School of Engineering prospectus 2012 - Walter Sisulu University

Department and approval thereof by Senate.
• Any provisional approval by school/faculty is subject to final approval by Senate [also see
WSU’s General Rules & Regulations].
Where the applicant cannot meet the criteria as is stipulated in this section, the applicant will
be advised that the qualification cannot be awarded by WSU and that he/she should apply to
graduate at the other Institution.
Applications from students wishing to enrol for individual courses, which will not lead to the
award of a qualification (i.e. enrol for non degree/diploma purposes) will only be considered after
students wishing to study towards full degree/diploma qualifications have been accommodated,
as enrolment is subject to space being available.
Students coming from other higher education institutions are to be advised at admission, by
the Head of Department that admission to the programme remains provisional and that at
registration they are required to immediately apply for recognition of any credits which they
wish to be considered. Approval of such applications is subject to the application for recognition
of credits being approved by Senate. Where a student wishes to apply to graduate the fully
completed applications for recognition of credits, if it forms part of the grad application must
be received by the HoD before 15th January (for May graduation event) and before 30 April
(for September graduation event). Failure to comply with these requirements will result in non
processing of applications and/or automatic de-registration of students.
11.6.1.7.5 Progression Rules
11.6.1.7.5.1 Re-Admission of Existing Students
Refer to the Institutional rules on re-admission of students. In addition to the WSU Rules
and Regulations the Department of Electrical Engineering applies the following criteria for readmission,
where a student has failed courses:
• Lower level courses must be enrolled and completed before enrolment for higher level
courses can take place.
• A student will only be allowed to enrol for courses at the immediate level following the level
of the failed course(s) (i.e. no level jumping).
• Timetable clashes will NOT be permitted.
• Where appropriate and at the discretion of the Head of Department the number of courses
and higher level courses that a student may enrol for may be limited when poor academic
progress is evident.
A student that progresses at a slower rate than that set out below, will be refused further
registration on the grounds of “poor academic performance”
a)
At the end of study period (semester) 1 2 3 4
Minimum number of courses that must have been completed 4 6 9 12
b) If a student fails the same course twice, the student is not allowed to re-register for the
course in the full-time offering classes. For details see relevant section as described in WSU’s
General Rules & Regulations.
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