Undergraduate courses and subjects 2000 - Part-time, distance and offshore studies

Part-time, distance and offshore studies

Part-time students
Distance education students
Offshore students

Part-time students

Part-time students are expected to proceed through their course at half the rate of full-time students. Part-time evening classes are available on the Caulfield campus for most courses on that campus. At the Clayton, Gippsland and Monash Malaysia campuses, classes are available only during the day. However, classes for the Graduate Diploma in Digital Communications and the Masters in Digital Communications are held in the early evening at the Clayton campus.
At the Peninsula campus, classes are available only during the day. However, the tutorial arrangements for the Graduate Diploma in Computing held at Peninsula may be negotiated between the tutor and the students.
At Caulfield, the part-time evening classes normally commence at 4 pm or 6 pm. Additionally, some provision is made in the Bachelor of Computing for day-release study, ie lectures immediately followed by tutorials on the same day. This mode of study is restricted to part-time students only and there are a limited number of places available.
Part-time undergraduate students should note that they are required to attend examinations at the same time as full-time students. In some instances, this also applies to students in graduate programs. If in doubt, students should check with the faculty office.

Distance education students

All courses offered by the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology, with the exception of research degrees, are available to students for part-time study by distance education. These courses are designed so that it is possible to complete all requirements without any on-campus attendance, although optional weekend school classes are offered in most subjects. Some subjects offered by the School of Information Management and Systems are also available by distance education - see the school entry. Distance education applicants are normally required to be at least 21 years of age.
All distance education students in computing courses must have an IBM-compatible personal computer with a printer and a modem, in order to complete and electronically submit assignment work and to communicate with lecturers and other students.

Offshore students

The faculty has many students based in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong completing their degrees under twinning arrangements or by distance learning. Offshore students are subject to the same university, faculty and course regulations as students based in Australia.