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Monash University Calendar
Faculty of Arts regulations
Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Design)
1. The degree
There shall be a degree of Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Design)
which may be awarded as a pass degree or as a degree with honours.
2.
Definitions
In these regulations and in the outline of studies, unless the contrary
intention appears -
'college' means the Monash University College of Art and Design;
'college board' means the college board of the college;
'college information handout' means a college handbook or such other
publication whether in bound, loose leaf or electronic form concerning
course of study in the college as the college board determines from time
to time;
'corequisite' in relation to a given subject is a designated subject
which is studied before or at the same time as the given subject and
must be passed before the given subject can be counted towards a degree;
'course of study' means the subjects to be completed by a candidate to
qualify for a degree;
'degree' means the degree of Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Design);
'director' means the director of the Centre for Industrial Design in
the college;
'elective subject' is a subject taught in any faculty and approved by
the director of the college as appropriate to the particular year level.
'prerequisite' in relation to a given subject is a designated subject
that must be passed before a candidate can enrol for the given subject;
and
'subject' means an amount of work at a particular year level of a course
of study as determined from time to time by the college board and counting
as a specified number of credit points towards the degree.
3. Course
of study requirements
3.1 The college board may determine the requirements for a course of
study, including, but not limited to -
3.1.1 compulsory and elective subjects;
3.1.2 prerequisite and corequisite requirements for any subject;
3.1.3 subject combinations;
3.1.4 thesis component of the honours degree;
3.1.5 combined courses;
3.1.6 part-time courses; and
3.1.7 examination or assessment.
3.2 The college board must cause to be published in a college information
handout all matters determined under this section.
4. Approval of subjects
4.1 Before enrolling in any year, a candidate must obtain approval of
the director for the selection of subject to be taken in the year.
4.2 Except with the permission of the director, a candidate shall not
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4.2.1 undertake in any one year more than the required number of subjects
as outlined for the particular level of study; or
4.2.2 undertake subjects from subsequent levels of study until the preceding
subject sequences have been completed; or
4.2.3 undertake a subject for which any prerequisite subject is designated
in the outline of subjects unless the prerequisite subject has been completed;
or
4.2.4 undertake a subject for which any corequisite subject is designated
in the outline of subjects unless the corequisite subject has been completed
or is being undertaken at the same time.
5. Assessment of studio subjects
5.1 All studio subjects are assessed or moderated by a panel of examiners
at the end of each semester. Not less than an eighty percent attendance
record is required before a student may present for examination and/or
assessment in any subject. Exceptions must be approved by the director.
5.2 Not less than an eighty percent submission record, to specified deadlines,
is required for set assignment material in any subject before a candidate
may present for assessment. Major design project submissions in specified
fields are all compulsory and any exceptions must be approved by the
director. Project submissions must conform to prescribed deadlines.
6.
Course progression
6.1 Progression through the course is dependant on the successful completion
of each semester. Only in exceptional circumstances, with the permission
of the director, will a candidate who has failed a subject be allowed
to advance to the next level, and then only if -
6.1.1 the failed subject is completed as advised by the director, or;
6.1.2 a student who fails in not more than one subject, has been granted
a college pass in the semester as a whole provided that -
6.1.2.1 the mark obtained in the failed subject is equal to or greater
than forty percent, and;
6.1.2.2 the failed subject is not a core subject, and;
6.1.2.3 it is the candidate's first attempt at a full complement of semester
subjects.
7. The pass degree
A candidate for the pass degree shall qualify for the degree upon complying
with these regulations and successful completion of three levels of the
course in accordance with the requirements outlined in a college information
handout.
8. The degree with honours
8.1 A candidate for the degree with honours shall complete the course
for the pass degree and shall then pursue a special program of studies
prescribed by the college board. A candidate shall not be permitted to
proceed to the special program of studies unless in the third year of
study for the pass degree the candidate has reached a standard satisfactory
to the college board. The standard is normally set at credit level, or
above.
8.2 Candidates may specialise in one major area for one year of full
time study or study a selected range of subjects over two years of part-time
study.
8.3 The program of study shall be established in consultation with the
director and monitored by a panel of experts until a satisfactory level
has been attained and assessment or examination arranged.
8.4 A candidate for the degree with honours shall qualify for the degree
upon complying with these regulations and successful completion of the
honours year of the course in accordance with the requirements outlined
in a college information handout.
9. Changes in regulations
9.1 Subject to this section, a candidate must comply with these regulations
as in force from time to time.
9.2 Where the college board considers that a candidate has, since first
enrolling for the degree, been unreasonably adversely affected by any
change in the regulations, the college board must permit the candidate
to qualify for the degree under the regulations in force at some time
during candidature, provided the board is satisfied that the work so
required to be completed is equivalent in standard to that currently
required to complete the course of study.
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