27 (1)28.1 If the Committee requires a candidate to be re-examined, the candidate must be re-examined in accordance with this rule.
(2)28.2 A candidate is only to be admitted to re-examination once only.
(3)28.3 Re-examination may be by revision and re-submission of a thesis or by written or oral examination, or by a combination of any of those methods that the Committee, on the recommendation of the prescribed authority, determines.
(4)28.4 The Committee, on the recommendation of the prescribed authority, may determine the date for resubmission of a thesis.
(5)28.5 The Committee may appoint, for the purpose of re-examination of a thesis, all or some of the first examiners for the degree or additional or other examiners as the Committee thinks fit.
(6)28.6 Re-examination shallmust be conducted as nearly as may be in accordance with rules 20, 22, 24 and 2520, 21, 23, 25, 26 and 27, as the case requires except that a recommendation for re-examination may not be made.[CHECK these are the correct rules to be applied.]
2.60 Amendment of theses
2.60(1) If a candidate is required, under paragraph 2.58(1)(b), to make minor amendments to his or her thesis, the amendments must be made within 12 months of the candidate being notified of the requirement, unless the prescribed authority allows a longer period.
(7) Insert 23B of PhD rules Revision of theses292.61 Revision of theses
29.12.61(1) If a candidate is required to be re-examined by re-submission of his or her thesis under subrule 28.3this Division:
(a) the prescribed authority must appoint an appropriate person to advise the candidate during the revision process; and
(b) the candidate must revise and resubmit his or her thesis for examination within a period of not more than 1 year from the date on which the decision is notified to the candidate in writing by the prescribed authorityCommittee.
29.22.61(2) An appointment under paragraph 29.12.61(1)(a) must not be for more than 1 year, but may be extended by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education). Committee.
29.32.61(3) A period under paragraph 29.12.61(1)(b) may be extended under this rule by the CommitteeDeputy Vice-Chancellor (Education),, but not so that the aggregate of the initial period and any extensions exceed 2 years.
Note: [NOTE: Rules 2.12 and 2.56 make provision for a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to transfer and be examined for the degree of Master of Philosophy.]
2.62 Results of re-examination
2.62(1) After consideration of the examiners’ reports on a re- examination of the candidate and of the observations of the head of the relevant academic section, the prescribed authority may recommend to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) as provided in paragraph 2.58(1)(a) or 2.58(1)(d).
2.63(1) The hearing and determination of an appeal against a decision to fail a candidate is to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Part 4.
2.64 Notification of decisions
2.64(1) If the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) makes a decision:
(a) terminating a candidature on grounds mentioned in rule 2.29; or
(b) that a candidate has failed;
the Director SAS must notify the candidate in writing of the decision, and must include in the notice:
(c) a statement to the effect that, subject to these Rules, the candidate is entitled to appeal against the decision; and
(d) a statement setting out the procedure for lodging an appeal.
2.64(2) The validity of a decision referred to in paragraph 2.64(1)(a) or 2.64(1)(b) is not affected by a failure to include in a notice statements in accordance with paragraph 2.64(1)(c) or 2.64(1)(d).
Note: [NOTE: Rule 17 of the Discipline Rules 20043 provides for withholding of awards where obligations to the University have not been met.]
Division 2.11: Deposit of Theses
2.65 Deposit of theses
2.65(1) When a candidate for a research degree is granted an award, the Director SAS must retain and deliver to the University Library the best copy of the thesis or other publication submitted for the award.
2.65(2) The Director SAS must retain one copy of a thesis or other publication submitted by a candidate who is not granted the award.
2.65(3) The submission of an otherwise unpublished thesis by a candidate who is granted the relevant award authorises the University to deal with the thesis as follows:
(a) to make the thesis available in the University Library on demand for the purpose of private study or research; and
(b) with the candidate's permission, to make the thesis otherwise available in microform, paper or digital format for the purpose of private study or research.
2.65(4) If a candidate is not granted the relevant award, the submission of an otherwise unpublished thesis by the candidate authorises the University to make the thesis available in the office of the Director SAS for the purpose of private study and research to any student or member of staff of the University.
2.65(5) However, subrule 2.65(4) does not apply unless:
(a) after consultation with the prescribed authority; and
(b) after considering the views, if ascertainable, and interests of the candidate;
the Director SAS considers that the interests of scholarship require the thesis to be made so available and that the interests of the candidate will not be unreasonably prejudiced.
2.65(6) However, except at the express request of the candidate concerned, a thesis to which paragraph 2.65(3)(a) applies must not, within 12 months after the date on which it was delivered to the University Library, be made available for the purpose of private study or research other than in the University Library.
