Students should be familiar with the general information booklet which contains extensive information relating to enrolment. Students should be particularly careful to read all information sent by the university.
Details of enrolment times and places accompany the offer letter mailed from VTAC to students who apply through the VTAC system. Such students are required to attend the university to enrol and should note that the VTAC card must be presented at the time of enrolment. Payment of fees and selection of a payment option under the higher education contribution scheme is also required at the time of enrolment.
Direct entry students normally enrol by mail, although they may attend the Gippsland campus to complete the necessary procedures.
Students who wish to undertake study within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences select their study program either on application (for distance education/direct entry places) or at the time of enrolment (for on-campus places). The subjects studied at first-year level should reflect at least in part, the majors and/or minors intended by the student. Course advisers are available to assist students, but not to select a student's course. Students are expected to have familiarised themselves with relevant course information provided in university publications.
All continuing students - internal, distance education and part-time - are forwarded application forms and course information to enable them to re-enrol by mail. The head of school may consider students' previous end-of-year assessment results when approving re-enrolment applications, and students will be advised of any necessary adjustments to their study program.
For later-year students, information on study options is available from the relevant course adviser. Any proposed changes to the selection of subjects must be lodged in writing with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and must be formally approved by the head of school (or nominee).
All applicants who have been offered a place in a course, and who do not wish to take up that offer, may apply for a deferment of admission in writing. Deferral will normally be granted for twelve months unless the student expresses an intention to take another tertiary place elsewhere. When students are contacted later in the year about their intentions for the following year, they will be asked to confirm that they did not undertake another tertiary course during the period of deferment.
The chief officer of the school is the head of school. The head of school is a professor who chairs meetings of the school board. The head of school has responsibility for all issues related to staffing, finance, research and student matters, some of which may be delegated to other senior academic staff members.
The school administrative officers provide administrative support to the school board, provide information on policy and planning matters, and are available to give advice to students. The administrative officer (Arts) provides advice to students in the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Journalism), Bachelor of Arts (Communication), Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Humanities), and fourth-year honours on the planning of their courses or changes to their courses, while similar advice is provided to students in the Bachelor of Arts (Administrative Studies), Bachelor of Social Welfare and Graduate Diploma of Arts (Social Welfare) by the administrative officer (Social Welfare). Students in the Diploma of Arts (Koorie Studies) should contact the administrative officer (Koorie Studies) with any course-related queries. The administrative officer (international matters) provides course advice to international students in all courses apart from social welfare, including on-campus, off-shore and distance education.
Any students wishing to see the head of school or any of the administrative officers is normally able to do so at fairly short notice. Inquiries should be made at the school office.