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Faculty of Engineering regulations

Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management)

Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management)

1. The diploma

The Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management) may be awarded in one grade only.

2. Interpretations

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears -

'candidate' means a candidate for the diploma;

'course of study' means the course of study for the diploma determined by the faculty board under section 3;

'credit point' means a unit of measurement, as determined from time to time by the Council, used to express the weight of a subject as a proportion of a full year's academic work;

'dean' means the dean of the faculty or the dean's nominee;

'diploma' means the Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management);

'faculty' means the Faculty of Engineering;

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

'faculty information handout' means the faculty 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;

'head' means the head of school;

'school' means the School of Engineering on the Gippsland campus.

3. Course of study

3.1 The course of study for the diploma comprises the subjects and other work 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 other work comprising the course of study and in relation to the subjects and other work may determine any matter or thing including but not limited to -

3.2.1 timing, frequency, content and duration;

3.2.2 prerequisite and corequisite subjects;

3.2.3 field work and other assignments;

3.2.4 candidate attendance and participation;

3.2.5 examinations and assessment; and

3.2.6 satisfactory completion.

3.3 The faculty board must cause any determination under this section to be published in a faculty information handout.

4. Single subjects

4.1 The faculty board, on the recommendation of the head, may permit a person who is not a candidate to enrol for one or more subjects in the course of study.

4.2 Where a person completes a subject undertaken pursuant to subsection 4.1 and is subsequently admitted as a candidate, the candidate must be -

4.2.1 given credit for the subject; and

4.2.2 awarded such credit points towards the diploma as the faculty board determines.

5. Duration of candidature

Except where the faculty board in any particular case otherwise determines, the course of study must be completed in a maximum of eight years.

6. Credit for work done elsewhere

6.1 Subject to subsection 6.2, a candidate who prior to candidature completed work which the faculty board considers equivalent to particular subjects in the course of study must be deemed to have completed those subjects and must be awarded the credit points attributable to them.

6.2 Credit points must not be awarded under subsection 6.1 in respect of work completed more than ten years prior to admission to candidature, except where the faculty board in any particular case otherwise determines.

6.3 Where credit points are awarded under subsection 6.1 the faculty board must specify the time within which the course of study must be completed.

7. Examination results

7.1 Subject to subsection 7.2, an examination result must be awarded in one of the following grades -

Fail (NN);
Lower Level Pass (PII)
Pass (P);
Credit (C);
Distinction (D);
High Distinction (HD).

7.2 The grades that may be awarded in respect of any particular subject may be limited to Fail or Pass and in this event a pass grade must be awarded as Pass Grade Only (PGO).

8. Qualification

A candidate who satisfactorily completes the course of study qualifies for the diploma.

9. Changes in regulations and course of study requirements

9.1 Subject to this section, a candidate must comply with these regulations and with the requirements concerning the course of study 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 diploma 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 diploma 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 required to be completed is equivalent in standard to that currently required to complete the course of study.

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