2.65(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in subrule 2.65(3) or 2.65(4), a candidate may when submitting a thesis, with the consent of and for a period and on conditions specified by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) on the recommendation of the prescribed authority, forbid access to an appendix to the thesis marked “confidential appendix”.
2.65(8) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) must not give consent under subrule 2.65(7) in relation to an appendix to a thesis unless the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) is satisfied, on the recommendation of the prescribed authority, that:
(a) the appendix contains material obtained on conditions legally requiring the material to be kept confidential; or
(b) having regard to the circumstances in which, or the conditions on which, the material contained in the appendix was obtained, it is reasonable that the material should be kept confidential.
2.65(9) Notwithstanding anything contained in subrule 2.65(3) or 2.65(4), a candidate may, when submitting a thesis, prohibit for a specified period the disclosure of the thesis or some part of it by the University Library or the Director SAS to any person if the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) on the recommendation of the prescribed authority certifies that such prohibition for the period indicated is reasonable having regard to the protection of the candidate's interest under laws respecting copyright, designs or patents, or commercially, financially or culturally confidential information.
PART 3: AWARDS OTHER THAN RESEARCH DEGREES
Division 3.1: Application
3.1 Application
3.1(1) This Part applies to academic programs for coursework and coursework and research awards (but not to research degrees) and to candidates pursuing those programs.
Division 3.2: Admission
3.2 Admission to academic program
3.2(1) A person wishing to pursue an academic program must apply in an approved form to the Director SAS to be admitted as a candidate and must give the Director SAS any other information required by the Director.
3.2(2) The minimum requirement for admission to an academic program leading to a professional doctorate by coursework or coursework and research is:
(a) a degree of bachelor with first class honours or upper second class honours of an Australian university; or
(b) such other qualification (being a qualification that is equivalent or superior to such a degree) as the prescribed authority, on the advice of the head of the relevant academic section, determines.
3.2(3) The minimum requirement for admission to an academic program leading to the award of a degree of Master by coursework or coursework and research or a Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate is:
(a) a degree of bachelor of an Australian university, or of another tertiary education institution approved by the prescribed authority for the purposes of this Division, being a degree of a kind that is, in the opinion of the prescribed authority and the head of the relevant academic section, an adequate qualification for the admission of the person as a candidate; or
(b) such other qualification, practical experience or combination of qualifications and practical experience as the prescribed authority, on the advice of the head of the relevant academic section, determines.
3.3 Admission: conditions
3.3(1) In appropriate circumstances, the prescribed authority may require a candidate to have relevant professional experience or admit a person to candidature conditionally.
3.3(2) Except with the permission of the prescribed authority, on the recommendation of the head of the relevant academic section, a candidate must not pursue an academic program leading to another award at the same time as pursuing a program for a graduate or undergraduate award (whether of a kind mentioned in the Schedule or not, and however described) in the University or in another tertiary education institution.
3.3(3) An applicant for admission to an academic program must satisfy any English language requirements determined by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) for the program.
3.4 Admission by prescribed authority
3.4(1) A prescribed authority may admit a person to an academic program, or to part of an academic program, under this Division if the person satisfies the minimum requirement for the admission.
3.5 Admission by prescribed authority – particular circumstances
3.5(1) The prescribed authority may:
(a) admit as a full-time candidate for an academic program or as a part-time candidate for the program a person who does not satisfy the prescribed minimum requirement for admission to that program, and may impose such conditions on the person’s admission as the prescribed authority thinks fit;
(b) on the recommendation of the head of the relevant academic section, admit as a full-time or part-time candidate for an academic program a person who was, immediately before applying for admission, pursuing another graduate or undergraduate award program in the University or in another tertiary education institution and who intends to continue pursuing that other program, and may impose such conditions on the person’s admission as the prescribed authority thinks fit.
Note: [NOTE: if a candidate is admitted to an academic program under paragraph 3.5(1)(b), he or she may be granted status under Division 3.3 for work performed before that admission for another academic program referred to in that paragraph.]
3.6 Enrolment
3.6(1) A candidate must choose the courses of his or her program, and make any change to that choice, in accordance with the Orders.
3.6(2) However, if the Orders indicate that the approval of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or the prescribed authority must be obtained for the choice or number of courses that may be undertaken in a particular program, a candidate wishing to undertake that program must get that approval.
Division 3.3: Status
3.7 Status
3.7(1) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) may determine the limits within which status for relevant work performed at the University or elsewhere may be granted in relation to a particular award or course.
3.7(2) Within those limits, the prescribed authority may determine, in relation to a particular candidate, conditions on which status may be granted to the candidate.
