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Monash University Calendar
Regulations
Bachelor of General Studies
1. Interpretations
In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears -
'approved' means approved by the board of management;
'board of management' means the Bachelor of General Studies board of
management;
'candidate' means candidate for the degree;
'degree' means the degree of Bachelor of General Studies;
'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.
'year level' in relation to a subject means University, or other approved
equivalent, year level.
2. Degree requirements
2.1 The faculty board, on the advice of the board of management, may
from time to time with the approval of the Academic Board determine any
matter or thing relating to the requirements of the degree including
but not limited to -
2.1.1 subjects that may, subject to these regulations, be credited towards
the degree;
2.1.2 subject sequences; and
2.1.3 the credit points attributable to each subject.
2.2 The faculty board must cause all determinations under this section
to be published in an information handout.
3. Subjects for credit
3.1 Except where the faculty board, on the advice of the board of management,
in any particular case otherwise determines, the subjects which may be
credited towards the degree must come from one of the following groups
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- Humanities - Social Sciences
- Science - Technology
- Business - Commerce, and
- Professional Education.
3.2 The subjects that the faculty board may determine to be subjects
for credit towards the degree may include -
3.2.1 subjects offered through the Open Learning Agency of Australia
Pty Ltd;
3.2.2 subjects taken -
3.2.2.1 as part of a degree or diploma course; or
3.2.2.2 as non award subjects -
in the university or in any other approved tertiary institution;
3.2.3 subjects taken as part of an advanced certificate or associate
diploma course in a College of Technical and Further Education; and
3.2.4 any other subjects designated by the board of management.
3.3 The faculty board on the advice from the board of management may,
in any particular case, allow a credit in respect to professional education
of up to twelve credit points at a specified year level, for appropriate
professional experience.
3.4 In paragraph 3.2.2 'non award subjects' means subjects prescribed
for a degree or diploma taken by a person who is not a candidate for
that degree or diploma and in respect of which credit was not granted
towards the degree or diploma.
4. Credit points
4.1 To qualify for the award of the degree a person must be credited
by the board of management with subjects valued at a total of not less
than 144 credit points.
4.2 Of the 144 credit points required to qualify for the award of the
degree -
4.2.1 at least 48 must be from subjects taught by the university or designated
as Monash subjects by the board of management;
4.2.2 at least 96 must be from four minor sequences; and
4.2.3 no more than 72 may be from first year level subjects and the balance
must be from second year level subjects or higher.
4.3 For the purpose of these regulations a minor sequence is a sequence
of subjects in two parts -
4.3.1 being first year level subjects followed by second year level subjects
or second year level subjects followed by third year level subjects,
with the subjects of each year level totalling at least 12 credit points;
and
4.3.2 with, at least one first year level subject from each of the four
subject groups specified in subsection 3.1 and the remaining subjects
from at least three of those four specified groups, except where the
board of management in any particular case otherwise determines.
5. Enrolment
not required
A person may undertake subjects for the degree whether or not he or
she is an enrolled candidate for the degree and may satisfy the requirements
for the degree without necessarily at any time being an enrolled candidate.
6. Time limits
Unless otherwise determined by the board of management in any particular
case, studies in respect of subjects to be credited towards the degree
may extend over a period of no more than 10 years.
7. Satisfaction of
requirements
A person who has been certified by the faculty board on the advice of
the board of management as having satisfied the requirements of the degree
qualifies for the award of the degree.
8. Changes in regulations and
degree requirements
8.1 Subject to this section, the requirements for the degree will be
governed by these regulations and by any additional degree requirements
determined by the faculty board under section 2, as in force or published
from time to time.
8.2 Where the faculty board considers that an enrolled candidate has,
since first enrolling for the degree, been unreasonably adversely affected
by any change in the regulations or degree requirements, the faculty
board must permit the candidate to qualify for the degree under the regulations
or in accordance with the degree requirements in force 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.
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