1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook
1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook
1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook
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General Student Information<br />
Applications<br />
Applications, including special entry, later year entry and<br />
part-time, must be made through the Victorian Tertiary<br />
Admissions Centre (VTAC). Students studying at<br />
<strong>Swinburne</strong> TAFE may apply directly by obtaining an<br />
application form from the Admissions and Examinations<br />
section of <strong>Swinburne</strong> University of Technology. Students<br />
enrolled in programs taught within the Division of<br />
Business, Humanities and Social Science may make<br />
application to transfer to other programs within the<br />
Division by completing an Application for Internal Course<br />
Transfw available from the Divisional office, Level 9 of the<br />
Business and Arts building.<br />
For further information about application procedure or<br />
entrance requirements please consult the introductory<br />
chapter: Undergraduate courses: General Information.<br />
Standards of progress<br />
All full-time and-part time students enrolled in<br />
undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Division are<br />
expected to maintain a minimum academic standard to be<br />
allowed to continue their studies. Unless otherwise<br />
specified, these standards of progress apply to<br />
undergraduate and postgraduate students.<br />
Completion of first year of undergraduate<br />
p rog ra m<br />
Bachelor of Arts<br />
Full-time students are not normally permitted to enrol for<br />
second or third year subjects unless they have completed or<br />
are concurrently completing all outstanding core subjects.<br />
Where a student is enrolled for both first and second year<br />
subjects and wishes to withdraw from a subject, enrolment<br />
in first year subjects must be maintained. Part-time students<br />
may be permitted to complete a major sequence of study<br />
prior to first year electives providing permission is granted<br />
from the enrolment officer at the time of enrolment.<br />
Bachelor of Business<br />
Full-time and part-time students: requirements as for full-time<br />
students in the Bachelor of Arts.<br />
Standard Enrolment Load<br />
Bachelor of Arts<br />
All full-time stage one students are expected to enrol in,<br />
and remain enrolled in, four subjects per semester.<br />
All full-time stage two and three students are expected to<br />
enrol in, and remain enrolled in, three subjects per<br />
semester.<br />
All part-time students are expected to enrol in, and remain<br />
enrolled in, two subjects each semester for the duration of<br />
the course.<br />
Bachelor of Business<br />
Full-time students are expected to enrol in, and remain<br />
enrolled in, four subjects per semester.<br />
Part-time students are expected to enrol in, and remain<br />
enrolled in, two subjects per semester.<br />
Variations to the standard enrolment load will only be<br />
permitted in exceptional circumstances, and will normally<br />
be varied for one semester only.<br />
Overload<br />
Students will be permitted to enrol in one additional<br />
subject over the normal semester load if they have passed<br />
all enrolled subjects in the previous semester and it is the<br />
student's last semester of study. In exceptional<br />
circumstances approval . may<br />
,<br />
be given ., if a student has<br />
outstanding results. Applications must be made in writing<br />
to the relevant course administrator before the scheduled<br />
re-enrolment period.<br />
In the case of more than one additional subject,<br />
applications, in writing, must be made to the Pro Vice-<br />
Chancellor at the time of pre-enrolment.<br />
To undertake less than the noml load: Applications<br />
should be made to the relevant Course Administrator<br />
before the scheduled re-enrolment period, clearly stating<br />
reasons for the request.<br />
Change of enrolment status<br />
Students wishing to change their enrolment status from<br />
full-time to part-time may do so at the end of any semester,<br />
and students should contact the relevant Course<br />
Administrator to amend enrolment. Change of status from<br />
part-time to full-time will be permitted at the end of each<br />
year at the time of re-enrolment into the following year.<br />
Part-time students wishing to study full-time in Semester 2<br />
of any year must apply in writing to the relevant course<br />
administrator before the beginning of Semester 2 and will<br />
only be permitted in exceptional circumstances.<br />
Time limit for completion of degree<br />
Full-time students must complete their degree program<br />
within six years of their first enrolment in the course<br />
(excluding any periods of leave of absence). Part-time<br />
students must complete their degree program within nine<br />
years of their first enrolment in the course (excluding any<br />
periods of leave of absence).<br />
Student-at-risk program<br />
Students who do not pass at least fifty per cent of their<br />
enrolled load in any semester will be identified as being 'at<br />
risk' and will be advised of their status by letter within one<br />
week of the publication of results each semester. Students<br />
will be given the opportunity to discuss the situation with<br />
a member of the Student Progress Review Committee.<br />
Attendance at these sessions is highly recommended, but<br />
not compulsory.<br />
The grades N, NA, NWD and PX will count as fail grades<br />
for the purpose of this section.<br />
Unsatisfactory academic progress<br />
The academic progress of a student will be considered to be<br />
unsatisfactory if:<br />
in the two most recent semesters in which the student<br />
was enrolled (excluding summer school), the student<br />
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