3.7(3) Subject to subrules 3.7(1), 3.7(2) and 3.7(4), if a candidate has, within 7 years before admission to candidature, performed relevant postgraduate work, whether at the University or at another tertiary education institution approved by the prescribed authority, the prescribed authority may grant the candidate status for that work towards a candidate’s academic program to which this subrule applies.
3.7(4) Status may only be granted in respect of a course that is equivalent or relevant to a course in the academic program concerned and despite anything else in this rule, for not greater than half of the program’s requirements.
3.7(5) If:
(a) a candidate for the degree of Master of Clinical Psychology has, before admission to the academic program, undertaken supervised clinical experience in a public clinical service; and
(b) the standard of the experience is equivalent to the standard of experience that would be gained by undertaking a fieldwork placement course as part of the academic program for the degree;
the prescribed authority may grant the candidate status for the first-mentioned experience towards the academic program.
3.7(6) If a candidate has, within 7 years before being admitted to candidature to an academic program for a degree of Master (other than by research), or a graduate diploma or graduate certificate, performed relevant advanced undergraduate work, whether at the University or at another tertiary education institution, the prescribed authority may grant the candidate status for that work towards the academic program for not greater than one quarter of the program’s requirements.
3.7(7) In appropriate circumstances, the prescribed authority may grant status conditionally.
3.7(8) If status is granted to a candidate, it must be expressed in units.
Division 3.4: Commencement of academic program
3.8 Commencement of academic program
3.8(1) The date on which the candidate’s academic program is to be regarded as having commenced is the date of the candidate’s enrolment in the program.
Division 3.5: Transfer between academic programs
3.9. Transfer: general
3.9(1) A candidate seeking to transfer between academic programs must apply in writing to the prescribed authority to do so.
3.9(2) The prescribed authority may permit an applicant under subrule 3.9(1) to transfer between academic programs.
3.10 Transfer: from professional doctorate to degree of Master etc
3.10(1) A candidate for a professional doctorate (other than by research) may request transfer to an academic program for the relevant Degree of Master, or other award, by coursework or coursework and research with status for all work completed if the prescribed authority has not determined that the candidate has failed the professional doctorate program.
3.11 Transfer: from degree of Master by coursework to professional doctorate
3.11(1) The prescribed authority on the advice of the head of the relevant academic section, may admit as a candidate for a professional doctorate (other than by research) a person who, immediately before that admission, was a candidate for a degree of Master by coursework or coursework and research.
3.12 Transfer: from degree of Master etc to Graduate Diploma or Certificate
3.12(1) The prescribed authority may, subject to such requirements and on such terms and conditions as the prescribed authority determines, admit as a candidate for a graduate diploma or certificate a person who wishes to transfer candidature from an academic program for a degree of Master or another graduate degree or diploma offered by the University.
3.13 Transfer: from full-time candidature to part-time candidature etc.
3.13(1) The prescribed authority may permit a full-time candidate to pursue his or her academic program as a part-time candidate or a part-time candidate to pursue his or her academic program as a full-time candidate.
Division 3.6: Limitations on Admission
3.14 Limit on obligation
3.14(1) If a person seeking acceptance into an academic program, or part of an academic program, satisfies or exceeds the minimum requirement for admission to the program, the prescribed authority is not obliged to admit the person to the program, or the part of the program, only because the person has satisfied the prescribed minimum requirement for admission.
3.15 Limit on number of places
3.15(1) The prescribed authority may decide how many places are available in any enrolment period for new candidates for an academic program.
3.16 Restriction on other study
3.16(1) A person must not, at any time after admission, begin to pursue another award program in the University or in another tertiary education institution without the written permission of the prescribed authority given following a recommendation by the head of the relevant academic section.
3.16(2) A person who indicates in an application for admission that the person does not intend to continue pursuing another award program in the University or in another tertiary education institution must not, at any time after admission, continue to pursue that other award program without the written permission of the prescribed authority given following a recommendation by the head of the relevant academic section.
Division 3.7: Supervision
3.17 Supervisors: appointment
3.17(1) For a candidate for a professional doctorate (other than a research degree), or for a Graduate Diploma in Science, the prescribed authority must, before the commencement of the program, appoint one or more supervisors for the candidate for that program.
3.17(2) For a candidate for a degree of Master, a graduate diploma (other than a Graduate Diploma in Science) or a graduate certificate, the prescribed authority must, before the commencement of the program, appoint a member of staff of the University to be the coordinator or director for that program.
3.17(3) The coordinator of an academic program is to be the supervisor of all candidates in that program.
