Monash University Law Handbook 1995

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The undergraduate program


Unsatisfactory progress

At the end of every academic year the faculty reviews the progress of each student who has failed in one or more subjects and a determination is made as to whether that student should be awarded a supplementary or special examination, continue the course or be excluded from the faculty. A student who has failed the equivalent of three year-long law subjects or who fails a subject following a warning that a further failure might result in his or her being excluded from the faculty, may be referred to the Exclusion Committee. Adequate opportunity is afforded to each student, with the assistance of an approved undergraduate student if desired, to make submissions to the Exclusion Committee. In the event of exclusion, an appeal may be made to the Academic Board.

Students who have been excluded from from further study for unsatisfactory academic progress must make application for re-admission through VTAC and compete with all other applicants for admission.

The applicant must show evidence of academic rehabilitation since being excluded. The notion of rehabilitation is restricted to academic rehabilitation following the period of exclusion. For the purposes of that assessment, character references and work experience will not be used as the basis for any decision concerning readmission. To have undertaken a course of study, following their exclusion, in tertiary subjects (other than subjects offered by Monash University, Faculty of Law) for the equivalent of one full year of study and to have achieved a credit average or better in those subjects will normally be accepted as evidence of academic rehabilitation. Such study may include open learning units.

Copies of a booklet detailing exclusion procedures are available from the general office and from the student administration general office. The contents of this booklet called Monash University Faculty of Law: Information for students about special examinations, supplementary examinations and exclusion procedures are reproduced in full in this handbook in the chapter called `Faculty of Law regulations'.

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