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PREAMBLE

Notwithstanding anything contrary to the provisions of The University of Faisalabad Ordinance, 2002, the University shall offer Undergraduate, Graduate and Post graduate degree programs approved by the Authority. These rules shall be applicable to all Undergraduate, Graduate and Post Graduate level programs offered by the University.

SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT

The regulations described hereunder shall be called The University of Faisalabad Semester Regulations 2010 and shall come into force for all the enrolled students of the University at once.

DEFINITIONS

In these rules and regulations unless the subject or context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:

a. "School”

means a teaching and research School maintained and administered by the University;

b. “Academic Year”
means a period of 365 days. Academic year shall have normally two semesters namely; Fall and Spring;

c. “Semester”
means duration of eighteen to nineteen weeks of teaching inclusive of examinations;

d. “Authority”
means any of the Authorities of the University specified in the University of Faisalabad Ordinance;

e. “Credit Hour”
means one hour student-teacher classroom contact in theory, or two to three hours of lab work per week in a semester;

f. “Dean”
means the Dean of the Faculty;

g. “Non-credit Course”
means a course that shall be mandatory to pass but shall not be counted in calculating GPA/CGPA and shall not have any effect on the academic position of a student;

h. “Deficiency Course”
means a course in which a student has been adjudged deficient by the concerned Head of School at the time of admission/migration. All deficiency courses shall be of non credit nature.

i. “Pre-requisite Course”
means a course required to be taken prior to the actual teaching of the actual course;

j. “Summer Semester”
means a semester of nine weeks duration. The courses/credits hours requirement shall be half of the normal semester in order to double the contact hours

SCHEME OF STUDIES FOR BACHELOR / MASTER / M Phil/ PhD DEGREE PROGRAMS

Degree Program	Duration (Semesters)	Minimum Credit Hours Requirement
Minimum	Maximum
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)	8	12	132
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE)	8	12	137
Bachelor of Engineering in Textile (BET)	8	12	137
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (BChE)	8	12	137
Bachelor of Apparel Technology (BAT)	8	12	140
BS Food Science	8	12	130
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D)	10	15	193
Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT)	10	15	173
Transitional Doctor of Physiotherapy (tDPT)	4	6	70
Master of Arts (Arabic / Islamic Studies)	4	6	78/60
Master of Business Administration (For BA/B Com)	6	9	96
Master of Business Administration for Executives (For BA/B Com)	4	6	66
Master of Business Administration (For BBA 4 Years Degree)	3	5	36
MS HRM, Marketing, Finance and Management	4	6	36
MS Textile Management (MS Textile Mgt)	4	6	36
MS Pharmacology, Physiology (MS)	4	6	36
MS Telecommunication (MS Telecom	4	6	36
Master of Philosophy (Arabic/ Islamic Studies)	4	6	36
Doctor of Philosophy (Arabic/ Islamic Studies)	6	9	24(18 course work & 6 Thesis)

c. The students shall pursue the notified scheme of studies. d. No student shall take any course unless he/she has qualified the prerequisites for it as defined in the curriculum. e. Re-organization/swap up to two courses is permissible during the academic year; but shall be exercised by the Head of School in consultation with the Dean of the Faculty.

ORGANIZATION OF TEACHING

Teaching in each School shall be organized through courses specified by lectures, tutorials, seminars, demonstrations and practical work in laboratories, field work, project, internship, or any other method of instruction approved by the University.

Teaching in each School shall be conducted by the teachers or such other persons as may be declared to be a teacher by the University.

The teacher shall provide detailed course outlines to the students within one week of the beginning of the semester and shall send a copy of the course outlines and work plan to the Head of School and Registrar Office.

Each teacher shall maintain his/her Course File comprising the following:

d.1: Course contents to be taught during each semester

d.2: Mid and Final semester Examinations Schedule

d.3: Grading Policy

d.4: Record of sessional, midterm and final term examinations

d.5: Weekly Teaching Schedule

d.6: Students Attendance Record

English shall be the medium of instructions and examinations in each discipline except where otherwise specified e.g., Arabic for MA Arabic, Urdu for Pakistan Studies and Islamic Studies etc.

