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A
full-time student who wishes to complete the BA degree in three years will
normally take subjects to the value of forty-eight points in each year.
Normally, the first year will consist of eight subjects and the second and
third years will include the second parts of two sequences and the third part
of one sequence, together with as many other subjects as are needed to bring
the total value of the degree course to a minimum of 144 points.
A student who passes in at least two first-year sequences will be permitted to
take second-year level subjects, for which they have fulfilled the
prerequisites. If passes are obtained in fewer than six subjects, it will be
necessary for the student to take further first-year level subjects in the
following year, and this will mean that it will take the student at least four
years to complete the degree.
At the beginning of first semester a student will be enrolled in a tutorial
group for each of the subjects chosen at enrolment time. The student will be
expected to take part in discussions and submit written work which will
normally be marked by the tutors in each chosen subject. In most departments,
participation in tutorials and performance of written work are regarded as more
important than merely attending lectures. However, it will become apparent to
the student that the relative importance of lectures and tutorials varies
according to the subject, and that the two methods of teaching complement each
other.
Assessment may be based on a student's performance in classwork and assignments
throughout the semester or on an end-of-semester examination or on a
combination of both.
Final
examinations in most subjects are normally held at the end of each semester,
usually following a short period of 'swot vac' in which students are given the
opportunity to revise the work completed during the semester.
Examination results for the pass degree shall be awarded as high distinction
(HD) 80-100, distinction (D) 70-79, credit (C) 60-69, pass (P) 50-59 near
pass (NP) 45-49* and fail grade (N) 0-49.
* A SUBJECT IN WHICH A NEAR PASS (NP) HAS BEEN AWARDED MAY BE COUNTED AS A
PREREQUISITE AND AS A FIRST SUBJECT OF A SEQUENCE.
Special
(deferred) examinations may be granted by the dean or head of department to a
student who has been prevented by illness or other serious cause from attending
all or part of an examination, or whose work during the academic year or whose
performance in an examination has been gravely affected by illness or other
serious cause.
A student who wishes to apply for a special (deferred) examination, should
apply in writing. Supporting medical evidence should be submitted on the
prescribed form available from the Arts faculty office. The application is
referred to the dean, who decides whether or not there is a prima facie
case for a special examination and undertakes to recommend accordingly to the
board of examiners. Special (deferred) examinations may be taken in January or
February of the following year, but departments may prefer to make their own
arrangements for a special written or oral examination at an earlier date.
Special consideration may be granted to a student who has experienced hardship or difficulties which affect his/her performance during the semester. A student who wishes to apply for special consideration should complete an application form and lodge it directly with the department/centre from which they are seeking special consideration.
The
policy on supplementary examinations was approved at meeting 5/98 of the Arts
Faculty Board
The faculty's policy in relation to supplementary examinations is:
1 That the Arts faculty not permit any student enrolled in a course
offered/administered by the Arts faculty to sit a supplementary examination in
any arts subject taught by the Arts faculty.
2 That the Arts faculty permit arts students to sit a supplementary examination
in a subject taught by another faculty under the following conditions: if the
non-Arts faculty permits a supplementary examination in the subject; and if the
student fulfils the criteria of eligibility to sit a supplementary examination
in the subject as approved by the non-Arts faculty
3 That where failure in a subject might cause failure of the entire year in the
Arts faculty or another faculty the Arts faculty would make exceptional
arrangements on a case-by-case basis.
The
following policy was approved at meeting 2/98 of the Arts Faculty Board
A student who is dissatisfied with his/her mark for a particular assignment or
subject should be advised in the first instance to discuss the matter with the
tutor/subject coordinator.
If a student does not wish to discuss his or her mark/grade with the tutor, or
is still dissatisfied after discussion with the subject coordinator, then the
head of department (or his or her nominee) should be approached to appoint a
second marker.
The department should make explicit its procedures at which point the decision
about the mark/grade is final and inform students of the procedures for
remarking to be followed within the department.
Where a student remains dissatisfied with the outcome, the normal avenues of
initiating grievance procedures at the faculty level will apply.
Revised criteria for exclusion and progression was passed at meeting 4/98 of the Arts Faculty Board
A student who fails a subject(s) may be considered for exclusion. In the case of an award of an NP grade this will be counted as a pass and as a prerequisite for further study in a discipline.
A student is required to pass at least 50 per cent of the credit point value of the subjects for which the student has enrolled in the relevant semester or year. Failure to pass 50 per cent of the subject credit point value constitutes unsatisfactory progress.
1
No student enrolled in both semesters will be considered for exclusion solely
on the basis of results achieved in the first semester of his/her studies
(paragraph 11.3 of Statute 6.2).
2 A student in the first year of his/her course will be considered for
exclusion if he/she does not pass at least 50 per cent of the credit point
value of the subjects for which the student has enrolled in that year.
A
student will be considered for exclusion if he/she:
1 does not pass at least 50 per cent of the credit point value of the
subjects enrolled in that year unless only one subject is taken, failed and is
the only failure to date;
2 fails to meet any previously written conditions, restrictions or
limitations imposed by the Faculty of Arts exclusion committee (paragraph 1.2.3
of Statute 6.2); or
3 fails the same subject twice.
A
student will be considered for exclusion if he/she:
1 does not pass at least 50 per cent of the credit point value of the
subjects enrolled in that year unless only one subject is taken, failed and is
the only failure to date;
2 fails the only subject taken which is the last subject required for
completion of the degree (except if the student has taken and failed the
subject twice);
3 fails to meet any previously written conditions, restrictions or
limitations imposed by the Faculty of Arts exclusion committee. (paragraph
1.2.3 of Statute 6.2); or
4 fails the same subject twice.
In circumstances he or she considers special, the dean may exempt from the
exclusion process and permit to re-enrol, students who would otherwise be
liable for exclusion, but whose unsatisfactory performance in examinations is
clearly attributable to a serious, well-documented medical problem.
Students who are liable for exclusion will be sent a letter from the faculty
informing them of this and giving them information about the courses of action
available to them. Students are invited to make a written submission to the
Exclusions Committee of the faculty, to appear in person before the committee
or both. All information supplied to the committee is treated as confidential,
but students may also request that information of a particularly private nature
be known only to the chairperson of the committee. Students also have the
option to make no case, but this precludes such a student from appealing to the
Exclusion Appeals Committee of Academic Board against the decision by the
faculty committee to exclude that student.
At time of printing of this handbook, the Faculty of Arts is in the process of
reviewing its criteria for exclusion. Upon completion of the review process,
the updated criteria will be made available to all students in the faculty.
Students
have two avenues of appeal against a decision to exclude by the faculty
committee. If the student has substantial new evidence which was not available
to the committee, he/she may appeal to the dean, who may either affirm or
reverse the decision of the committee in the light of the new evidence.
Students also may, under the provisions of the Monash University Statute 6.2
'Exclusions for Unsatisfactory Progress', appeal to the Exclusion Appeals
Committee of the Academic Board. Students may appeal to the university
committee as an alternative to an appeal to the dean (ie where they have no new
evidence or where they prefer to take the new evidence directly to the
university committee) or in addition to an appeal to the dean (ie where
there is no new evidence or where this appeal has been unsuccessful).
Students who have failed to make a case to the exclusions committee of their
own faculty at the prescribed time are precluded from appealing to the
Exclusion Appeals Committee of Academic Board against the decision by the
faculty committee to exclude that student.
Students can seek information and advice about the exclusion process from the
course advisers in the faculty. It is not the role of the course advisers to
draft submissions for students or to act as an advocate at exclusions committee
hearings. This kind of assistance should be sought from the Monash Student
Association.
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