3.17(4) For a candidate for a degree of Master (other than a research degree), the prescribed authority must appoint one or more additional supervisors for the candidate for the research component of the program on or before the date on which the research component of the candidate’s program begins.
3.17(5) The prescribed authority may arrange with a member of the academic staff of the University or other suitable person (other than a coordinator) to perform such functions as are specified in the arrangement in relation to supervising and assisting a candidate for a graduate diploma.
3.17(6) If a sole supervisor is, or is to be, absent from the University or is unable to perform the duties of a supervisor, for more than 4 consecutive weeks, the prescribed authority must appoint a person to act as the supervisor for the period of the absence.
3.17(7) If the coordinator of an academic program is, or is about to be, absent from the University for more than 4 consecutive weeks, the prescribed authority must appoint an acting coordinator for that program for the period of the absence.
3.18 Supervisors and supervision
3.18(1) At least 1 supervisor for a candidate must be a member of the full-time academic staff of the University.
3.18(2) Subject to the direction of the prescribed authority, a supervisor or a coordinator must supervise the candidate’s academic program and the candidate’s observance of these Rules and enable the candidate to obtain advice on any matter relevant to the program.
3.18(3) A supervisor or coordinator who considers that a candidate has failed to pursue the candidate’s academic program satisfactorily or has not observed these Rules must report accordingly to the prescribed authority.
Division 3.8: General Provisions applying to awards
3.19 Duration of standard program
3.19(1) An academic program may be pursued full-time or part-time.
3.19(2) The duration of an academic program is as set out in these Rules and in the Orders.
3.20 Program requirements for coursework-based award
3.20(1) To finish the academic program for an award requiring coursework or coursework and research, a candidate must:
(a) pass courses mentioned in subrule 3.20(2) the total value of which (together with the value of any research component) is set out in the Orders in relation to the award; and
(b) complete the other requirements for the award set out in these Rules and the Orders.
3.20(2) The courses, sequences of courses or combinations of courses that may be included in a program for an award referred to in subrule 3.20(1) are the courses, sequences or combinations of courses approved by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) and set out in the Orders.
3.20(3) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) may determine the unit value of any research to be undertaken as part of an award requiring coursework.
3.20(4) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) may, in special circumstances, approve a program or variation of a program that does not comply with subrule 3.20(2).
3.20(5) Not more than 1 quarter of the courses required for an academic program leading to a degree of Master, or a graduate diploma or graduate certificate, may be undergraduate courses.
3.21 Attendance at the University
3.21(1) An academic program must be pursued at the University or at another place approved by the prescribed authority on the recommendation of the head of the relevant academic section.
3.21(2) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) may make Orders setting out the maximum period or the number or value of courses for which a particular academic program may be pursued outside the University.
3.21(3) However, approval is not to be given for the completion of courses outside the University unless the prescribed authority on the recommendation of the head of the relevant academic section is satisfied that:
(a) the courses are substantially comparable in quality with equivalent courses offered by the University for the academic program; or
(b) the institution concerned has satisfactory research facilities for the purposes of the completion of the courses;
as the case requires.
3.22 English language requirements
3.22(1) An academic program is to be conducted in the English language unless the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) determines otherwise.
3.23 Pursuit of academic program
3.23(1) A candidate must pursue the program to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority.
3.23(2) The pursuit of an academic program by a candidate includes the right to use the facilities of the University if such use is reasonable having regard to the nature of the program.
3.24 Expiration of academic program
3.24(1) An academic program expires when it has been pursued for its maximum duration under these Rules.
3.24(2) If, before an academic program otherwise expires:
(a) a candidate withdraws from the program; or
(b) the candidate's candidature is terminated; or
(c) the candidate has completed the requirements for the relevant award;
the program is taken to have expired on the date of that withdrawal, termination, or completion as the case requires.
3.25 Program leave of absence
3.25(1) The prescribed authority may grant a candidate program leave of absence from the candidate's academic program for a graduate award for such period as the prescribed authority thinks fit.
3.25(2) However, no period of program leave of absence may be less than 1 week for a full-time candidate or 2 weeks for a part-time candidate.
3.26 Withdrawal from academic program
3.26(1) A candidate may, at any time before the candidate's academic program expires, withdraw from the program by notice in writing delivered to the Director SAS.
3.27 Termination of academic program
3.27(1) The prescribed authority may, on the recommendation of a supervisor (including a coordinator), terminate a candidature for an academic program on the ground that the candidate has failed to pursue the academic program to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority, or that the candidate has otherwise failed to comply with these Rules or a condition imposed by the prescribed authority on the person’s admission to candidature.