CREDIT HOURS FOR BACHELOR/MASTER/ M Phil/ Ph D DEGREE PROGRAM

a.	Each course shall be assigned credit hours.
b.	A credit hour means teaching a theory course for 50 – 60 minutes each week throughout the semester.
c.	One credit hour in laboratory or practical work/project shall require lab contact of two to three hours per week throughout the semester as per the requirement of a program.
d.	The credit hours are denoted by two digits within brackets with a hyphen in between. The first digit represents the theory part while the second digit (right side) represents the practical part. e.g. 3(3-0) means three credit hours of theory, while 4(3-1) means a total of four credit hours of which three are of theory and one credit hour is for laboratory. The weekly contact hours of a 3(3-0) course will be three, the contact hours of a 4(3-1) course shall be five/six. The contact hours during each week of the Summer Session shall be doubled so as to meet the contact hour requirement of the course.

COURSE LOAD FOR FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS

a.	Undergraduate/MBA/MAI/MAA students
	A regular student is required to take courses as notified by the respective school in a semester. However, a student can take a maximum of 18 credit hours with the permission of Dean/Head to meet the minimum requirement for the award of degree. If the curriculum is developed by accreditation council and is adopted by the concerned school, then the condition specified by the council shall be applicable. Students with failed courses may be allowed to enroll the courses to make up their grades with the permission of Head/Dean (Candidates coming after 14 years of education shall also be dealt under the same rule).

b.	MS / M Phil Students
	A regular student is required to take courses as notified by the respective school in a semester, but, however, a student can take a maximum of 15 credit hours with the permission of the Head of concerned School. When there is contradiction in the condition of Accreditation Council, the conditions specified by the council shall be applicable.

c.	Requirement for Maximum Course Load in a Regular Semester
	The Head of the School may allow maximum course load to any student, graduate or undergraduate when the student is graduating in that very semester.

d.	Schools are required to keep in view HEC guidelines.

ENROLLMENT IN EACH SEMESTER WITHIN SPECIFIED TIME

a.	Student shall have to comply with the schedule as notified for enrolment from time to time. An application for enrollment on the prescribed form accompanied by the prescribed fees receipts shall be presented on the day(s) notified for enrollment.
b.	Failing to enroll timely shall lead to the cancellation of semester registration. However s/he is eligible to register when the same semester is offered next time subject to meeting the criteria of maximum duration of the program.
c.	A student must enroll himself/herself for each semester till the degree program is completed.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

A student having less than 75% attendance in lectures and practicals (where applicable) separately shall not be allowed to take the final semester examination of the course. However, this condition can be relaxed to the extent of 5% by the Head of the School for valid reasons. The Dean of the Faculty on the recommendations of the Head of School may on special grounds, condone up to another five percent of the total number of lectures. Rector of the University can condone up to another five percent in special cases.

For a student participating and representing the University in sports/co-curricular activities of interuniversity/national/international level events, as verified by the Director of sports/co-curricular, the days actually spent by the student in such events shall be counted as present towards the attendance requirement.

WITHDRAWAL/ CHANGE OF COURSE(S)

a.     A student may withdraw a maximum of two courses offered in a semester.
b.     A student, with the consent of the concerned Head/Dean, may be allowed to
          b.1   change a course within one week of the commencement of a semester, and
          b.2 drop a course within 2 weeks of the commencement of semester, wherever permissible under the scheme of studies.

c. A student who has taken a final semester examination shall not be permitted to withdraw any course.

REPEATING COURSES

a.	Whenever a student fails (‘F’ grade), s/he has to repeat the course, whenever offered by the respective School.
b.	In case a student repeats the course which has already been taken, the old grade will be substituted with the new grade but with word ‘R’ to reflect the repeat. In case a student takes a new course in lieu of the failed course, both the grades shall be reflected on his/her transcript. However, SGPA/CGPA will be calculated using the later grade.
c.	An undergraduate student may be allowed to repeat ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade up to maximum number of 6 courses or as may be prescribed by the University from time to time.
d.	Student at graduate level may repeat courses with grade ‘C’ or less than ‘C’ up to three courses or as may be prescribed by the University from time to time.

REPEATING SEMESTER

Student failing in a semester shall have to repeat that semester as and when offered by the University. Such student shall not be eligible to enroll in next semester without qualifying the failed/dropped semester.

CANCELLATION OF ADMISSION / RE-ADMISSION

a.    If a student fails to attend any lecture during the first four weeks after the commencement of the semester as per the announced schedule, his/her admission shall stand cancelled without any notification. There shall be no readmission during that semester. However, s/he shall be eligible for re-admission next year when the classes of that semester are started by the University.

b.    If a student makes him/herself absent from the school for ten consecutive working days, his/her name shall be struck off from the rolls of the school. Such student shall not be readmitted without approval of Head/Dean concerned.

c.    For re-admission the student shall have to pay the prescribed re-admission fee as notified by the University from time to time.

d. A student may be allowed re-admission twice during the entire degree program.

