REGULATIONS |
1. The Regulations of the Faculty are supplementary to the General University Regulations set out elsewhere in the University Bulletin.
2. The Faculty Board will be the final authority within the Faculty on all matters pertaining to the interpretation and application of the Faculty's Regulations.
3. Please note that a student is allowed to register for a maximum of 40 credits during the academic year (excluding summer).
4. A full time student is expected to register for a minimum of 24 credits during an academic year (excluding summer).
Diploma graduates from the Guyana School of Agriculture and REPAHA are entitled to exemptions from a number of courses. All graduates of the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) who have graduated with a distinction or credit are entitled to exemption from CHM 111, PHY 120, AGR 111, AGR 121, AGR 212, AGR 213 and AGR 313 (a total of 27 credits). Those graduates with only a pass are entitled to exemptions from CHM 111, AGR 212, AGR 213 and AGR 313. However, if these graduates with only a pass have obtained more than 70% in Botany, Zoology and Physics at GSA, then they will be entitled to exemptions in AGR 111, AGR 121 and PHY 120, respectively. Graduates from REPAHA are entitled to exemptions in AGR 213, AGR 313, AGR 323 and ASC 321.
Students with GCE advanced level passes and passes at the CAPE are eligible for exemptions.
All students must apply to the Assistant Registrar, Admissions, for exemptions, and official copies of their transcripts must accompany these applications. Application for exemption is usually done at the time of entry (registration) into a programme in the Faculty.
Rules Governing Failure
Students must complete All First and Second year courses before proceeding to the Third year.
Students in the first year of their programme who fail more than 3 courses may be asked to repeat the failed courses only.
Students who fail a course(s) more than once will be registered to do only the failed course(s).
Students may not normally be allowed to spend more than two (2) years in any one year of the programme. Where, as a result of annual review, the Faculty deems a student’s performance unsuitable for the programme, the student may be asked to withdraw from the programme. Exceptions should be approved by Faculty Board.
Students who have been asked to withdraw from a programme or have been deemed withdrawn may be re-admitted to do those courses only during the following year if convincing evidence can be provided that they can now perform satisfactorily.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXAMINATIONS
Supplemental Examinations or other relevant forms of assessment will be permitted only for students in the Final Year of their programme, who have no more than two fail grades in the Final Year of their programme. Students who are unsuccessful at the supplemental examinations may be asked to repeat the failed courses in the following semester in which they are next offered.
Summer courses should not have Supplemental Examinations.
Students who are absent from more than 25% of classes including off-campus training exercises, and who have received warnings from the Office of the Dean about such absence may not be permitted to write the Final Examinations.
Students who for any reason are absent from one week or more of the classes must
seek in writing approval for their absences from the Assistant Dean of the
Faculty
Students who claim illness for missing classes for one week or more or who
fail to submit work at the prescribed time because of illness must present a
medical certificate to the Office of the Assistant Dean, within one week of
absence. The general University Regulations governing the submission of Medical
Certificate also apply.
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