Note: [NOTE: See Part 4 for rights and procedures relating to review of decisions.]
3.27(2) Before exercising the power referred to in subrule 3.27(1), the prescribed authority must give the candidate an opportunity to make representations, orally or in writing, and must take such representations into account before reaching a decision on the matter.
Division 3.9: Program Requirements
Subdivision 3.9.1: Professional Doctorates other than research degrees
3.28 Application of Subdivision
3.28(1) This Subdivision applies to academic programs, and to candidates pursuing those programs, leading to a professional doctorate other than a research degree.
3.29 Academic program content
3.29(1) An academic program of study to which this Subdivision relates consists of work determined by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) including coursework, research or clinical or professional practice.
3.29(2) If an academic program of study to which this Subdivision relates is to contain a research component, the research component is to relate to a topic or topics approved by the prescribed authority.
3.29(3) However, if more than one topic is permitted under subrule 3.29(2), the topics must have a reasonable relationship with each other.
3.29(43) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) must determine the minimum standard of coursework that must be attained before a candidate is granted the award or before the candidate’s thesis is examined.
3.29(54) Each determination must be made available to relevant candidates and must contain a description of the academic program requirements.
3.29(65) A candidate must obtain the approval of the prescribed authority for the content of the candidate’s academic program and for any change to that content.
3.29(76) Completion of an academic program for a professional doctorate requires at least 96 units and, unless otherwise approved by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), not greater than 192 units.
3.29(87) To complete the requirements of the academic program satisfactorily, a candidate must pass the coursework, the research (thesis) component, and any clinical or professional practice that is required, at the standard indicated in the relevant determination.
3.29(98) In computing periods of time for completing units under this rule, periods of program leave of absence do not extend the time available.
3.30 Time limits
3.30(1) The maximum duration of a 192 unit program for a professional doctorate other than by research is 9 years.
3.31 Reporting
3.31(1) For an academic program for a professional doctorate a candidate must give a report to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or prescribed authority in accordance with the Orders.
Subdivision 3.9.2: Degrees of Master other than research degrees
3.32 Application of Subdivision
3.32(1) This Subdivision applies to academic programs leading to a degree of Master (other than Master of Philosophy or another research degree) set out in the Schedule and which require a candidate to complete the program either by coursework or a combination of coursework and research.
3.33 Academic programs
3.33(1) In this Subdivision, a reference to a coursework program is reference to an academic program consisting largely or entirely of coursework, and a reference to a coursework and research program is a reference to an academic program involving less than two-thirds research.
3.33(2) A coursework program can be:
(a) a degree with an ungraded exit standard of Satisfactory; or
(b) a degree with a graded exit standard of Distinction, Merit, or Award.
3.33(3) A coursework and research program can be:
(a) a degree with an ungraded exit standard of Satisfactory; or
(b) a degree with a graded exit standard of First Class Honours, Second Class Honours, Division A, Second Class Honours, Division B, or Third Class Honours.
3.33(4) A failure in a coursework or coursework and research program is to be graded Fail.
3.33(5) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) must identify each academic program to which this Division applies as falling under paragraph 3.33(2)(a), 3.33(2)(b), 3.33(3)(a) or 3.33(3)(b).
3.34 Academic program content
3.34(1) An academic program is to consist of coursework or a combination of coursework and research, being research into a topic determined by the prescribed authority.
3.34(2) However, if more than one research topic is permitted, the topics are to have a reasonable relationship with each other.
3.34(3) An academic program of the kind defined in paragraph 3.33(2)(b) must contain a research component of at least one quarter of the total requirements for the degree.
3.34(4) An academic program must contain a coursework component greater than one third of the total requirements for the degree.
3.34(5) Completion of an academic program for a degree of Master requires:
(a) at least 48 units and, unless otherwise approved by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), not greater than 96 units; or
(b) if a different unit value is mentioned in the Orders for the award, that value.
3.35 Time limits
3.35(1) The maximum duration of a program leading to a degree of Master is:
(a) for a 48 unit program, 5 years; and
(b) for a 60 to 72 unit program, 6 years; and
(c) for a 96 (or more) unit program, 7 years.
3.35(2) In computing periods of time for completing units under this rule, periods of program leave of absence do not extend the time available.
Subdivision 3.9.3: Graduate Diplomas
3.36 Application of Subdivision
3.36(1) This Subdivision applies to academic programs for graduate diplomas mentioned in the Schedule.
3.37 Academic program content
3.37(1) An academic program for a Graduate Diploma consists of such work as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) determines.
