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Monash University Calendar
Regulations
Bachelor of Communication
1. Interpretations
In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears -
'academic coordinator' means the academic coordinator for the degree
appointed under section 4 of the Multi-faculty degrees statute;
'board of management' means the Bachelor of Communication board of
management;
'candidate' means candidate for the degree;
'concurrent course of study' means a course of study undertaken pursuant
to paragraph 2.1.2 concurrently with the
course of study for the degree;
'course of study' means the subjects comprising the course of study
for the degree determined by the faculty board under section 2;
'degree' means the degree of Bachelor of Communication;
'diploma' means a diploma or associate diploma of the Casey Institute
of Technical and Further Education specified in the schedule;
'faculty board' means the faculty board of the Faculty of Arts;
'information handout' means the Faculty of Arts handbook or such other
publication whether in bound, loose leaf or electronic form concerning
the course of study as the faculty board determines from time to time.
2. Course of study
2.1 The course of study for the degree -
2.1.1 comprises 24 subjects in 4 sequences as determined by the faculty
board under this section; and
2.1.2 must be undertaken concurrently with the course of study for either
the Bachelor of Business, the Bachelor of Tourism or a diploma.
2.2 The faculty board, on the advice of the board of management, shall
from time to time, with the approval of the Academic Board, determine
the subjects comprising the course of study and may determine any matter
or thing relating to those subjects, including but not limited to -
2.2.1 the subject sequences;
2.2.2 number, timing, content and duration;
2.2.3 prerequisite and corequisite subjects;
2.2.4 candidate attendance and participation;
2.2.5 credit points;
2.2.6 examination and assessment; and
2.2.7 satisfactory completion.
2.3 The faculty board must cause all determinations under this section
to be published in an information handout.
2.4 A candidate who, within the time limits prescribed for the degree,
satisfactorily completes a concurrent course of study shall be deemed,
without undertaking the subjects comprising the fourth sequence of subjects
in the course of study for the degree, to have satisfactorily completed
that sequence of subjects.
3. Approval of subjects
3.1 At the beginning of each year a candidate must obtain the academic
coordinator's approval of the subjects the candidate proposes to undertake
in that year.
3.2 Except where the academic coordinator in any particular case otherwise
determines, a candidate must not in the course of a year undertake any
subject in the course of study that is not approved pursuant to subsection
3.1.
4. Credit for work done elsewhere
4.1 Where the faculty board, on the advice of the board of management,
is satisfied that a candidate, prior to candidature, completed work equivalent
to particular work in the course of study for the degree, the faculty
board may deem the candidate to have completed that particular work and
grant the candidate credit in respect of it.
4.2 Credit under subsection 4.1 must not be granted in respect of work
completed more than ten years before admission to candidature, unless
in any particular case the faculty board, on the advice of the board
of management, otherwise determines.
5. Time limits
Save as otherwise provided in these regulations or as otherwise determined
by the board of management in any particular case, a candidate must complete
the course of study within eight years full-time or ten years part-time
study.
6. Leave of absence
The board of management may from time to time and subject to any conditions
specified, grant leave of absence to a candidate for a period not exceeding
one year, unless the board in any particular case otherwise determines,
but in no case may the total period of leave granted to a candidate exceed
three years.
7. Examination grades
7.1 An examination result must be awarded in one of the following grades
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Fail (NN)
Pass (P)
Credit (C)
Distinction (D)
High Distinction (HD)
7.2 An examination result of pass standard in a first
year level subject may be classified as either pass or division 2, but
only one pass of division 2 may be credited towards the degree.
8. Satisfactory
completion
A candidate who satisfactorily completes the course of study qualifies
for the award of the degree.
9. Changes in regulations and course of
study requirements
9.1 Subject to this section, a candidate for the degree must comply
with these regulations and with the requirements concerning the course
of study for the degree as in force or published from time to time.
9.2 Where the faculty board considers that a candidate
has, since first enrolling for the degree, been unreasonably adversely
affected by any change in the regulations or course of study requirements,
the faculty board must permit the candidate to qualify for the degree
under the regulations or course of study requirements in force or published
at some time during candidature provided the faculty board is satisfied
that the work so completed is equivalent in standard to that currently
required to complete the course of study.
Schedule
- Diploma of Information Technology (Technical and User Support)
- Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing)
- Associate Diploma of Business (Marketing)
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