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Monash University Calendar
Regulations
Graduate and Postgraduate Certificates
1. Certificates
1.1 The certificates listed in the schedule may be undertaken in the
faculty pursuant to these regulations.
1.2 The Graduate Certificate in Law may be undertaken in the specialty
of Tribunal Procedures.
1.3 The Graduate Certificate in Forensic Studies may be undertaken or
in the specialty of -
1.3.1 Accounting; or
1.3.2 Construction and Engineering
1.4 Where a graduate certificate is undertaken in a specialty, the title
of the graduate certificate includes the name of the specialty in brackets.
2. Interpretations
In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears -
"approved" means approved by the faculty board;
"candidate" means a candidate for a certificate;
"certificate" means a graduate or postgraduate certificate listed
in the schedule;
"course of study" means the course of study for a certificate
determined by or under these regulations;
"faculty" means the Faculty of Law;
"faculty board" means the faculty board of the faculty;
"faculty information handout" means a faculty handbook or such
other publication concerning a course of study, whether bound, loose leaf
or in electronic form, as the faculty board determines from time to time.
3. Admission to Candidature
3.1 Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3.2, the faculty board
may admit to candidature an applicant who has -
3.1.1 qualified for a degree; or
3.1.2 other qualifications or experience -
which in the opinion of the faculty board constitute suitable preparation
for the proposed course of study.
3.2 The faculty board may admit to candidature for the Postgraduate Certificate
in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics an applicant who has -
3.2.1 qualified in the university for the Bachelors of Laws or has other
qualifications or experience which the faculty board is satisfied are
equivalent or a satisfactory substitute; and
3.2.2 satisfactorily completed the units required by the Victorian Council
of Legal Education for admission to practise in Victoria.
4. Course of Study
4.1 The course of study for a certificate comprises units determined
by the faculty board under this section.
4.2 The faculty board may from time to time determine the unit requirements
of a course of study and in relation to these requirements may determine
any matter or thing including but not limited to -
4.2.1 number, content and duration;
4.2.2 sequence;
4.2.3 candidate attendance and participation;
4.2.4 credit points;
4.2.5 assessment;
4.2.6 satisfactorily completion.
4.3 The faculty board may determine special requirements for or in relation
to a course of study undertaken in a specialty.
4.4 The faculty board must cause a determination under this section to
be published in a faculty information handout.
5. Credit - Graduate Certificate in Law
5.1 Subject to this section, where the faculty board is satisfied that
a candidate for the Graduate Certificate in Law has qualifications or
experience equivalent to or a satisfactory substitute for work in the
candidate's course of study, the faculty board may grant the candidate
credit in respect of that work.
5.2 Credit under subsection 5.1 must not be granted in respect to more
than 50 % of the work in a course of study.
5.3 A candidate granted credit under this section must complete the course
of study within the time specified by the faculty board.
6. Mode of Candidature
6.1 The course of study for a graduate certificate may be undertaken
by full-time or part-time candidature.
6.2 The course of study for the Postgraduate Certificate in Legal Practice,
Skills and Ethics must be undertaken by part-time candidature.
6.3 A candidate for a graduate certificate may, with the consent of the
faculty board, transfer from full-time to part-time candidature or vice
versa and in this event the candidate must complete the course of study
within the time specified by the faculty board.
7. Time limits
7.1 Subject to the regulations and except where otherwise determined
by the faculty board in any particular case, a course of study must be
completed in -
7.1.1 six months of full-time candidature; or
7.1.2 twelve months of part-time candidature
8. Intermission
The faculty board may from time to time grant a candidate intermission
for a period not exceeding twelve months in total.
9. Qualification
A candidate who satisfactorily completes a course of study for a certificate
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9.1.1 qualifies for the award of the certificate; and
9.1.2 where the course of study is undertaken in a specialty, for the
certificate in the specialty.
10. Compliance
10.1 Subject to this section, a candidate must comply with these regulations
and with the relevant course of study requirements determined by the
faculty board under these regulations, as in force or published from
time to time.
10.2 Where the faculty board considers that a candidate
has, since first enrolling for a certificate, been unreasonable adversely
affected by any change in the regulations or course of study requirements,
the faculty board must permit the candidate to qualify for the certificate
under the regulations or course of study requirements in force or published
at sometime during candidature, provided the faculty 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.
Schedule
Certificates
- Graduate Certificate in Law
- Graduate Certificate in Law Teaching
- Graduate Certificate in Forensic Studies
- Postgraduate Certificate in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics.
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