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Copyright © Monash University 1998 - All Rights Reserved - Caution
Each
student offered a place in the Faculty of Arts has an interview during
enrolment with an adviser, who approves the student's subject selections for
the first year and a provisional outline of the remainder of the course. The
function of the enrolment adviser is not to select a student's course but to
give any help and advice needed and to ensure that the choice the student makes
is based on rational grounds. Students are expected to understand the
regulations. For later-year students, approval for each subject is normally
granted by the relevant department or centre. Students may also consult with a
course adviser during this period. Any change in the selection of subjects must
be lodged with the Arts faculty office on any campus.
Throughout their university course, students are expected, on any matters of
difficulty in their studies, to seek the advice of the tutors and lecturers
whose classes they attend, and, if necessary, of the head of the department
concerned. In addition, the course advisers, whose main function is to assist
the dean in advising students, may be consulted by students on the selection of
their subjects, on changes of course, or on matters relevant to their academic
progress in their university courses. Sometimes the advisers may wish to refer
a student to one or other of the student services such as health, housing or
counselling. Experience suggests that many students get into unnecessary
difficulties through failing to make use of advice which is available to
them.
Once a student has embarked on a second-year level subject and becomes a
later-year student, the general supervision of his or her work becomes the
responsibility of the department, or one of the departments, in which a major
sequence is being taken or in which the student is enrolled for an honours
degree.
Students are advised that, while the faculty will endeavour to give every possible assistance and advice concerning subject choice, the onus is on students to ensure that subjects selected meet degree regulations and requirements. It is therefore recommended that students purchase and retain copy of this handbook and consult it when seeking information about course and subject-related matters.
Students should note that subjects advertised in the faculty handbook as
being available, other than those which form part of the compulsory or core
component of any course, may be cancelled no later than one week prior to the
commencement of teaching of that subject.
If a subject is cancelled all students enrolled in it will be advised in
writing by the relevant department of the cancellation. The cancellation will
also be advertised on the faculty and departmental noticeboards.
Students enter the Faculty of Arts as students on a particular campus. The BA course is offered on the Clayton, Caulfield and Gippsland campuses. Once they complete the first year of the BA on the Clayton or Caulfield campus, students may, if they wish, seek to transfer to any other campus to complete the course. Students on the Peninsula or Gippsland campus are required to complete sixty-eight points of arts subjects (closer to two years) on that campus before transferring to another campus. Transfer may be effected earlier with the permission of the faculty. During first year a student may take a subject each semester on another campus. Students on the Peninsula campus may take a subject each semester on a different campus in second year also. An application form for a campus transfer is obtainable from the Arts office on any campus.
Students seeking to transfer from one degree course to another or from a double degree to a BA degree, should obtain a course transfer application form obtainable from the Arts office on any campus.
Regulation
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Suitably qualified people may be permitted to enrol for a subject or subjects
on a non-credit basis. These courses are normally available to
(i) graduates who need to upgrade their previous studies in order to
satisfy the requirements for admission to honours or MA qualifying or faculty
certificate; (ii) other applicants wishing to undertake studies in
individual subjects.
A fee is charged by the university for all courses that are not being credited
towards a degree or diploma. In 1999 the fee for forty-eight points of study
will be $9050 with those students taking fewer than forty-eight points being
charged on a pro rata basis (eg a six-point subject will cost $1131). This fee
must be paid to the university at the time of enrolment and cannot be deferred.
Single subject (non-credit) enrolments are available up to a maximum of twelve
points in any one semester. Students should also note that enrolment in any
subject in which a quota applies (and in which a candidate for the degree has
been or would therefore be refused enrolment) can only be undertaken with the
permission of the faculty board in exceptional cases.
A
student enrolled for a course in the Faculty of Arts (undergraduate or
postgraduate) may apply to take a subject, which is not available at Monash, at
another university. Some special conditions apply. For example undergraduate
students who gain permission to enrol for a subject on this complementary
course basis are required to complete among their subjects specific sequences
at Monash, such as the third part of a major sequence in one discipline.
Applicants should note that quotas may apply to the number of places available
in certain subjects at universities. Applications normally close by end-June
(students enrolling in second-semester studies) or mid-February (for students
enrolling in first-semester studies). Application forms are available from the
Arts faculty office on all campuses.
A candidate must accumulate a minimum of
Students may also apply for credit on the basis of studies
completed previously at an Australian or overseas tertiary institution.
Students generally apply for credit at the commencement of their degree, as the
amount of credit that is granted will generally influence the student's course
plan.
Students should note that:
Students planning to apply for
credit at the commencement of their degree should bring a results transcript
and any other relevant information (ie course handbooks) with them on enrolment
day.
A copy of the faculty's credit policy is available from the Arts faculty office
on any campus..
A
student enrolled in a course at another university may apply to study a subject
at Monash University. Students must obtain written permission from their home
institution to credit the Monash subjects towards their degree or diploma.
Applications normally close mid-July for second-semester studies and
mid-January for first-semester studies.
Deferrals are granted to new students who have been offered a place in the Faculty of Arts but who choose not to take up the offer for a year with the exception of those students intending to study elsewhere in Australia. Deferrals are granted for one year only. This means that a student who has deferred his or her place and does not take up that place at the start of the following year will lose the place, and will need to re-apply through VTAC. Any approved study completed in Australia in the year of deferral cannot be used to gain credit unless specified in the conditions of the deferment.
Undergraduate
students who wish to take time off during their degree must apply for a leave
of absence. The following policy was approved at meeting 4/98 of the Arts
faculty board.
A leave of absence is granted to a student who is already studying in the
Faculty of Arts. The conditions governing a leave of absence are:
1 That students be permitted normally one year leave of absence at a
time; consecutive periods are allowable.
2 That the maximum period of approved leave of absence not exceed three
years in total.
3 That in granting a leave of absence, students must be able to complete
their degree within the normal maximum completion time (eight years) but may
lodge a request for an extension of time to complete the degree with faculty
board.
4 That the approved period of leave will be counted in the completion
time for the degree.
5 That students who are not granted approved leave of absence due to
exceeding the maximum completion time for the degree or who do not seek a leave
of absence from their degree at Monash, must reapply through the normal
admission process (VTAC) for entry to that course or any other course
administered by the Arts faculty.
Application forms for leave of absence can be obtained from the Arts faculty
office on the relevant campus.
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