Undergraduate handbook 2004
Arts

Essential information for arts undergraduate students

Where to get help and advice in the faculty

Students are strongly encouraged to seek advice regarding any problems they experience with studies or workload. The faculty has experienced course advisers who can assist students with all administrative inquiries or direct them to the correct service for academic difficulties. At most times during the year, students who wish to speak with a faculty course adviser will need to make an appointment; students should come to these interviews as prepared as possible. Students can also make course advice appointments by contacting the Arts office on their home campus (see `Faculty structure and contacts' earlier in this section). Students are also strongly encouraged to observe the relevant course requirements listed in this handbook to avoid getting into course-related difficulties, which might result in a delay in completing their course.

As well as seeking course advice, students can make use of Language and Learning Services (LSS-Arts). Located in the Menzies building, Language and Learning Services assist with problems concerned with study, learning and the use of English in the faculty. They can be contacted on (03) 9905 2263 or (03) 9905 5065, or visit their website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/lls/. To help students with academic difficulties arising from a range of personal or academic issues, members of the faculty's Transition and Student Progress Committee (TaSP) provide a mentoring service and assist with advice about, and referrals to, appropriate university support services. TaSP can be contacted on (03) 9905 9789 or by emailing TASP@arts.monash.edu.au.
The university offers a wide variety of support services for students. For a comprehensive list of these services, refer to the Student Resource Guide, or visit http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks.

Commencing students - pre-enrolment and how to enrol

Once students have been offered a place in the Faculty of Arts, they are expected to attend the faculty's pre-enrolment day (details of the location and time will be included in the offer letter). Pre-enrolment day assists in unit choice and enrolment as well as providing an understanding of the structure of the faculty and its courses. The session also provides essential information about how to make a successful transition to university study. Course advisers are available at the session to answer any specific questions students may have.

All first-year students must attend the pre-enrolment session, including those who anticipate receiving a second or third-round offer to another institution or course. Students who do not attend will get the opportunity to speak with a faculty course adviser when they enrol, but it is important to understand that this will add time to the overall enrolment process. International students should attend the International Student Orientation Program. Details of this program are included in the offer package.

Unit codes - areas of study (prefix table)

The following is a list of the alpha prefixes that identify the `discipline' areas that are used in the unit codes for the Faculty of Arts (some disciplines do not have an individual prefix allocated; please check the `Schools, centres and disciplines' entry later in this section). A discipline is an area of study, eg History or English. A full-time, first-year student would be expected to choose four areas of study or `disciplines'. Students can use this list to help them locate the units for a particular discipline in the unit section of the handbook.

At Monash, unit codes are made up of a three-letter prefix followed by four numbers. The three-letter prefix identifies the discipline, and the first of these four numbers refers to the year level of the unit: ie AIS1010 is a first-year-level Australian Indigenous studies unit, and CJC2010 is a second-year-level criminal justice and criminology unit.
Note that previously all units taught by the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences (HUMCASS) were coded with the prefix GSC. From 2004 onwards, the GSC prefix has been replaced with discipline-specific codes.

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