Part 1PRELIMINARY

PART 1: PRELIMINARY

1.1 Name of Rules

1.1(1) These Rules are the Graduate Awards Rules 2006.

1.2 Commencement

1.2(1) These Rules commence on the day after they are registered.

WHAT THESE RULES DO

These Rules are intended to set up the platform upon which all of the University’s graduate academic programs are based.

In these Rules you will find generally applicable information about pursuing a graduate academic program at the University.

Some parts of these Rules refer only to specific programs. The Rules indicate when this is so.

Other details about specific programs may be found in Orders and in administrative directions and information available from the School, Research School, Faculty or Centre concerned.

1.3 Application

1.3(1) These Rules apply in relation to all academic programs commenced or continued on or after the commencement of these Rules.

1.4 Interpretation

1.4(1) In these Rules, unless the contrary intention appears:

academic program means an academic program of study or research, or both, undertaken to qualify for a graduate award;

academic section means a department or, if there is no relevant department, a group of academic staff within the School, Research School, Faculty, Centre or other part of the University in relation to which the term is used;

Appeal Committee means the Committee established under rule 4.2;

approved form means a form approved by the Director SAS;

award means a degree, graduate diploma or graduate certificate mentioned in the Schedule (and graduate award has a corresponding meaning);

candidate means a student who is a candidate for an award;

coordinator means the person appointed as coordinator or director under subrule 3.17(2);

coursework means a group of coursework courses;

coursework course means a subject of scholarly study taught:

(a) in a connected series of classes or demonstrations; or

(b) by means of practical work, including the production by candidates of essays or theses or case studies or the attendance and participation by candidates in seminars or workshops;

Director SAS means the Director, Student and Academic Services;

prescribed authority, for an academic program for a candidate, means whichever of the following is appropriate in the circumstances:

(a) the Dean of the Faculty or head of the School, Research School or Centre in which the program is undertaken, or the nominee of that Dean or head;