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Monash University Calendar

Regulations

• Masters degrees
  
  
  • Part 1 - General
    
    
  • Part 2 - Admission to Candidature
    
    
  • Part 3 - Preliminary candidature
  
  
  • Schedule I
    
    
  • Schedule II

Masters degrees

Part 1 - General

1. Masters degrees

The masters degrees that may be undertaken in the faculty are specified in schedule 1.

2. Interpretations

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears -

'approved' means approved by the faculty board;

'candidate' means a candidate for a degree;

'course of study' in relation to a degree means the course of study for the degree as determined by the faculty board under these regulations, but does not include work required to be completed for preliminary candidature;

'dean' means the dean of the faculty;

'degree' means a masters degree specified in schedule 1;

'faculty' means the Faculty of Business and Economics;

'faculty board' means the faculty board of the faculty;

'faculty information handout' means a faculty handbook or such other publication whether in bound, loose leaf or electronic form concerning a degree as the faculty board determines from time to time;

'honours degree' includes a degree with honours;

'relevant discipline' in relation to a course of study means a discipline of study approved by the faculty board as relevant to the course of study.

'relevant graduate or postgraduate diploma' in relation to a degree, means a graduate or postgraduate diploma specified in schedule 1 in relation to the degree.

3. Course of study

3.1 A course of study comprises subjects and, where the case so requires, a thesis, as determined by the faculty board under this section.

3.2 The faculty board may from time to time, with the approval of the Academic Board, determine the subjects and, where appropriate, the thesis comprising a course of study and may, in relation to the subjects and thesis, determine any matter including but not limited to requirements concerning -

3.2.1 number, timing, content and duration;

3.2.2 attendance and participation;

3.2.3 assessment;

3.2.4 satisfactory completion; and

3.2.5 in relation to a thesis, supervision and publication.

3.3 The faculty board must cause each determination under subsection 3.2 to be published in a faculty information handout.

4. Thesis

The thesis requirement of a course of study must be carried out by a candidate under supervision and must demonstrate independence of thought and ability to carry out research in the field concerned.

5. Approval of work

Before enrolling in any year of a course of study, a candidate must obtain the dean's approval of the subjects and, where appropriate, the thesis work proposed to be undertaken by the candidate in that year and, unless otherwise authorised by the dean, the candidate must not undertake in that year any other subject or work in the course of study.

6. Credit for equivalent work

6.1 Subject to subsection 6.2, where it is expressed in schedule 1 that credit is allowable in respect of a degree, a candidate for the degree who, not more than five years before admission to candidature, completed work which the dean is satisfied is equivalent to particular requirements of the relevant course of study, must be deemed to have completed those requirements and must be granted credit towards the degree in respect of them.

6.2 Credit under subsection 6.1 may not be granted -

6.2.1 in the case of the Master of Practising Accounting or the Master of Professional Accounting, in respect of more than 75 per cent of the requirements of the course of study; or

6.2.2 in any other case, in respect of more than 50 per cent of the requirements of a course of study.

6.3 A candidate granted credit under subsection 6.1 must complete the relevant course of study within the time specified by the dean.

7. Time limits

7.1 Except where the faculty board in any particular case otherwise determines or as otherwise provided in these regulations, a candidate must complete a course of study in -

7.1.1 a maximum of eight semesters; and

7.1.2 a minimum two semesters of full-time or four semesters of part-time candidature.

7.2 A candidate for -

7.2.1 the Master of Commerce (Honours) or the Master of Economics (Honours) must complete the relevant course of study in -

7.2.1.1 a maximum of nine semesters; and

7.2.1.2 a minimum of three semesters of full-time or six semesters of part-time candidature;

7.2.2 the Master of Banking must complete the relevant course of study in -

7.2.2.1 a maximum of twelve semesters; and

7.2.2.2 a minimum of three semesters of full-time or six semesters of part-time candidature; and

7.2.3 the Master of Practising Accounting or the Master of Professional Accounting must complete the relevant course of study in -

7.2.3.1 a maximum of sixteen semesters; and

7.2.3.2 a minimum of four semesters of full-time or eight semesters of part-time candidature.

7.3 Where a candidate has changed from one type of candidature to the other, the candidate must complete a course of study within the period determined by the dean with reference to the relevant periods specified in this section.

8. Leave of absence

The faculty board may grant a candidate leave of absence for such periods and on such conditions as the board determines.

9. Submission of previous work

A candidate must not submit for a degree any work previously accepted or, except with the permission of the faculty board, previously submitted for an award of the university or of any other educational institution.

9A. Reversion from masters degree to graduate diploma

Where in schedule 2 a graduate diploma is specified in relation to a masters degree, a person who -

9A.1 in the course of candidature for the masters degree satisfies the requirements of the graduate diploma; and

9A.2 subsequently withdraws from candidature for the masters degree -

is qualified for the award of the graduate diploma.

