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Copyright © Monash University 1998 - All Rights Reserved - Caution
Students
admitted to courses in the Faculty of Business and Economics should read this
handbook very carefully before enrolling. Re-enrolling students should obtain a
new handbook each year as the range and availability of subjects changes from
year to year. Course structures may be reviewed from time to time and amended
to incorporate advances in knowledge and developments in the disciplines and to
meet changing industry and employment needs.
Students should note that degree regulations are the formal prescription of the
requirements to complete a degree and it is their responsibility to ensure that
requirements are understood and met. Degree regulations are available at the
faculty office on each campus.
Students
are referred to the Student resource guide for information on the
university's codes of practice for teaching and learning as set out in its
education policy. The Student resource guide also contains other
essential information on university policies and procedures.
All Monash University students have a responsibility to make every effort to
maintain satisfactory progress in their courses.
Academic staff have responsibility for preparing and presenting material at an
appropriate standard with the resources available; assessing students' work
fairly, objectively and consistently across the candidature for the subject;
and providing access to examinations scripts in accordance with university
policy.
Students
should note that subjects advertised in the faculty handbook as available,
other than those which form part of the compulsory or core component of any
course, may be cancelled and students will normally be given at least one
week's notice of the cancellation if, in terms of faculty policy, there are
insufficient enrolments in the subjects or if, through unforeseeable
circumstances such as death or serious illness, there is no staff member
available to teach them.
If a subject is cancelled all students enrolled in it will be advised in
writing of the cancellation and the reason for it and will be asked to change
their enrolment. Subject cancellations will also be advertised in relevant
faculty offices for not less than one week before the commencement of teaching
in the cancelled subject.
At the time of going to press, identification of subjects at risk of
cancellation and minimum enrolment numbers had not been confirmed by the
faculty. For further information contact the relevant school administrative
offices:
Selection
procedures and quotas for international students are described in the chapter
titled 'Entry requirements' in the Undergraduate course guide for
international students 1999. International students should note that it is
possible to apply for enrolment in all undergraduate courses available in the
faculty on a full-fee basis except for the Bachelor of Accounting and those
courses offered on a part-time basis only or by distance education. Graduate
courses available to international students are outlined in the Postgraduate
course guide for international students 1999. Both publications are
available from Monash International offices.
Monash International staff can provide advice and assistance on matters such as
visa renewal, health cover, accommodation, and further English language
training, telephone 9903 2311. The English Language Teaching Centre provides
intensive English languages courses (ELICOS) plus several other courses for
international students. Advice and assistance on academic matters such as
course progress and enrolment should be sought from the relevant faculty office.
Staff
of the Language and Learning Services Unit (LLS) at the Clayton, Caulfield,
Peninsula and Gippsland campuses are available to assist undergraduate and
postgraduate students, both native and non-native speakers of English, in
improving their approaches to study, their written and oral expression, their
reading and listening and note-taking. Programs are offered within lectures and
as separate sessions, at different times in the academic year. These are free
of charge. Assistance is given in thesis writing for postgraduate students. At
Caulfield and Peninsula campuses, there are student resource centres. At
Clayton, postgraduate students may borrow thesis writing resources. At Berwick,
LLS resources are available in the library and study skills are included in
lectures for some subjects.
Further information regarding programs may be obtained from the Language and
Learning Unit offices at each campus: at Caulfield, room A1.29, telephone
9903 2507; at Clayton, room 160, Donald Cochrane Library,
level 1, Menzies Building, telephone 9905 9236; at Gippsland, 7N135
North Place, telephone 9902 6165; at Peninsula, A1.22, telephone
9904 4223.
Monash
University has a strong commitment and an obligation under commonwealth and
state anti-discrimination legislation to provide equal access to higher
education for people with disabilities and long-term medical conditions.
The Monash University Disability Support program (MUDS) provides comprehensive
support services, equipment and facilities to students with temporary or
permanent disabilities or medical conditions. These are varied and include
provision of pre-application advice, assistance with enrolment and orientation,
course and research materials in alternative formats (eg braille, audio),
note-taking services, alternative arrangements for assessment (exams), advocacy
(representation, grievance procedures), provision of specialised equipment
(eg hearing loops, furniture, specialised software) and many others as
listed in 'The green guide: A resource guide for people with disabilities'. For
more information on the MUDS program, a confidential appointment or a copy of
this guide, contact the disability liaison officer on (03) 9905 5704
or TTY (Telephone Typewriter Service) (03) 9905 5391 (metropolitan
campuses) or (03) 9902 6794 (Gippsland campus and distance education
students).
Throughout
their university course, students are expected to seek advice on any matters of
difficulty in their studies or the selection of subjects. Academic problems may
be discussed with the assistant lecturers and lecturers whose classes they
attend, the course coordinator (undergraduate), or course director (graduate),
the head of the department or school concerned and, if necessary, the associate
dean (undergraduate teaching), the associate dean (graduate teaching), the
associate dean (international), or the associate dean (research). In addition,
administrative officers of the faculty may be consulted by any student on any
course changes, or any other matters relevant to the student's progress during
the course. Students may be referred to one of the university's student
services such as counselling, health or housing. Many students get into
unnecessary difficulties through failing to make use of advice which is
available to them or by waiting until too late in the year to consult an
adviser.
On all campuses, except Berwick, administrative staff are attached to a faculty
general office on the campus.
Students are referred to the 'Student grievance procedures' section in this
book for the recommended pathway to resolve any grievance.
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