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4. Admission to candidature
4.1 Admission requirements
A candidate for a degree of Master by publication
shall:
(a) have held for a minimum period of five years:
(i) a degree of the lnstitute or of any other
institution approved by the Committee for this
purpose; or
(ii) such other qualification or experience as
might be accepted as equivalent to (i) above.
(b) submit to the lnstitute a publication or publications.
4.2 Application
No application for admission to candidature may be
approved by the Committee except with the support of
the appropriate faculty board.
5. For the purpose of assessing an application, the lnstitute
shall require that any publication submitted in respect of
the application:
(a) has been the subject of critical independent examination;
(b) is available to the general public; and
(c) where it consists of several papers, relates to one
aspect of the same subject.
6. A report issued by an organisation shall not, without the
express consent of the organisation and the Institute, be
accepted as a publication for the purpose of this statute.
7. In the event of joint publication, the applicant shall provide
the lnstitute with a written statement indicating the extent
and nature of the applicant's personal contribution to the
project. The applicant's statement should be countersigned
by the joint author@) and supervisor (where applicable),
or a written statement should be provided by the
joint author(s) and supewisor (where applicable).
8. The publication submitted should represent work which is
considered by the appropriate faculty board to be the
equivalent of two years full-time study.
9. A candidate shall normally be required to present at least
one seminar to staff and students of the lnstitute on the
subject of publication.
10. A candidate may not submit for examination work
previously submitted for any previous academic qualification.
11. In the first instance three copies of the publication shall be
forwarded to the Registrar of the lnstitute who shall
request the Committee to assess whether the candidate
and the publication presented conforms to the guidelines
numbered above (2-10) and are worthy of examination for
the award of Masters degree by publication.
12. The publication submitted shall be in English; if the original
publication is in a language other than English, a translation
must be supplied.
13. If the publication is deemed worthy the Committee shall
instigate the examination of the submission. The publication
shall be examined by two examiners appointed in the
same manner as those for the degree of Master by
research. At least one of the examiners shall be external to
the Institute.
14. Each examiner shall be asked to given an opinion as to
whether the publication demonstrated:
(a) a thorough understanding of the relevant field of
study;
(b) a high level of competence;
(c) a discernable contribution in the field of study.
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15. Each examiner shall assess the publication submitted as
either:
(a) pass, or
(b) fail.
Publications which have been deemed to have failed may
not be re-submitted.
16. If the examiners disagree, the Committee may appoint a
third examiner and a majority view will determine the
result; the candidate may be required to undertake an oral
examination.
17. One copy of the publication, if passed by the Committee,
shall be lodged in the Swinburne Library, and one shall be
held by the department whose field of interest is closest to
that of the candidate's work, and one shall be returned to
the candidate.
18. This statute may be amended from time to time by Council
on the advice of the Academic Board acting on the
recommendation of the Committee.
Statute for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy
1. Definitions
In this statute:
Committee means the Higher Degrees Committee of the
Academic Board;
Councilmeans the Council of Swinburne Ltd;
lnstitute means Swinburne lnstitute of Technology;
Faculty Board means the sub-committee of the Institute's
Academic Board called the 'Faculty Board' (or any authorised
sub-committee thereof) which is responsible for
studies being undertaken in the area;
Head of Department means the person appointed Head of
Department or elected as Chairman of Department responsible
for studies in the particular discipline.
2. Grading of degree
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy shall be awarded in
one grade only.
3. Admission to candidature
3.1 Entry requirements
A person wishing to be admitted to candidature shall
have:
3.1.1 qualified for the award of the degree of Master
of the lnstitute (in a field relevant to the work
proposed) or for the award of such other degree
as the Committee may deem equivalent for this
purpose; and shall have demonstrated to the
Committee's satisfaction a capacity for research
and investigational work in the area of study
proposed; or
3.1.2 qualified for an award judged by the Committee
to be of relevant character and appropriate
standard; and have experience which fulfills the
requirements set out in 3.1 .I.
3.2 A candidate who is enrolled for the degree of Master
in the lnstitute may be permitted to transfer hislher
candidature to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
after the completion of not less than twelve months (or
its equivalent) of full-time research/coursework.