1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

laboratory results of someone else are used without
appropriate attribution;
laboratory results are altered with the intent to deceive.
3. Interpretation
Nothing in these regulations shall be interpreted as
contravening the Assessment and Regulations of the
Academic Board.
Results
Students enrolled in subjects spread over both semesters
should note that mid-year progress reports are displayed on
divisional and school noticeboards by the end of the first
week of second semester. These reports are not formally
published results but are an indication of students' progress
at mid-year.
Where a subject is completed in first semester, the
assessment result is published as soon as possible after the
end of semester.
Result categories and percentage
scores
The relationship between result categories and normalised
percentage score is:
Result category
Range of scores
HD 85% - 100%
It should be noted that the above table is used in
determining result categories for all students enrolled in a
subject.
Additional grades, for which percentage scores are not
applicable, may be awarded as a result of supplementary
examinations. These are:
SP Pass at supplementary assessment
SN Fail at supplementary assessment
SUP Supplementary assessment granted for this subject
. Guidelines for part-time study
With changes in the programs of study leading to degree
qualifications, some part-time students may be unsure of the
subjects they are required to pass in order to qualify for an
award.
The following guidelines which the Divisional Board has
established should be used to determine the subject
requirements for students undertaking programs (including
conversion programs) on a part-time basis:
In general, students who have not at some time
discontinued their program without permission will
follow the program of study in operation at the time of
their initial enrolment if this program is still available in
the Higher Education Sector of the University and as
specified in the appropriate section of the Handbook for
that year.
Despite the above, students who are undertaking a
program of study which has been unduly prolonged, or
who would benefit from transfer to a later program of
study, may be transferred by the Divisional Board on
the advice of the Head of the student's school.
Students who discontinue study without permission and
who later wish to renew their enrolment in the Higher
Education Sector of the University in that same
program will be treated as new students but will receive
such credit for the subjects previously passed as is
determined by the Divisional Board on the advice of the
Head of the student's school.
Where subjects have been discontinued since students'
initial enrolment, students will be required to undertake
the presently operating equivalent subjects. Information
regarding superseded subject equivalents is available
from the Head of the student's school.
As students will realise, there is often benefit in
transferring from the program of study in operation at
the time of enrolment to a later program of study. With
the permission of the Head of the student's school,
students may transfer from the program of study for
which they are enrolled to a later program of study but
should recognise that such a transfer may involve the
undertaking of some additional subjects.
Minimum hours for
part-time enrolment
The normal load for part-time students is about half that of
full-time students, and is typically between ten and twelve
hours of class contact per week.
To enable the Division to admit as many students as possible
within its quota limits, a minimum time commitment by
part-time students is necessary. This minimum commitment
has been set at seven hours per week, unless special
circumstances apply. Such special circumstances include
non-availability of suitable classes, quota limitations,
graduate studies, or cases where the proposed enrolment
arrangements lead into a standard full-time program. In
such special circumstances, the enrolment requires the
specific approval of the Head of the awarding school.
Part-time students who initially enrol for seven hours per
week or more, and who subsequently withdraw from certain
subjects, which reduces their enrolment to below seven
hours per week, may withdraw from the program.
Normally the maximum hours of class contact for aparttime
undergraduate student are fourteen hours per week,
although special permission may be granted by the School
Head to study up to sixteen hours per week, particularly if
the increase in hours will allow the student to study on a
full-time basis in the following year.
Enrolment
Although the Swinburne calendar is divided into two
teaching semesters, students need enrol only once for the
subjects they are undertaking in any one year. Where it is
necessary to change the list of subjects entered for at
enrolment a student must complete an Amendment to