Chapter 2: Admission to doctoral candidature

2.3 Credit provision for PhD and professional doctorate degrees

There is no credit provision for research components in doctoral degrees. Credit may be awarded for any satisfactorily completed coursework units and/or training included in the study program for a doctoral degree (please see Credit Application Form).

Please consult the Program Director (PhD) or Course Convenor (professional doctorates) for further information.

For candidates transferring from master’s degrees, and PhD candidates transferring from other universities, credit for coursework units and training may be awarded on academic grounds.

Candidates may appeal any credit or substitution decisions made by a Program Director through the relevant faculty. The final approval of such decisions will be made by the Graduate Research Committee.

2.3.1 Professional doctorates

Credit will not be given for work completed more than 10 years prior to admission to doctoral candidature, nor for more than 50% of the coursework. Credit will not be given for coursework credited to another degree or diploma.

2.3.1.1 Doctor of Education (EdD)

The guidelines specified in 2.3.1 apply.

2.3.1.2 Doctor of Psychology (DPsych)

Subject to the general provisions specified in 2.3.1 above, the faculty board may give credit for coursework and/or supervised practice already completed and equivalent to particular units and practical work. Appropriate methods for assessment of equivalence of prior study will include a viva voce, written examination, submission of referees' reports and/or presentation of written work. No credit will be given for elective units. A minimum enrolment period of two years will apply to all later-year applicants.

2.3.1.3 Doctor of Public Health (DPH)

Subject to the general provisions specified in 2.3.1 above, the Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences faculty board may grant credit provision for candidates who have completed coursework and/or supervised practice of equivalent standing, up to a maximum of three units. Appropriate methods for assessment of equivalence of prior study will include a viva voce, written examination, submission of referees' reports and/or presentation of written work. No credit will be given for elective units. A minimum enrolment period of two years will apply to all later-year applicants.

2.3.1.4 Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

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2.3.1.5 Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD)

Candidates who have obtained a distinction-level average in four Monash University LLM coursework master’s units, together with distinctions in research assignments submitted in each of them, may have credit for those units, provided they have not been counted towards any other degree.

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