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Diploma of Tertiary Studies
(DoTS)
Dr Mia Treacey
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DoTS is …
• A one year full-time course (or 2 year part-time course)
• An alternative first-year program
• Suited to students seeking additional learning support
• Offered at Berwick, Peninsula & Gippsland
• DoTS = 1st Year of a Degree
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DoTS provides …
• Additional pastoral support and study skills
• Units to equip students with the skills to write essays, undertake
research, solve problems, think critically
• Allows students to undertake units from their degree of interest
(streams)
• Opportunity to articulate into a Monash degree program
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Course structure
• Students complete two core units (one
in each semester) which provide
necessary skills for success in degree
studies
• Additional units are completed from
preferred course areas (streams)
How DoTS works
(Example: Arts Degree)
First Year – Study 2 DoTS
subjects and 6 Arts
subjects
Second Year – Full year of
Arts subjects
Third Year – Full year of
Arts subjects
GRADUATION
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Berwick campus – Arts stream
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Pathway into:
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Bachelor of Professional Communication
Arts areas they can study in while in DoTS pathway:
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Psychological Studies
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Communications
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Criminal Justice and Criminology
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International Studies
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Journalism
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Public Relations
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Film and Television Studies
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Berwick campus – other streams
New degrees being offered from 2012
• Finalised streams available:
– Business
– Education
• Currently negotiating new DoTS pathways (please check
VTAC for finalised offerings)
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Gippsland Campus – streams
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Arts
Art and Design
Business and Economics
Education
Information Technology
Nursing
Science
Degree program in Bachelor of Sports Promotion &
Events Management
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Peninsula campus – streams
• Course changes occurring for 2012
(check VTAC for finalised offerings)
– Business and Economics
– Education
– Sport & Outdoor Recreation
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Entry Requirements
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VCE (or equivalent)
Minimum English score of 25
Minimum ATAR score of 50
Plus any stream specific pre-requisites
(please refer to VTAC)
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Application process
• Via VTAC – all campuses
– Does require supplementary information – advise
applicants to follow instructions carefully.
• Round 1 – majority of offers made
• Round 2 – very few offers made
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After DoTS …
• Students can apply for degree of choice
• Eligible to receive up to 8 units of credit
– (depending on units completed in DoTS and
degree choice)
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ATS1369 Understanding University Learning
This unit is designed to introduce students to the nature and requirements of university
study. It assists them to demystify the practices and requirements they will confront in
their first year.
It provides students with a range of specific and identifiable capacities (skills and attitudes)
that are essential for undergraduate study.
The thematic content explores the relationships between the learner, the university's
requirements, and the expectations students have about university study.
Students are introduced to the traditions of university scholarship with particular emphasis
given to the cultivation of a range of skills and attitudes necessary for academic
success.
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ATS1369 Understanding University Learning
1: Being A Student
2: Transition – Study Skills
3: Transition – Student Issues
4: Essay Writing 1 – Getting Started
5: Essay Writing 2 – Getting Finished
6: What Is A University?
7: What Is The Purpose Of The University?
8: The Idea Of Knowledge
9: Disciplines And Discourse
10: The Critical Self – Learning Beyond University
11: Examinations – Techniques And Preparation
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ATS1370 Knowledge and Context
This unit complements the various disciplines in which students are enrolled.
It explores different disciplinary approaches to knowledge in order to develop an
appreciation of the importance and relationships between context and
knowledge.
Students will identify, compare, contrast and discuss different disciplinary
approaches to knowledge and be familiar with the relationships between
knowledge and context.
This unit provides students with an appreciation of the roles and responsibilities
that graduate professionals have in the wider community.
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ATS1370 Knowledge and Context
1: The Nature of Knowledge
2: Knowledge and Professions
3: The Production of Knowledge
4: Challenging Scientific Knowledge
5: Conflicts in Knowledge
6: Truth and Trust
7: Socially Constructing Historical Knowledge
8: Socially Constructing Religious Knowledge
9: Socially Constructing Individual Identity
10: Knowledge and Risk
11: Knowledge and the Individual
12: Exam Preparation
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Advantages of DoTS
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Supported immersion in first year
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An opportunity to develop and refine the skills and attitudes necessary to be
successful at university
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Fully credited as the first year of a degree*
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70% of DoTS students go into Monash degrees
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DoTS is recognised and credited by other universities
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The flexibility to change your mind about what disciplines/degrees you want to
study
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Additional class time
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Expectations of DoTS Students
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A performance based pathway:
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To gain a place in second year, you have to
> pass 8 out of 8 subjects
> for some courses students are expected to obtain at least a Credit (60%) average and will be
supported to achieve this (remember 70% of students do successfully gain entry to Monash courses)
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Classes can be scheduled at any time Monday to Friday between 8 am
and 6 pm:
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you are expected to make your work commitments fit around this, not the other way around
Typically you will be required to attend 13 + hours of classes, and undertake 26 hours of
private study per week.
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Students who do not pass all 8 subjects will not normally be eligible for consideration for a
place in a Monash degree.
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You cannot repeat failed units, or the course.
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Important Information about DoTS
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Deferrable and you can take an intermission (leave of absence)
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Non repeatable
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Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) Based
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Limited places
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DoTS undertaken on one campus, can lead to a degree at any of the other
Monash campuses
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At the conclusion of DoTS successful students apply through VTAC for entry
into the 2nd year of a degree at Monash or other institutions
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Further Information
• School of Applied Media and Social Sciences (SAMSS)
• 03 9902 6339
• arts-gippsland@monash.edu
• www.arts.monash.edu.au/samss/dots/
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Any Questions/Comments??