Multi-Faculty Degree Regulations: Bachelor of Communication
Made by the Monash University Council
Version incorporating amendments as at 3 November 2011
1.
Interpretations
In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears 'academic coordinator' means the academic coordinator for the degree appointed
under section 4 of the Multi-faculty degrees statute;
'board of management' means the Bachelor of Communication board of management;
'candidate' means candidate for the degree;
'concurrent course of study' means a course of study undertaken pursuant to paragraph
2.1.2 concurrently with the course of study for the degree;
'course of study' means the subjects comprising the course of study for the degree
determined by the faculty board under section 2;
'degree' means the degree of Bachelor of Communication;
'diploma' means a diploma or associate diploma of the Casey Institute of Technical and
Further Education specified in the schedule;
'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.
2.
Course of study
2.1
2.2
The course of study for the degree 2.1.1
comprises 24 subjects in 4 sequences as determined by the faculty board
under this section; and
2.1.2
must be undertaken concurrently with the course of study for either the
Bachelor of Business, the Bachelor of Tourism or a diploma.
The faculty board, on the advice of the board of management, shall from time to
time, with the approval of the Academic Board, determine the subjects
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comprising the course of study and may determine any matter or thing relating to
those subjects, including but not limited to -
3.
4.
5.
2.2.1
the subject sequences;
2.2.2
number, timing, content and duration;
2.2.3
prerequisite and corequisite subjects;
2.2.4
candidate attendance and participation;
2.2.5
credit points;
2.2.6
examination and assessment; and
2.2.7
satisfactory completion.
2.3
The faculty board must cause all determinations under this section to be
published in an information handout.
2.4
A candidate who, within the time limits prescribed for the degree, satisfactorily
completes a concurrent course of study shall be deemed, without undertaking the
subjects comprising the fourth sequence of subjects in the course of study for the
degree, to have satisfactorily completed that sequence of subjects.
Approval of subjects
3.1
At the beginning of each year a candidate must obtain the academic coordinator's
approval of the subjects the candidate proposes to undertake in that year.
3.2
Except where the academic coordinator in any particular case otherwise
determines, a candidate must not in the course of a year undertake any subject in
the course of study that is not approved pursuant to subsection 3.1.
Credit for work done elsewhere
4.1
Where the faculty board, on the advice of the board of management, is satisfied
that a candidate, prior to candidature, completed work equivalent to particular
work in the course of study for the degree, the faculty board may deem the
candidate to have completed that particular work and grant the candidate credit
in respect of it.
4.2
Credit under subsection 4.1 must not be granted in respect of work completed
more than ten years before admission to candidature, unless in any particular
case the faculty board, on the advice of the board of management, otherwise
determines.
Time limits
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Save as otherwise provided in these regulations or as otherwise determined by the
board of management in any particular case, a candidate must complete the course of
study within eight years full-time or ten years part-time study.
6.
Leave of absence
The board of management may from time to time and subject to any conditions
specified, grant leave of absence to a candidate for a period not exceeding one year,
unless the board in any particular case otherwise determines, but in no case may the
total period of leave granted to a candidate exceed three years.
7.
Examination grades
7.1
An examination result must be awarded in one of the following grades Fail (NN)
Pass (P)
Credit (C)
Distinction (D)
High Distinction (HD)
7.2
8.
An examination result of pass standard in a first year level subject may be
classified as either pass or division 2, but only one pass of division 2 may be
credited towards the degree.
Satisfactory completion
A candidate who satisfactorily completes the course of study qualifies for the award of
the degree.
9.
Changes in regulations and course of study requirements
9.1
Subject to this section, a candidate for the degree must comply with these
regulations and with the requirements concerning the course of study for the
degree as in force or published from time to time.
9.2
Where the faculty board considers that a candidate has, since first enrolling for
the degree, 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 degree under the regulations or course of study
requirements in force or published 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.
Schedule
Diploma of Information Technology (Technical and User Support)
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Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing)
Associate Diploma of Business (Marketing)
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