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Special entry
Special provision is made whereby applicants may be accepted
to the first year of the undergraduate courses with less than the
normal entry requirements.
The scheme is normally not available to students who have
within the last three years failed any of the formal entry
assessments. Selection is based on the applicant's technical
background, employment and, in borderline cases, an interview.
Applicants for special entry should include in their application,
details of their previous academic background (or reasons for
the lack of it), and a statement of their work experience. Offers
of places are made on the merits of particular cases.
Normally the number of special entry scheme admissions will
not exceed 10% of any new intake in any year.
Admission with advanced standing
Certain subjects passed at another institute, or at a university
may provide advanced standinq in the above courses. Each
application is considered indiidually by the heads of the
appropriate departments in consultation with the Applied Sci-
ence Faculty Board.
Diplomaldegree conversion courses
Holders of recent chemistry and biochemistry diplomas who
wish to study for degrees in applied sclence (applied chemistry
and biochemistry) may apply, preferably before 1 November,
for admission to the degree courses. Such applications are
considered indiv~dually by the Head of the Department of
Applied Chemistry in consultation with the Faculty Board.
Conversion course students are required to pass appropriate
subjects from the degree course and undertake a project.
Application for admission
Application should be made on the appropriate form, obtained
from and lodged as follows:
- Full-time first year of all undergraduate courses: Victorian
Universities Admissions Committee
- Part-time all years of all courses (including Graduate
Diplomas): Swinburne Institute of Technology
- Full-time later years of all undergraduate courses:
Swinburne lnstitute of Technology
- Special entry -- all courses: Swinburne lnstitute of
Technology
Laboratory material requirements
Students are expected to provide laboratory coats, safety
spectacles, practical notebooks, and minor equipment such as
spatulas.
Other laboratory equipment and a locker are provided for
student use on payment of a deposit of $25.00. Lockers are
allocated by the Chemistry Laboratory Manager to whom
application for a locker must be made at the time of enrolment.
Laboratory and practical work requirements
In all appropriate subjects a student must perform satisfactorily
in practical or laboratory work in order to gain a pass. Each
enrolling student must either complete adequately the labora-
tory work relevant to the current year, or obtain reapproval for
work previously completed at Swinburne or elsewhere.
Students seeking such reapproval should consult the lecturer in
charge of the subject.
Mentor scheme
Each undergraduate student, whether part-time or full-
time is allocated to a particular member of staff who is known as
the student's mentor. These mentors are responsible for
guidance on student difficulties, courses, exemptions and re-
enrolments.
Faculty of Applied Science
Re-enrolling students who require advice about their courses
should consult their mentors. If an old syllabus is being followed
(these are not included in this Handbook), changes may be
necessary either to complete the old syllabus or to effect the
change to a new syllabus. Students who are in doubt about
their courses should consult their mentors before attempting to
re-enrol.
Assessment of student performance
Student performance is assessed by various methods, e.g.
formal examinations, tests held during the semester, project
work, assignments and laboratory reports. A statement of the
workload requirements and the assessment program for each
course is given to all students early in each semester.
Assessment of student performance is carried out in accord-
ance with the Assessment Regulations set out in the Swinburne
lnstitute of Technology section of the Handbook. In addition, the
Faculty of Applied Science operates, under the following reg-
ulations, a scheme of passing by years.
1. General
1.1 Eligibility
The Applied Science Faculty Board operates a scheme
of passing by years. The scheme applies to students
enrolled for all subjects of a standard full-time, part-
time or cooperative undergraduate course of study
except that students repeating any subject and stu-
dents undertaking the final semester of a course are
not eligible.
All other students are required to pass on a subject-by-
subject basis.
1.2 Release of results
Although subject results are released on completion of
the subject, eligible first year full-time students and all
part-time students are assessed on the whole year's
work at the end of the second semester. All other
eligible students are assessed on one semester's work
at the end of that semester. Work experience and
similar subjects are not part of the scheme.
2. The Faculty Result
2.1 Categories
An eligible student enrols for a Faculty Result and is
assessed on the whole of the semester's (or year's)
work and this assessment is issued as a Faculty Result
in one of the following categories:
P Pass: where the student passes all subjects.
FP Faculty Pass: where the student fails one or more
subjects but is considered by the Board to merit an
overall pass (see clause 3).
N Not Pass: where the student is not permitted to
proceed to next stage of the course (see clauses 4
a 5).
The achievement of a Faculty Pass does not alter
results in individual subjects but removes the necessity
to repeat subjects not passed in the group considered.
3. The Faculty Pass formula
3.1 Assessment categories
Teaching departments must use the following assess-
ment categories in submitting provisional results to the
Board:
HD, D, C, PI, P2, N1, N2, N3