Each student in the faculty must maintain satisfactory academic progress through his or her course. Failure to do so will result in the student being referred to an academic progress/exclusion committee to show cause why he or she should not be excluded from the course. The following paragraphs set out what constitutes unsatisfactory academic progress at each of the schools.
School of Engineering - Clayton
Single degree programs (BE, BCSE, BEnvEng; these rules also apply to the engineering years four and five of the BSc/BE)
A student's progress will be deemed to be unsatisfactory if the student satisfies one or more of the following criteria: (a) the student fails in half or more of the student's credit point enrolment in the current academic year; (b) the student fails a subject for the third time; (c) the student has failed to fulfil a condition imposed on the student's enrolment at a previous meeting of the academic progress/exclusion committee; (d) it is no longer possible for the student to complete the course within the time limit of eight years.
Double degree programs (BA/BE, BCom/BE, BE/LLB)
A student's progress will be deemed to be unsatisfactory if the student satisfies one or more of the following criteria: (a) the student fails in half or more of the student's credit point enrolment in engineering subjects in the current academic year; (b) the student fails an engineering subject for the third time; (c) the student has failed to fulfil a condition imposed on the student's enrolment at a previous meeting of the academic progress/exclusion committee; (d) it is no longer possible for the student to complete the course within the time limit of eight years (ten years in the case of the BE/LLB). (BSc/BE students in their first three years are candidates for a science degree and are subject to the progress rules of the Faculty of Science).
School of Engineering - Caulfield
A student's progress will be deemed to be unsatisfactory if the student satisfies one or more of the following criteria: (a) the student fails a subject for the second time; (b) the student fails in half or more of the student's preceding two semesters credit point enrolment; (c) the student has failed to fulfil a condition imposed on the student's enrolment at a previous meeting of the academic progress/exclusion committee.
School of Engineering - Gippsland
A student's progress will be deemed to be unsatisfactory if the student satisfies one or more of the following criteria: (a) the student fails a subject for the second time; (b) the student fails in half or more of the student's credit point enrolment in the current academic year; (c) the student has failed to fulfil a condition imposed on the student's enrolment at a previous meeting of the academic progress/exclusion committee.
The exclusion process
Liability for exclusion is assessed at the end of each academic year and exclusion hearings take place in December/January. Any student referred to an academic progress/exclusion committee is entitled to an opportunity to be heard, and in the event that the student is excluded provision exists for an appeal to the Exclusions Appeal Committee of the Academic Board. Information about academic progress or exclusion may be obtained from the faculty office or the school administration offices.
Warnings
Each school of engineering issues warnings to students whose progress in a particular semester is sufficiently poor to suggest that, unless significant improvement occurs, they will be at risk of being liable for exclusion when liability is next assessed. Students receiving such a warning letter are encouraged to take the warnings seriously and to follow any instructions given about discussing their progress with an academic adviser.