3.37(2) Completion of an academic program leading to a Graduate Diploma requires at least 36 units and, unless otherwise approved by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), not greater than 48 units.
3.38 Classification of performance of candidate
3.38(1) The relevant coordinator must, in relation to each candidate for a Graduate Diploma, after any consultation with the examiners that the coordinatorCommittee considers necessary in relation to the candidate, recommend to the prescribed authority:
(a) that the candidate has satisfactorily completed the program and that the candidate's performance be classified under subrule 3.38(4) as Awarded the Diploma with Distinction, Awarded the Diploma with Merit or Awarded the Diploma; or
(b) that the candidate has not satisfactorily completed the program.
3.38(2) The prescribed authority must, having regard to the recommendation of the coordinator, decide whether or not a candidate has satisfactorily completed the program.
3.38(3) A prescribed authority must not decide that a candidate has satisfactorily completed an academic program unless the candidate has, to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority, attended such classes and seminars and performed such work as the prescribed authority determines.
3.38(4) If a prescribed authority decides that a candidate has satisfactorily completed an academic program, the prescribed authority must classify the performance of the candidate in respect of that program as Awarded the Diploma with Distinction, Awarded the Diploma with Merit or Awarded the Diploma, but must otherwise classify that performance as Fail.
3.38(5) The prescribed authority is only to classify the performance of the candidate as Awarded the Diploma with Distinction if the candidate has achieved a standard equivalent to First Class Honours.
3.38(6) The prescribed authority is only to classify the performance of the candidate as Awarded the Diploma with Merit if the candidate has achieved a standard equivalent to Second Class Honours, Division A.
3.39 Time limits
3.39(1) The maximum duration of a program for a Graduate Diploma is 5 years.
3.39(2) In computing periods of time for completing units under this rule, periods of program leave of absence do not extend the time available.
Subdivision 3.9.4: Graduate Certificates
3.40 Application of Subdivision
3.40(1) This Subdivision applies to academic programs for graduate certificates mentioned in the Schedule.
3.41 Academic program content
3.41(1) An academic program for a Graduate Certificate consists of such work as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) determines.
3.41(2) Completion of an academic program leading to a Graduate Certificate requires at least 24 units unless otherwise determined by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education).
3.42 Classification of candidate's performance
3.42(1) The relevant coordinator must, in relation to each candidate, after any consultation with the examiners that the coordinatormmittee considers necessary in relation to the candidate, recommend to the prescribed authority whether the candidate has satisfactorily completed the program or has failed.
3.42(2) The prescribed authority must, having regard to the recommendation of the coordinator, decide whether a candidate has satisfactorily completed the program or has failed.
3.42(3) A prescribed authority must not decide that a candidate has satisfactorily completed an academic program unless the candidate has, to the prescribed authority's satisfaction, attended such classes and seminars and performed such work as the prescribed authority determines.
3.43 Time limits
3.43(1) The maximum duration of a program for a Graduate Certificate is 3 years.
3.43(2) In computing periods of time for completing units under this rule, periods of program leave of absence do not extend the time available.
Subdivision 3.9.5: Combined programs
3.44 Combined programs
3.44(1) With the permission of the prescribed authorities concerned, a candidate may undertake the programs for 2 awards as a combined program.
3.44(2) The University offers the combined programs mentioned in Part 6 of the Schedule.
3.45 Combined program: requirements
3.45(1) The requirements for a combined program are as set out in the Orders made by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education).
3.45(2) Rules and Orders that apply to a component program of a combined program apply, except where they are inconsistent with Orders made under this rule, to that component of the combined program.
Division 3.10: Examinations
Subdivision 3.10.1: Preliminary
3.46 Application of Division
3.46(1) This Division applies to the examination of candidates for awards other than research degrees.
3.47 Eligibility to be examined or re-examined
3.47(1) A candidate is not eligible to be examined or re-examined in a course unless he or she is enrolled in the course and complies with the requirements of the Rules and Orders applicable to taking the course.
3.48 Methods of examination
3.48(1) Coursework is to be examined by written examination in accordance with the Examinations (The Faculties) Rules 2004 which are to be applied as nearly as possible in relation to examinations for coursework, with such necessary or convenient modifications, additions and omissions as are determined by the prescribed authority.
3.48(2) If an academic program requires the submission of a thesis in addition to other coursework components, the thesis is to be examined in accordance with this Division and the Examinations (The Faculties) Rules 2004.
3.48(3) Theses and examinations are to be written and conducted in the English language, unless the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), on the recommendation of the prescribed authority, otherwise determines.
3.48(4) Subject to these Rules, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) may, by Order, determine the requirements of an examination, and may give directions as to the conduct of an examination.
