Each year the Faculty of Arts offers more postgraduate programs and units by off-campus distributed learning. The following programs are available:
The above programs can be undertaken entirely by off-campus distributed learning. Refer to details under 'Human bioethics'.
On
the recommendation of the school graduate coordinator and with the approval of
the Committee for Graduate Studies, the faculty may, in special circumstances,
grant advanced standing (or credit) for postgraduate work already completed at
Monash University or at another tertiary institution, including overseas
universities. Advanced standing will not normally be granted for units
undertaken in a course where the student has subsequently taken out a degree or
an award of any kind.
Irrespective of advanced standing limits outlined below, students will normally
always be required to complete any core units specified for their program.
Advanced
standing (or credit) in a postgraduate program in the Faculty of Arts must
normally be applied for at the time of entry into the program and will not
normally be granted retrospectively. Full details of units for which advanced
standing is sought must be provided, by means of an official transcript, with
grades (and marks, if possible). The applicant should also indicate the number
of points each unit is worth, the total number of points for the whole course
and what percentage the unit in question was of the total course.
Outlined below are the criteria for granting of advanced standing in each
graduate program in the Faculty of Arts. Note that these criteria apply to
students starting their program in 1998 or subsequent years; they will not be
applied retrospectively to students who started before 1998.
Advanced standing will not normally be granted in the faculty certificate or graduate certificate, unless the applicant has completed one or more of the units listed under the certificate but has not taken out an award or a degree for the unit(s) in another program.
Students
who have completed relevant units at level four may apply for a maximum of 50
per cent advanced standing. Advanced standing will not normally be granted for
units undertaken in a course where the student has subsequently taken out a
degree or an award of any kind.
Students with a relevant faculty certificate (refer to guidelines in each
program) completed at level four with grades of at least credit average may
obtain a maximum of 50 per cent (24 points) credit towards their graduate or
postgraduate diploma. No student may obtain more than 50 per cent credit in
total.
Students who have completed relevant units at level four with grades of credit or above may apply for a maximum of 50 per cent credit. Advanced standing will not normally be granted for units undertaken in a course where the student has subsequently taken out a degree or an award of any kind. Students undertaking a masters qualifying (MQual) with a research component program will not normally be granted advanced standing for, or exemption from, the research component.
Students who have completed relevant units at level five with grades of distinction or above may apply for a maximum of 50 per cent credit. Advanced standing will not normally be granted for units undertaken in a course where the student has subsequently taken out a degree or an award of any kind.
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