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Berwick/Gippsland campus
This double award is offered in conjunction with the Chisholm Institute of
TAFE. The degree component is available by distance education. Only some of the
TAFE diploma components are available in flexible delivery mode at this
stage.
HECS fees applicable for university component. Fees for TAFE components
separately charged.
Attendance is compulsory for some laboratory-based subjects in the university
component. Attendance is compulsory for TAFE courses which are not available in
flexible delivery mode.
The double award course provides students with the opportunity to combine the applied 'hands on', vocational, practical aspects of TAFE, together with the more theoretical, discipline-based courses available from the university. This course offers a cost-efficient and time-effective pathway for students to prepare themselves for a science-oriented career in research, industry or commercial settings where a professional level of skill in a number of science disciplines and training in environmental management are required. The focus of studies undertaken in the university degree need not be directly linked to the TAFE diploma chosen, thus allowing for a broader science training to be achieved, if desired.
Students
enrol jointly in the Bachelor of Science degree at Monash University (see the
Bachelor of Science entry in this handbook) and the Diploma of Environmental
Management at the Chisholm Institute of Technical and Further Education.
The double award courses will normally require six to eight years of part-time
distance education and some on-campus study to complete, but variation to suit
individual circumstances is possible. The TAFE component requires significant
attendance at classes, however some are available in the evening and by
flexible delivery. These are-based at the Berwick campus of Chisholm Institute
of TAFE. In addition to the normal beginning-of-year entry, it is possible to
commence the course mid-year (July), with a reduced range of available
subjects.
In the degree component, major studies may be chosen from the biological
sciences (biochemistry, microbiology), chemical sciences,
resource/environmental management, applied statistics, mathematics, computing
or psychology. The course also provides for students to include some studies
from such fields as languages, business, economics, journalism and other
humanities and social sciences.
This model shows the general course structure for a full-time student. Students studying the degree component by distance education would normally spend extra time to complete each year level.
University |
TAFE | |
Year 1 |
25 (2 semester subjects) |
75 |
Year 2 |
50 |
50 |
Year 3 |
50 |
50 |
Year 4 |
100 |
In
order to qualify for the double awards, students must undertake 108 points of
university studies which must be chosen in a manner which satisfy the
structural requirements of the double award. The requirements for satisfactory
completion of the Bachelor of Science component are set out below.
Where there is equivalent course content between subjects taken in the TAFE
associate diplomas or diploma, students may not take the equivalent subject in
the degree.
For the BSc/DipEnvMgt students will be required to complete subjects with a
total credit value of at least 108 points for the degree component, as follows
a minimum of ninety six points from the Bachelor of Science degree approved
science subjects including (a) and (b) following.
(a) Two Science discipline sequences consisting of (i) 12* +
18 + 24 or 12* + 12 + 24 or 12* + 18 +18 points in one discipline area, across
levels one*, two and three respectively (other than computing) and
twenty-four points in a second discipline area, including at least twelve
points from levels two and three (*Exemption from level-one subjects may be
granted where appropriate, if equivalent subjects have been successfully
completed from the diploma component of the course. Students would then be
required to choose alternative subjects to meet the minimum requirement of
ninety-two points.) The discipline sequences available by distance education
are detailed under the Bachelor of Science entry described previously in this
booklet.
(b) The two Level 1 core subjects subjects
(c) One 6-point subject from one of the following groups:
(This subject is to be drawn from a different group from those which include the two chosen science disciplines in (a).)
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