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Monash University Calendar
Faculty of Science regulations
Graduate Certificate
1. Graduate Certificate
The following graduate certificates may be undertaken in the faculty pursuant
to these regulations -
- Graduate Certificate in Computational Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Science Studies.
2. Interpretations
In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears -
"candidate" means a candidate for a graduate certificate;
"course of study" means the course of study for a graduate certificate
determined by the faculty board under these regulations;
"faculty" means the Faculty of Science;
"faculty board" means the faculty board of the faculty;
"faculty information handout" means the faculty handbook or such
other publication, whether in bound, loose leaf or electronic form, concerning
a course of study in the faculty, as the faculty board determines from time
to time;
"graduate certificate" means a graduate certificate specified in
section 1.
3. Admission to candidature
3.1.1 An applicant for admission to candidature must have qualified
for a degree of the university or have other qualifications which the faculty
board is satisfied are equivalent or a satisfactory substitute.
3.1.2 In the case of the Graduate Certificate in Computational Studies,
the degree must be a degree in a science discipline.
4. Course of study
4.1 A course of study comprises units as determined by the faculty
board under this section.
4.2 The faculty board may from time to time determine the units comprising
course of study and may in relation to the units determine any matter or thing
including but not limited to requirements concerning -
4.2.1 number, timing, content and duration;
4.2.2 credit;
4.2.3 assessment;
4.2.4 attendance and participation;
4.2.5 satisfactory progress; and
4.2.6 satisfactory completion
4.3 The faculty board must cause determinations under this section
to be published in a faculty information handout.
5. Time limits
Except where the faculty board in any particular case otherwise determines,
a course of study must be completed in a maximum of four years of candidature.
6. Intermission
The faculty board may, from time to time and subject to any conditions specified,
grant a candidate leave of absence but for no more than of twelve months in
total unless the faculty board in any particular case otherwise determines.
7. Qualification
A candidate who satisfactorily completes the course of study qualifies for
the award of the relevant graduate certificate.
8. Changes in regulations and course of study requirements
8.1 Subject to this section, a candidate must comply with these regulations
and with the requirements concerning a course of study determined by the faculty
board under these regulations, as in force or published from time to time.
8.2 Where the faculty board considers that a candidate has, since first
enrolling for a graduate certificate, 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 graduate 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.
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