Examination Regulations For LLB
| A. General Regulations |
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These regulations will apply to all
LLB students. |
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There will be a Board of Examiners (BOE) at the end of each semester. |
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There will be no "Supplementary Examinations" or "Special Examinations" except as provided below. |
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Unless
they have been granted leave of absence,
students admitted in and after AY 2007/2008
must do so within 5 years. |
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| B. Special Examinations and Application for Special Consideration |
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There
may be "Special Examinations" for students
who were not able to sit for an examination
due to a serious illness (such as one
requiring hospitalisation) or other
extenuating circumstances (such as a death
in the immediate family). Illnesses
treatable on an outpatient basis such as
fever, headache, stomach cramps, diarrhoea
and stress will not ordinarily be considered
as a serious illness. Excuses such as
oversleeping, misreading the examination
timetable and being caught in a traffic jam
will not ordinarily be treated as
extenuating circumstances. |
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In cases where the student is not able to sit for an examination due to a serious illness or other extenuating circumstances, the student shall submit a "Special Consideration Form"
to the Home Faculty. For more details,
please refer to this
link. |
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The
Dean, on the recommendation of the Board of
Examiners, will have the discretion to allow
a student to sit for a Special Examination.
The transcript will reflect the grade
received from the Special Examination and
the actual mark will be used in calculating
the Cumulative Weighted Numerical Average
mark for the academic year and Class of
Honours at the end of the Final Year. |
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| C. Failure of Compulsory
Courses |
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Students who fail more than 8 units of
compulsory letter graded* courses in an
academic year will be required to leave the
Faculty of Law. |
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Students who fail 8 units or less of
compulsory letter graded* courses in the
same academic year will be permitted to
continue onto the next semester, and to
repeat the failed course or courses in the
next semester in which that course is (or
those courses are) offered. In cases where
students are required to repeat a compulsory
Year 1 course in Year 2, they may, at the
discretion of the Dean, be permitted or
required to carry forward other Year 2
courses to Year 3. |
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For cohorts AY 2008/2009 and after:
If students repeat a compulsory letter
graded* course and pass it, the F grade of
the first attempt and the actual letter
grade received in the course in the
repeating year will be reflected on the
transcript. The actual mark obtained when
the student failed the course will be used
in calculating the Cumulative Weighted
Numerical Average mark for that academic
year. In addition, the actual mark obtained
when the student failed the course and the
actual mark received in the repeating year
will be used in calculating the Cumulative
Weighted Numerical Average mark in the
repeating year and the Class of Honours at
the end of the Final Year.
If students repeating a compulsory letter
graded* course fail it the second time, they
will be required to leave the Faculty of
Law.
*LC1015 Singapore Law in Context and
LC2009 Pro Bono Service are graded on a
‘CS/CU' basis and are not considered
compulsory letter graded courses. |
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| D. Failure of Elective
Courses |
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For cohorts AY 2008/2009 and after:
Students who fail elective courses will
be required to repeat that course or take
another course. The transcript will indicate
a fail in that course and the actual fail
mark will be used in calculating class rank
for that academic year. If the student
repeats the course or takes another course,
the F grade of the first attempt and the
grade received in repeating or taking
another course will be reflected on the
transcript, and both marks will be used in
calculating the Cumulative Weighted
Numerical Average mark for that academic
year and the Class of Honours at the end of
the final year. |
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| E. Failure of
Courses in "Final Semester" |
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Students who fail 8 units or less of
courses during their final semester of law
studies may, at the discretion of the Board
of Examiners, be given two options.
For cohorts AY 2008/2009 and after:
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Option 1:
A student may be allowed to take a
Supplementary Examination during the
June/July Vacation. If a student passes
the Supplementary Examination, the mark
that will be recorded for the
computation of Cumulative Weighted
Numerical Average mark and Class of
Honours will be a pass mark. The
transcript will indicate that the
student failed the course but passed the
Supplementary Examination. |
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Option 2: A student may elect to do
an additional semester and carry forward
the outstanding units to the
additional semester. The F grade will be
reflected on the transcript for that
semester and the fail marks will be used
in calculating the Cumulative Weighted
Numerical Average mark for that academic
year. When the student either repeats
the courses or takes new courses in the
additional semester, the original F
grade and the grade received in the
additional semester will be reflected on
the transcript, and the respective marks will
be used in the computation of Cumulative
Weighted Numerical Average mark and
Class of Honours. |
For cohorts AY 2018/2019 and after:
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Option 1:
A student may be allowed to take a
Supplementary Examination during the
June/July Vacation. The transcript will
indicate both the F grade of the course
taken at the Main Examination and the
grade received for the course taken at the
Supplementary Examination. The respective
marks for both the Main and Supplementary
Examination will be used in calculating
the Cumulative Weighted Numerical Average
mark for that academic year and the Class
of Honours at the end of the final year. |
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Option 2: A student may elect to do
an additional semester and carry forward
the outstanding units to the additional
semester. The F grade will be reflected on
the transcript for that semester and the
fail marks will be used in calculating the
Cumulative Weighted Numerical Average mark
for that academic year. When the student
either repeats the courses or takes new
courses in the additional semester, the
original F grade and the grade received in
the additional semester will be reflected
on the transcript, and the respective
marks will be used in the computation of
Cumulative Weighted Numerical Average mark
and Class of Honours. |
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The
"final semester of law studies" is the
semester in which the student would meet the
requirements for graduation if the student
passes all of the courses for which the
student is registered. |
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Last Updated: 28 August 2018