3.48(5) However, for a program of study requiring clinical or professional practice, examination of the clinical or professional practice component of the program may be by written or oral examination following the completion of the component or by assessment reports on an internship or other form of professional practice.
3.48(6) A reference in this rule to a written examination includes a reference:
(a) to the examination of a candidate by reports by the candidate’s supervisors about the candidate’s performance during:
(i) internships; or
(ii) other form of professional practice; and
(b) in relation to an academic program offered by the School of Art or the School of Music in the Faculty of Arts, to the examination of:
(i) an exhibition; or
(ii) a performance; or
(iii) a folio of original works.
Subdivision 3.10.2: Theses
3.49 Theses
3.49(1) If a candidate is required to submit a thesis, the candidate must submit a thesis in a form approved by the prescribed authority in accordance with the Orders.
3.49(2) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) may, by Order, determine the form a thesis is to take and the number of copies to be submitted.
3.50 Examination of theses
3.5049(1) A thesis must incorporate an account of research done during the program and its result and, if the research is on more than 1 topic, must demonstrate the relationship between the topics.
3.50(2) A thesis based upon research conducted jointly with another person must clearly indicate the nature and extent of the candidate's contribution to the research.
3.50(3) A candidate must clearly mark in the thesis, material which has been previously submitted by the candidate for the purpose of obtaining a degree of any university or other tertiary education institution.
3.50(4) A thesis must not be accepted for examination unless, in the opinion of the prescribed authority, it consists preponderantly of material not previously so submitted.
3.50(5) A thesis that has been published may be submitted in published form, subject to the approval of the prescribed authority.
3.50(6) Not less than 2 months before submitting a thesis, a candidate must give notice to the prescribed authority, in the approved form, of intention to submit the thesis.
3.50(7) A candidate must submit the thesis by delivering the requisite number of copies to the prescribed authority.
3.51 Examiners of thesis
3.51(1) On the recommendation of the supervisor, the prescribed authority must appoint no fewer than 2 examiners of a thesis.
3.51(2) Unless the prescribed authority otherwise determines, at least one of the examiners appointed under this rule must be a person who is not a member of the staff of the University.
3.51(3) A supervisor must not be appointed as an examiner under this rule.
3.51(4) To resolve ambiguities or disagreements or avoid delays in relation to the examination of a particular candidate, the prescribed authority, acting on the advice of the supervisor, may at any time appoint an additional examiner.
3.51(5) The prescribed authority may, at the request of an examiner, nominate a person other than a candidate’s supervisor to provide further information about the candidate’s thesis or, in the case of joint work, the candidate’s contribution to the thesis.
3.52 Prohibited communications
3.52(1) An examiner must not communicate directly with:
(a) a candidate whose work he or she is examining; or
(b) a supervisor of the candidate.
3.52(2) A candidate must not communicate directly with an examiner of his or her work.
Subdivision 3.10.3: Results
3.53 Decision about results
3.53(1) After consideration of the examiners' reports, the prescribed authority may:
(a) resolve that the candidate be granted the award; or
(b) require the candidate to be re-examined by resubmission of thesis or re-examination of other coursework or both, as the case requires; or
(c) resolve that the candidate be failed.
3.53(2) However, if the prescribed authority is satisfied that the overall results obtained by the candidate, both in the assessment of the thesis and in examination of the coursework and any other examinations not related to the assessment of the thesis, are satisfactory, the prescribed authority must resolve that the candidate be granted the award.
3.53(3) Re-examination may be by revision and re-submission of a thesis, or otherwise in accordance with the Examinations (The Faculties) Rules 2004 (which are to be applied as nearly as possible in relation to examinations for coursework, with such necessary or convenient modifications, additions and omissions as are determined by the prescribed authority), or by a combination of either of those methods as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) determines.
3.54 Results of re-examination
3.54(1) After consideration of the examiners’ reports on a re- examination of the candidate and of the observations of the head of the relevant academic section, the prescribed authority may resolve as provided in paragraph 3.53(1)(a) or 3.53(1)(c).
3.55 Candidate's right of appeal
3.55(1) The hearing and determination of an appeal against a decision to fail a candidate is to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Part 4.
3.56 Notification of decisions
3.56(1) If a prescribed authority makes a decision:
(a) terminating a candidature under rule 3.27; or
(b) that a candidate has failed;
the Director SAS must notify the candidate in writing of the decision, and must include in the notice:
(c) a statement to the effect that, subject to these Rules, the candidate is entitled to appeal against the decision; and
(d) a statement setting out the procedure for lodging an appeal.
