Postgraduate courses and subjects 2000

Academic progress rule

All engineering postgraduate diploma and graduate diploma candidates are required, subject to attempting subjects to the value of 18 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, which 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 academic year 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, which 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.