General Operating Guideline on A) Maximum Academic Load and B) 8 Courses Rules in Examination Regulations

be

Foundation programmes
A) Maximum Academic Load can be registered
in a semester:

Generally, academic load is subject to the prevailing of each

programme structure of the Faculty. The registration of
courses is subject to the Maximum Academic Workload
Allowed as stated in the UC Examination Rules and
Regulations of Bachelor Degree Programmes as well as the
Academic Workload Inclusion and Exclusion Rules as below:

Generally, maximum academic workload allowed

is 23, subject to the UC Examination Rules and
Regulations of Diploma Programmes and
Inclusion/ Exclusion Rules as below:

Generally, maximum academic workload allowed is

20, subject to the UC Examination Rules and
Regulations of Foundation Programmes and
Inclusion/ Exclusion Rules as below:

i) Academic workload inclusion rule:

Main and Repeat (which include 100% coursework
courses), Co-curricular and Mata Pelajaran Pengajian
Umum courses (which include Bahasa Kebangsaan A).

i) Academic workload inclusion rule:

Main and Repeat (which include 100%
coursework courses), Co-curricular and Mata
Pelajaran Pengajian Umum courses (which
include Bahasa Kebangsaan A).

i) Academic workload inclusion rule:

Main and Repeat (which include 100%
coursework courses).

A)

Bachelor programmes
Maximum Academic Load can be registered in a
semester:

ii) Academic workload exclusion rule:

Resit and Replacement (I indicator) courses.
Extracts from Examination Rules and Regulations is as
below:
A. Good status (SG)
i) For 14 lecture-week semester (Long semester)
a candidate can only register a maximum of 23
credit hours.
ii) For 7 lecture-week semester (Short semester)
a candidate can only register a maximum of 10
credit hours.
B.

Probation status (SP), Warning status (SW) & Final

Warning status (SF)
i) Probation status (SP) and Warning status (SW)
a) For 14 lecture-week semester (Ls)
a candidate can register:
(i) a maximum of 23 credit hours
(ii) may register for a minimum of 3 courses

Diploma programmes
A) Maximum Academic Load
registered in a semester:

can

ii) Academic workload exclusion rule:

Resit and Replacement (I indicator) courses.

ii) Academic workload exclusion rule:

Resit and Replacement (I Indicator) courses.

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Bachelor programmes
b) For 7 lecture-week semester (Ss)
a candidate can register:
(i) a maximum of 10 credit hours
(ii) a minimum of 2 courses

Diploma programmes

Foundation programmes

ii) Final Warning status (SF)

a) For 14 lecture-week semester (Ls)
a candidate can only register a maximum of
3 courses.
b) For 7 lecture-week semester (Ss)
a candidate can only register a maximum of
2 courses.
Note:
Industrial Training (IT) course
A candidate on Warning/ Final Warning status
shall not be allowed to register for IT course.
B) Maximum of Eight (8) courses Rules for
assessment
Generally, students are allowed to register up to a
maximum of 8 courses in any one semester, subject to the
following

B) Maximum of Eight (8) courses Rules for

assessment
Generally, students are allowed to register up to
a maximum of 8 courses in any one semester,
subject to the following

Maximum of Eight (8) courses Rules for

assessment
Generally, students are allowed to register up to a
maximum of 8 courses in any one semester, subject
to the following

i) Inclusion rule:
Main and Repeat (which include 100% coursework
courses), Resit, Co-curricular and Mata Pelajaran
Pengajian Umum courses (except Bahasa Kebangsaan A).

i) Inclusion rule:
Main and Repeat (which include 100%
coursework courses), Resit, Co-curricular and
Mata Pelajaran Pengajian Umum courses
(except Bahasa Kebangsaan A).

i) Inclusion rule:
Main and Repeat (which include 100%
coursework courses) and Resit courses.

ii) Exclusion rule:

Replacement (I indicator) and Bahasa Kebangsaan A
courses.

ii) Exclusion rule:

Replacement (I indicator) and Bahasa
Kebangsaan A courses.

B)

ii) Exclusion rule:

Replacement (I indicator) courses.
(Note : Foundation candidates are not required to
do Mata Pelajaran Pengajian Umum/Bahasa
Kebangsaan A/Co-curricular courses.)

Note:
The above rules for Bachelor and Diploma programmes would take effect from May 2015 academic year onwards (201505 session).
The above rules for Foundation programme would take effect from April 2015 academic year onwards (201504 session).