| Academic misconduct |
Student cheating or assisting to cheat whether in an examination or non-examination context. |
| Academic Transcript |
A formal record of the units and results attained in a course. |
| Academic year |
The standard academic year is divided into two semesters. Each semester consists of thirteen teaching weeks followed by an examination period. |
| Allocate + |
Online class allocation system accessible from any computer in the world that has Internet access. Students browse available timeslots for all enrolled activities and specify personal preferences. |
| APC |
Academic Progress Committee |
| Assessment |
Assessment is an ongoing process aimed at understanding and improving student learning. Each unit undertaken will require students to complete set tasks that are then assessed and contribute to the determination of the overall mark and grade achieved for that unit. |
| AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
| Authcate |
A monash term for a student computer account that is used to access protected internet resources. |
| Award course |
A program of study leading to the acquisition of a degree, diploma or certificate accredited by the university. |
| Blackboard |
Allows access to online study-related resources related to the units you are enrolled in at Monash |
| Board of Examiners |
Faculty committee responsible for determining the results of the performances of all candidates enrolled in the faculty. |
| CALT |
Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching |
| CAN |
Commonwealth Assistance Notice: Information sent to Commonwealth supported students after the census date about the units of study for which Commonwealth assistance has been received, their student contribution amounts, their Student Learning Entitlement (SLE) usage, the amount of any up-front payments made, and their HECS-HELP assistance. |
| Census date |
The date on which a student’s enrolment is taken to be finalised. HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP debts are incurred and SLE is consumed on census dates. Students must make their up-front payments and submit their request/s for Commonwealth assistance by the census date. |
| Chancellor |
The Chair of University Council, appointed to office by the members of Council. The role encompasses ceremonial, statutory, regulatory and executive functions. |
| Cheating |
Seeking to obtain an unfair advantage in an examination or in other written or practical work required to be submitted or completed by a student for assessment. |
| Chief Examiner |
Person responsible for assessment in a unit. |
| Co-requisite |
A unit that must be studied simultaneously with another unit. |
| Course |
The accumulation of units according to a set of rules that leads to the award of a qualification. |
| Course advisor |
A staff member assigned to assist students with the planning of their course. |
| Credit |
Credit which is given in one course on the basis of prior formal studies in another course at the same or another higher education or post-secondary institution. |
| Credit points |
Each unit has a credit point value. For Monash units this is typically 6 points or a multiple of 6 eg 12, 18. The credit point value for each unit is included in the Handbook entry. |
| Cross-institutional |
External relationships which lead to formal agreements with other tertiary institutions, business, industry, government agencies or schools, both locally, nationally and internationally, based on the joint development and delivery or, and graduation from education and training programs. |
| CSP |
Commonwealth Supported Place: higher education place for which the Commonwealth makes a contribution towards the cost of the student’s education. |
| DEEWR |
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |
| Deferral (or deferment) |
An adjournment of the starting date for study which allows a student’s place in a course to be held for a nominated length of time, usually one year. |
| Deferred examination |
See Special examination |
| Department/School |
An academic unit that teaches, administers and conducts research in one broad field of study. |
| DIAC |
Department of Immigration and Citizenship |
| Discipline - student |
The Discipline Statute encompasses academic, general and research misconduct by students. |
| Domestic student |
A person enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate academic program and who is an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or who holds Permanent Residency status in Australia. |
| EFTSL |
Equivalent Full-Time Student Load: a measure of the study load, for a year, of a student undertaking a course of study on a full time basis. |
| Elective |
A unit that is not part of a major or any other compulsory course requirement. |
| Encumbrance |
Encumbrances restrict a student's access to one or more university services, for example, library services, access to Monash University's computer system, graduation and access to enrolment records, examination results and academic transcripts. Encumbrances are either administrative or academic. |
| ENTER |
Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank |
| ESOS |
Education Services for Overseas Students: regulates the education and training of overseas students studying in Australia on student visas through the ESOS Act and associated legislation which protects the interests of these students by providing tuition and financial assurance. |
| Exchange student |
A student who is participating in a formal exchange program arranged between the university and a non-Australian overseas higher education provider. The student pays fees to the home institution not to the host institution. |
| Exclusion |
Where a student is not allowed to re-enrol in the course or Faculty after failing to meet the academic requirements of the Faculty. |
| Exemption |
Where a student is not required to take a certain unit on the basis of work already completed but is required to undertake an alternative unit of equivalent credit points. |
| Faculty |
The groupings of academic areas within the University. |
| FEE-HELP |
A loan scheme to help eligible non-Commonwealth supported students pay their tuition fees. |
| Full-time student |
A person undertaking 75% or above study load. |
| General misconduct |
Any behaviour in relation to people or property which is contrary to generally accepted standards of behaviour. |
| Go8 |
Group of Eight: Group of vice-chancellors of Australia’s eight leading universities. |
| GPA |
Grade Point Average is found on an academic transcript. The score is the average result of all grades achieved by a student during a course of study at tertiary level. Students receive an overall score with a maximum achievable of 4.00 (Score is awarded on the basis that a HD grades are weigted at 4, D grades are weighted at 3, etc). |
| Grading scale |
The framework correlating a percentage of marks to a level of achievement on an individual task or a whole unit or course. |
| Graduate |
A person on whom the University has conferred an academic award, including honorary awards and awards conferred jointly with another institution. |
| Handbook |
Each year Monash University publishes the Handbook which outlines course rules, course structures and unit details for all undergraduate and postraduate courses offered for that year. |
| HDR |
