment session during which the assessment is scheduled, their first opportunity;

(b) in case of absence, or failure at the first opportunity, they shall be entitled to be assessed during the September assessment session, their second opportunity;

(c) if students, for any reason, do not obtain a pass grade at their first and second opportunities and they are eligible in terms of the regulations to refer the Incomplete study Unit/s to the next year of their Course or to an extension year of studies, they shall be entitled to a third opportunity to take the assessment, namely, at the End of semester assessment session when the assessment is next scheduled; and

(d) if students for any reason, do not obtain a pass grade at the End of semester assessment session at their third opportunity, they shall be entitled to a fourth, normally final, opportunity at the following September assessment session:

Provided that, in all cases, any entitlement to an assessment opportunity is always subject to the student being otherwise eligible in terms of the relevant University regulations.

(2) (a) When it is deemed not possible or practical to schedule a second assessment opportunity in the same academic year such a condition shall be declared in the published Study-Unit’s method of assessment and students shall have two opportunities to be assessed in such an assessment: the first when the assessment is first scheduled and, in case of absence or failure, a second, normally final opportunity, in the following academic year to which it is referred, if the student is otherwise eligible.

(b) If, by the End of the Semester Assessment Session, a student fails to obtain an overall pass mark in a Study-Unit that includes an assessment component that is not available at the September assessment session, the original mark obtained in such an assessment component is retained to count towards the Study-Unit overall mark that is computed after the September assessment session.

(3) If a student does not obtain a pass grade in the assessment of a Study-Unit at his Final Assessment Opportunity he shall be deemed to have definitively failed the Study-Unit.

(4) In the September assessment session of any academic year, students shall only be eligible to be assessed in Incomplete Study-Units, whether due to failure or absence, to which not more than a total of 20 credits are assigned.