10. Satisfactory completion

A candidate who satisfactorily completes the course of study for a degree qualifies for that degree.

11. Changes in regulations and course of study requirements -

11.1 Subject to this section, a candidate must comply with these regulations and with the requirements concerning the relevant course of study determined by the faculty board under these regulations, as in force or published from time to time.

11.2 Where the faculty board considers that a candidate has, since first enrolling for a 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 board is satisfied that the work so required to be completed is equivalent in standard to that currently required to complete the course of study.

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Part 2 - Admission to Candidature

12. General requirements

12.1 Except as otherwise provided in these regulations, an applicant for admission to candidature for a degree must -

12.1.1 have qualified in the university or in an approved educational institution for an honours degree in a relevant discipline with an average grade of credit or above, or hold a qualification deemed equivalent by the faculty board; or

12.1.2 where a graduate or postgraduate diploma is specified in schedule 1 in relation to the degree, have qualified in the faculty for the diploma or one of the diplomas so specified with an average grade of credit or above, or hold a qualification deemed equivalent by the faculty board.

12.2 Despite the admission to candidature requirements of this part, the faculty board may, in any particular case, admit to candidature for a degree an applicant who has not satisfied the relevant admission requirements.

13. Master of Banking

13.1 An applicant for admission to candidature for the Master of Banking must -

13.1.1 have qualified for a degree of the university or of an approved educational institution or hold a qualification deemed equivalent by the faculty board; and

13.1.2 have a minimum of three years experience in an area of work approved by the faculty board as relevant to the course of study.

14. Master of Business

14.1 An applicant for admission to candidature for the Master of Business must have qualified in the university or in an approved educational institution, in the proposed discipline of study and at a standard deemed satisfactory by the faculty board, for -

14.1.1 an honours degree; or

14.1.2 a pass degree plus an approved fourth year level of study.

15. Master of Commerce (Honours) and Master of Economics (Honours)

15. 1 In relation to the Master of Commerce (Honours) and the Master of Economics (Honours), the honours degree referred to in paragraph 12.1.1 must be -

15.1.1 the honours degree of Bachelor of Commerce; or

15.1.2 the honours degree of Bachelor of Economics -

in a relevant discipline and with a grade of Class IIB or above.

16. Master of Practising Accounting

16.1 An applicant for admission to candidature for the Master of Practising Accounting must -

16.1.1. have qualified in the university or in an approved educational institution for a degree in a non - accounting discipline or hold a qualification deemed equivalent by the faculty board; or

16.1.2 through the Open Learning Agency of Australia Pty Ltd, have completed, with an average grade of credit or above, at least four subjects deemed by the faculty board to be equivalent to subjects in the course of study.

17. Master of Professional Accounting

An applicant for admission to candidature for the Master of Professional Accounting must have qualified in the university or in an approved educational institution for a degree in a non - accounting discipline or hold a qualification deemed the equivalent by the faculty board.

18. Master of Taxation

18.1 For the purposes of the Master of Taxation, the honours degree in a relevant discipline referred to in paragraph

12.1.1 includes -

18.1.1 a four year degree in law; or

18.1.2 a three year degree in law plus another degree.

18.2 Despite section 12, the faculty board may admit to candidature for the Master of Taxation an applicant who has -

18.2.1 qualified for a degree of the university or of an approved educational institution and satisfactorily completed two subjects in the course of study approved for the purpose by the faculty board; and

18.2.2 satisfactorily completed -

18.2.2.1 a professional year program of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia;

18.2.2.2 the Certified Practising Accountant Program of the Australia Society of Certified Practising Accountants; or

18.2.2.3 the Graduate Certificate in Taxation of the university or a qualification from an approved tertiary institution which the faculty board is satisfied is equivalent.

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Part 3 - Preliminary candidature

19. Admission to preliminary candidature

19.1 Where a graduate or postgraduate diploma is specified in schedule 1 in relation to a degree, an applicant for admission to candidature for the degree who -

19.1.1 has not satisfied the relevant admission requirements of part 2; but

19.1.2 has satisfied the admission to candidature requirements for the relevant graduate or postgraduate diploma or, in the case of the Master of Business (Accounting) one of the relevant postgraduate diplomas or the Master of Practising Accounting -
may be admitted to preliminary candidature for the degree.

20. Requirements of preliminary candidature

20.1 The requirements of preliminary candidature for a degree are satisfactory completion in the faculty of the course of study for a relevant graduate or postgraduate diploma with an average of credit or above, or in the case of the Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce or the Postgraduate Diploma in Economics, with an average grade of 70 per cent or above.

20.2 A person admitted to preliminary candidature for a degree must satisfy the requiements of that candidature before commencing the course of study for the degree.

21. Award of Graduate or Postgraduate diploma

A candidate who satisfies the requirements of preliminary candidature for a degree and who discontinues candidature before qualifying for the degree may be awarded the relevant graduate or postgraduate diploma.

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Schedule 1

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Schedule II

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