Higher Degrees by Research |
| HECS-HELP |
A scheme that includes up-front payment discounts and loans to help students in Commonwealth Supported Places pay their student contributions. |
| Host institution |
The partner institution at which a student is undertaking some part of an exchange, study abroad or cross-institutional program. |
| IELTS |
International English Language Testing Scheme |
| Intermission |
A break in studies that when granted reserves a place in the course for a student when the intermission has ended providing that the student re-enrols during the designated periods. |
| International student |
A person enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate academic program who is not a citizen of Australia or New Zealand and who does not hold permanent residency or permanent humanitarian status in Australia. |
| ISP |
Internet service provider |
| ITS |
The University’s division of Information Technology Services. |
| Lecture |
A class varying in size assigned to a unit. Consisting mostly of one-way interaction, with the lecturer providing a presentation and students taking notes. |
| LLS |
Language and Learning Support |
| Major |
A minimum of 48 credit points in a field of study or discipline, including a minimum of 12 points at both second and third year levels respectively. |
| Managing faculty |
The faculty that is assigned responsibility to coordinate administrative matters for each single or double degree program (including but not restricted to admission, enrolment, course advice, academic progress and academic referral). |
| Misconduct - student |
See Discipline – student |
| Mode of attendance |
This is a classification of the way in which a student is undertaking a unit of study, according to whether their enrolment in a unit is Internal (on-campus), External (off-campus) or Multi-modal (both on and off-campus). |
| Monash Abroad |
The program that provides exchange and study abroad opportunities for Monash students, and students at overseas institutions who would like to spend one or two semesters studying at Monash. |
Monash Research
Graduate School |
Administers a wide range of doctoral and Masterof Philosophy programs and also co-ordinates the university's postgraduate research training activities and research scholarships. |
| MUSO |
Monash University Studies Online system |
| MUTTS |
Monash University Timetable System |
| NP |
Near Pass Grade: the grade to be used where a Faculty does not which to record a Fail (N) grade for a student who has achieved a mark in the range of 45-49. |
| Off-campus Learning |
Distributed learning with teacher and learners geographically separated from each other. The term ‘Off-campus Learning’ has replaced the terminology previously used by the university including ‘Distributed Learning’ and ‘Distance Education’. |
| OHS(E) |
Occupational Health and Safety (and Environment) |
| Orientation (O Week) |
The beginning of semester for new students: activities (usually of a week’s duration) designed to help students settle into university and provide them with information to prepare them for university life. |
| OS-HELP |
A cash loan available to eligible students who undertake some of their course overseas. |
| Part-time student |
A person undertaking a study load less than 75%. |
| Plagiarism |
Using another person’s ideas and or manner of expressing them and to pass them off as one’s own by failing to give appropriate acknowledgement. |
| Policy |
A concise, formal and mandatory statement of principle which provides a framework for decision-making and a means by which the university reduces institutional risk. |
| Postgraduate coursework student |
A person enrolled in a higher degree program based predominantly on coursework study. |
Postgraduate research
student |
A person enrolled in a higher degree program based predominantly or wholly on research rather than coursework. |
| Practical session |
A class in which practical (or prac) experiments or exercises are conducted under supervision. |
| Prerequisite |
A prerequisite is a unit which must be completed before a student is permitted to proceed to a further unit. |
| Qualification |
An award or other form of certification of attainment, competence or attendance. |
| RPL |
Recognition of Prior Learning |
| SCA |
Student Contribution Amount |
| Scholarship |
A merit award based on academic performance which provides financial advantage to students undertaking a specified course of study. The advantage is usually in the form of full or partial remission of fees, or meeting of costs associated with the course of study such as living costs, purchase of books, or accommodation. |
| Semester |
The academic year has two semesters. Each semester consists of thirteen weeks followed by an examination period. |
| SLE |
Student Learning Entitlement |
| Special consideration |
Consideration by a board of examiners of students whose assessment has been affected by illness or other serious cause. |
| Special examination |
A special examination may be granted to students whose work during the academic year or performance in an examination or other assessment has been gravely affected by illness or other serious cause. |
| Specified credit |
Credit granted in the form of specific Monash unit(s). |
| Student Identification (ID) Cards |
New students are issued with a card containing their photo and a unique student ID number. The student ID card identifies the person as a member of the Monash Community and enables the holder to borrow from University libraries. |
| Study Abroad Program |
An approved program of study at a host overseas higher education institution that counts as credit towards a course enrolled in which the home higher education provider. |
| Supervisor – student |
Person responsible for academic supervision of a postgraduate research student. |
| Tagged degree |
Specialised degree whose title consists of a broader generic degree with a specialisation in parentheses. |
| TFN |
Tax File Number |
| Tutorial |
Small study and discussion group assigned to a unit. Complementary to material studied in a lecture. |
| Undergraduate student |
A student enrolled in an academic program designated by the statutes or rules to be an undergraduate program. |
| Unit |
Any single unit of study in which a student enrols, and in which a grade/mark is recorded. Comparable to 'subject' however unit is the official term used at Monash Unviersity. |
| University Council |
The governing body of the university. All University bodies report to the University Council. |
| Unspecified credit |
Credit which is not matched to a particular unit in the student’s new course at Monash. |
| VCE |
Victorian Certificate of Education |
| Vice Chancellor |
The most senior administrative and academic member of the university staff. |
| VTAC |
Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre |
| WAM |
WAM is found on an academic transcript. The score is the average result of all marks achieved by a student during a course of study at tertiary level. The WAM is calculated by weighting each mark by the unit credit points, summing up each of the weighted marks and dividing the total by the total number of credit points undertaken. A year level weight is included in the WAM calculation so that first year marks are weighted at half that of later years. |
| WES |
Web Enrolment System |
