In order for the student to receive a Bachelors Degree, the Faculty of Law mandates the student to complete 132 credit hours with a minimum cumulative average of (60%), bearing in mind that a student is not allowed to graduate in less of 3 years (except for transfer students or students who would like to bridge up from community colleges), and not more than 7 years for the daytime students and 10 years for the evening students, except for any postponed semesters which are not regarded as part of the maximum Faculty years.
The minimum number of credit hours offered to students is 12 credits hours per semester, whereas the maximum that a student can register for is not to exceed 18 credits per semester.
However, a student may exceed the 18 credit hours to reach a total of 21 credits with the approval of the Dean of the Faculty provided that the two following conditions have been met:
- The student has an either minimum semester average or cumulative average of 80%.
- The student’s graduation is dependent on the completion of these 21 credits.
Moreover, a student may register for less than 12 credit hours, which is normally the minimum, but not less than 9 credits. However, a student may continue the semester with less than the minimum number of credits as a result of withdrawing from a certain modules, but under very special justified circumstances, attached with the approval of the dean of the Faculty. As for the summer semester, the maximum credit hours for which a student can register is 9, and can reach a maximum of 12 credit hours where student’s graduation is dependent on these 3 extra hours. However, there is no minimum number of credits since this is an optional semester.