SEMESTER FREEZE

a.      First semester cannot be freezed and a student has to qualify first semester to enroll him/her self in second semester.

b.      If a student freezes a second or subsequent semester (s), s/he will retake admission in the same semester whenever offered by the University subject to the condition of maximum time limit as prescribed in para 4.

c.      A student may discontinue his/her studies by seeking semester freeze during the semester before the final semester examination on medical grounds or circumstances beyond his/her control with written permission of Head of School. His/her semester fee shall not be transferred / refunded.

d.      A student may discontinue his/her studies by seeking semester freeze prior to enrollment in the second/subsequent semester on medical grounds or circumstances beyond his/her control with written permission of the Head of the School concerned subject to fulfillment of condition that the student has passed the final examination of the previous semester with minimum prescribed GPA/CGPA required for academic standard of the University to remain on roll. The student shall have to pay 10% of the tuition fee per semester for the freezed semesters.

e.      If semester fee is deposited earlier for the freezed semester, the remaining fee after deduction shall be transferred to the next semester as may be prescribed by the University regulation.

f.      A student who sought discontinuation of a semester shall have to get approval from the Head of the School to rejoin the program before the commencement of the semester to be rejoined.

g.      The Head of the School will notify in both the cases; the semester freeze and rejoining the program under intimation to the Registrar/Controller of Examinations and Accounts Offices.

h.      During the freezed semester, bonafide status of the student shall remain suspended.

TESTS, EXAMINATIONS AND EVALUATION

a.      In each semester, students may be required to appear in quizzes, mid semester examinations, final semester examinations, give presentations, participate in group discussions, and submit projects/assignments/lab reports.

b.      The teacher will be responsible for students evaluation and grading as per the following weight-age:
    i.      Sessional Marks                                             20%
    ii.     Mid Semester Examination                         30%
    iii.     Final Semester Examination                      50%

c.      Sessional marks may comprise of test(s) / quiz(s) / assignment(s) / presentation(s) / class participation. The course teacher will decide the marks distribution according to the nature of the course.

d.      Mid Semester Examination will be conducted after eight weeks of teaching during a semester from the syllabus prescribed for the mid examination.

e.      Final Semester Examination covering the full syllabus with at least 20% of the course of mid examination as well, shall be held at the end of each semester.
    i.      Note: In Anatomy course the distribution will be 25% for stages, 25% for sub stages and 50% for final examination

f.      Evaluation of Practicals: Practical shall be assessed by the concerned teacher/internal examiners, except where there is a specific requirement from Accreditation Council. In that case the recommendation by the respective council shall take precedence. Furthermore this assessment shall be based on evaluation in two parts
     i.      Continuous assessment based on each practical- (conduct of   = 50% practical by steps, notes, notebook)
     ii.     Final Practical /Viva Voce                                                                        = 50%

g.      Project/thesis shall always be assessed by a panel of examiners including one external and at least one internal examiner appointed by Rector on the recommendations of Board of Studies.

h.      Project shall be completed within the specified period as notified by the Head of School. In case of extension, the student shall have to enroll in the next semester and pay the semester fee.

i.     The pass marks in each course shall be 50%.

j.     Pass Criterion in a Course having Practical Part: The candidates who fail in theory or practical will be treated as Fail in that subject. Such candidates must enroll the failed subject (both theory and Practical) and appear in each part as and when the course is offered. A candidate must obtain at least 50% marks separately in theory as well as practical parts each to qualify that course.

k.       Sessional marks awarded on the basis of assignment, test, quiz, etc shall be displayed/ shown to the students 14 days before the final examination.

l.    In case a student did not appear in the mid and final examinations due to discontinuation of the semester, his/her SGPA/CGPA should not be calculated.

REPEATING COURSES

The marks obtained by a candidate in each course are converted out of 100. These marks are changed into grade points and letter grades according tothe following criterion.


Marks (percentage)	Grade Point	Letter Grade
Below 50	0.00	F
50 - 54	1.00	D
55 - 57	1.70	C
58 - 59	2.00	C
60 - 64	2.30	C+
65 - 69	2.70	B
70 - 74	3.00	B
75 - 79	3.30	B+
80 - 84	3.70	A
85 - 100	4.00	A

Semester (GPA) =	Sum (Credit Hours x Grade Points of Credit Hours) / Sum of credit hours of enrolled courses
(CGPA) is the overall GPA of current as well asprevious semesters.
Semester (CGPA)=	Sum(Credit Hours x GPA for each semester) / Sum of Credit Hours for all completed semesters