1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

If a student elects not to sit for a Supplementary
Examination the SUP results will be changed to an
N after the Supplementary Examination.
Subjects offered by the other Divisions will be
bound by the rules of those teaching Divisions.
1.3 Standards of progress
All full-time and part-time students enrolled in
undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the
Division of Science, Engineering and Design are
expected to maintain a minimum academic standard to
be allowed to continue their studies. Unless otherwise
specified these standards of progress apply to both
undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Progress requirements
Full-time and part-time students are not permitted to
enrol for a later year subject unless they have completed
or are concurrently completing all outstanding subjects
of the prior year.
Standard enrolment load
All full-time students are expected to enrol in, and
remain enrolled in a full-time load in each semester.
All part-time students are expected to enrol in, and
remain enrolled in. a minimum of two subiects each
semester for the duration of the course.
Variations to the standard enrolment load will onlv be
permitted in, exceptional circumstances, and will
normally be varied for one semester only.
Unsatisfactory academic progress
Applied Science and Engineering
The academic progress of a student will be considered to
be unsatisfactory in any of the following circumstances:
Fifty per cent or more of the enrolled student
load is failed in a semester;
a repeated subject is failed.
Design
The academic progress of a student may be considered to
be . unsatisfactory if in an academic year they fail any
.
subject.
Higher degree students
Students enrolled in a Master by Research or Doctor of
Philosophy are governed by progress rules detailed in
the University Statutes.
Procedures
The procedure for considering students whose academic
progress is unsatisfactory in the Division of Science,
Engineering and Design is as follows:
Letter of appeal
Students who have not achieved the required standard of
progress will receive a letter advising them that unless
they can account for their unsatisfactory performance
they will no longer be permitted to study in the
Division for a period of two years. Such students are
entitled to make application in writing to the Progress
Review Committee, within five working days from the
date of the letter. They will not be permitted to re-enrol
until the outcome of their application is known.
Students who do not submit a letter of application by
the due date will be automatically excluded for a period
of two years.
No student will be excluded from the Division of
Science, Engineering and Design without first having
been granted an interview with the relevant Progress
Review Committee
Process of appeal
Upon receipt of a written application from a student,
the Chair and Secretary of the relevant Progress Review
Committee, on behalf of the Committee, will review the
contents of the letter and decide whether it will be
necessary to interview the student.
Additional information from appropriate academic staff
about the student's academic work may be sought by
the Progress Review Committee before a decision is
made.
Students will be advised in writing " whether their
application has been accepted without interview, or
whether an interview with the relevant Progress Review
Committee is required.
Powers
After considering any application, the Progress Review
Committee will take one of these courses of action:
accept the student's application and allow the
student to re-enrol without conditions;
accept the student's application but place conditions
upon the student's enrolment in the following
semester:
require the student to take leave of absence for a
specified period: or
exclude the student from the Division of Science,
Engineering and Design for a period of two
academic years.
Enrolment conditions
The academic record of students who have had
conditions imposed will be reviewed by the relevant
Progress Review Committee at the end of the following
semester and a decision made to either:
permit the student to continue studying without
further conditiods; or
impose further condition/s on the student for an
additional semester; or
require the student to present to the Committee the
reasons why the student should not be excluded
from the course for a period of two academic years.
If these reasons are not accepted, then the student
will be excluded for a period of two academic years.
Appeals against decisions of Progress Review Committees
The regulations for such appeals are contained in the
University Student Assessment and Appeals Regulations
(Refer to the chapter Procedures and Regulations in the
Handbook).
Period of exclusion
Students who are excluded from any course in the
Division of Science, Engineering and Design will not be
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