1999 Engineering Handbook - Assessment of performance (graduate diplomas)

Assessment of performance (graduate diplomas)

General
Academic progress rule

General

Each subject in a particular semester (or year if applicable) is completed and its candidates assessed or examined before the next semester starts. Final examinations can, if required by a department, be held after the completion of the semester but before the start of the next semester. In the case of second semester, the final examination must be held within three weeks of completion of the thirteen-week semester.
Candidature may be terminated if progress is regarded as unsatisfactory. Performances will be reviewed at the end of each semester and if they do not reach the required standard, students will not be permitted to continue with the course. Students will be given their results by marks and grading of high distinction (HD), distinction (D), credit (C), pass (P) or fail (N) in each subject.

Academic progress rule

All engineering schedule-B graduate diploma candidates are required, subject to attempting subjects to the value of eighteen credit points, to pass at least two-thirds (67 per cent) of all credit points attempted. Should a candidate not achieve this level of academic performance, his or her academic progress should be reviewed by the Graduate Affairs Committee who will decide whether or not candidature should be terminated on the grounds of unsatisfactory progress.
The administrative officer (graduate studies) will be responsible for examining results for higher degree candidates at the end of each semester and identifying those candidates who have not passed at least two-thirds of all coursework attempted. This calculation will be made according to the weight of each subject so that allowance is made for coursework subjects which are allocated a non-standard weighting. Candidates identified according to this procedure will then have their case referred to the Graduate Affairs Committee who will review the academic progress of the candidate concerned.
Any student referred to the Graduate Affairs Committee for this purpose is entitled to an opportunity to be heard, and in the event that the student is excluded, provision exists for an appeal to the Exclusion Appeals Committee of the Academic Board.