3.56(2) The validity of a decision referred to in paragraph 3.56(1)(a) or 3.56(1)(b) is not affected by a failure to include in a notice statements in accordance with paragraph 3.56(1)(c) or 3.56(1)(d).
3.57 Granting of award
3.57(1) If the prescribed authority resolves that a candidate be granted an award, the award may be granted at the level determined by the prescribed authority.
Note: [NOTE: Rule 17 of the Discipline Rules 20043 provides for withholding of awards where obligations to the University have not been met.]
PART 64: REVIEW OF DECISIONS
4.1 Candidate's right of appeal
4.1(1) A candidate may appeal against a resolution of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or prescribed authority:
(a) that the candidate be failed; or
(b) that the candidate’s candidature be terminated.
4.1(2) An appeal under subrule 4.1(1) must be in writing and be lodged with the Director SAS within the period of:
(a) in relation to a graduate diploma or graduate certificate, 28 days; and
(b) in any other case, 3 months;
commencing on the day on which the candidate was notified of the resolution.
4.1(3) If the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or prescribed authority resolves that a candidate be failed, the Director SAS must:
(a) notify the candidate of the resolution;
(b) give the candidate:
(i) a copy of the reports of the examiners of the thesis (if any) and of the results of the examinations following coursework, and any other assessment, prepared so that the identity of the candidate's examiners is not disclosed to the candidate; and
(ii) an account of the substance and effect of any observations relating to the candidate submitted to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or prescribed authority, prepared so that the identity of the candidate's examiners is not disclosed to the candidate;
(c) inform the candidate to the effect that, subject to these Rules, the candidate is entitled to appeal against the resolution; and
(d) advise the candidate of the procedure for lodging an appeal.
4.1(4) The validity of a resolution of the kind referred to in paragraph 4.1(1)(a) is not be taken to be affected by a failure to comply with subrule 4.1(3).
4.2 Appeal Committee
4.2(1) If the Vice-Chancellor receives an appeal under rule 4.1 by a candidate, the Vice-Chancellor must, after consulting the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or prescribed authority, appoint 3 disinterested members of the full-time academic staff of the University to form an Appeal Committee to hear and determine the appeal.
4.2(2) The members of an Appeal Committee must elect one of their number to be the Chair of the Appeal Committee.
4.3 Hearing of appeal
4.3(1) The procedure to be followed for the hearing of an appeal is to be as the Appeal Committee decides.
4.3(2) An Appeal Committee may inform itself on any matter in relation to an appeal in such manner as it thinks appropriate.
4.3(3) Before determining an appeal by a candidate, an Appeal Committee must provide the candidate with an opportunity to make representations to the Appeal Committee.
4.3(4) An Appeal Committee may, in its discretion, permit the candidate to make either oral or written representations, or both oral and written representations.
4.3(5) At the hearing of a candidate's appeal, the candidate is entitled to be accompanied by a student or a member of the staff of the University who may observe the proceedings but not act as an advocate unless expressly invited by the Appeal Committee.
4.4 Decision of Appeal Committee
4.4(1) After hearing an appeal by a candidate under paragraph 4.1(1)(a), an Appeal Committee must make a decision in writing:
(a) dismissing the appeal and affirming the resolution made by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or prescribed authority in relation to the candidate;
(b) requiring that the candidate be re-examined; or
(c) recommending that the candidate be granted the award.
4.4(2) If, under paragraph 4.4(1)(b), an Appeal Committee requires that a candidate be re-examined:
(a) the candidate must be re-examined in accordance with such of these Rules as are relevant, as if the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) had required the re-examination under rule 2.59 or the prescribed authority had required the re-examination under rule 3.53; and
(b) the Appeal Committee has, in relation to the candidate, all the powers and duties of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or prescribed authority in relation to the determination of the conditions of the re-examination and the appointment of examiners.
4.4(3) After hearing an appeal by a candidate under paragraph 4.1(1)(b), an Appeal Committee must make a decision in writing in the case of an appeal against a decision to terminate the candidate's candidature:
(a) dismissing the appeal and affirming the decision; or
(b) requiring that the candidate be permitted to continue the program subject to such conditions, including conditions as to the duration of the program, as the Appeal Committee, after consultation with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or prescribed authority, determines.
4.4(4) However, if the members of an Appeal Committee are divided in opinion as to the decision to be made in relation to the candidate who made an appeal under subrule 4.1(1):
(a) if there is a majority of one opinion, the question must be decided according to the opinion of the majority; and
(b) in any other case, the resolution of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) or prescribed authority in relation to the candidate must be affirmed.