1. |
Preamble |
1.1 |
The purpose of the Council Register
of Degrees, Diplomas and Other Academic Awards (the Register)
is to record Council resolutions to:
• establish a degree, diploma or other academic award;
• amend the title of an academic award; and
• discontinue an academic award. |
| 1.2 |
The Register includes academic awards
which were offered by the former South Australian College of
Advanced Education (Sturt campus) and its antecedent institutions,
including the Bedford Park Teachers College. |
| 2. |
Definitions |
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In this procedure: |
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‘academic award’
(also known as a course) means a qualification gained
by a student following the successful completion of all the
requirements specified in the program of study for that award.
An academic award is generally classified by level, viz: undergraduate:
Certificate, Diploma, Bachelor Degree; postgraduate: Graduate
Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Master or Doctoral degree. |
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‘combined degrees
program’ means a program of study that provides
for the concurrent enrolment of a student in two separate stand-alone
degrees, with a resultant reduction in the overall number of
units required for completion of the degrees. Applicants apply
for entry to one of the component degrees and on enrolment are
given the option of taking up a combined degrees program, subject
to their meeting also the cut-off score and entry requirements
for the other degree. |
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‘double degree program’
means a program of study that provides for the concurrent
enrolment of a student in two degrees, one or both of which
are not available as stand alone degrees. Applicants must apply
for entry to the double degree. |
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‘program of study’
means a structured sequence of topics, that students are required
to successfully complete in order to gain an academic award.
An academic award may include ‘specialisations’,
‘streams’ or ‘majors’. These are clusters
of topics that relate to particular professional orientations,
disciplinary content or entry pathways. |
| 3. |
Procedures |
| 3.1 |
Course proposals will be developed
and approved in accordance with the Policy on Course and Topic
Development, Approval and Management. Course proposals are subject
to approval by Academic Senate, following consideration by relevant
Faculty committees and the Vice-Chancellor’s Committee.
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| 3.2 |
Following approval by Academic
Senate, the Council Secretary is responsible for submitting
recommendations to Council for:
• the establishment
of a new academic award and its inclusion on the Register;
• a change to the title of an academic award and amendment
to the Register, including recommendations relating to the introduction
of an Honours degree;
• the discontinuation of an
academic award and amendment to the Register, in cases where
the Faculty responsible for the award has decided that it will
no longer offer the award to new students and will not reinstate
or re-activate the award at a future time. |
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The Council Secretary will consult
with the relevant Faculty and the Director, Academic and Student
Services, as required, to ensure the proposed title for a new
academic award is consistent with appropriate naming conventions.
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| 3.4 |
A double degree is normally recorded
on the Register as The Degrees of Bachelor of [xxxx] and Bachelor
of [yyyy]. In the case of combined degrees programs, the component
degrees will be recorded on the Register as separate stand alone
academic awards. The combined degrees program will not be recorded
on the Register in its own right. In addition, majors, streams
and specialisations within an academic award are not recorded
on the Register. (Note: combined degrees programs, majors, and
specialisations are published on the web in the Course Rule
for the relevant academic award). |
| 3.5 |
Following a Council resolution to
establish, amend the title, or discontinue an academic award,
the Council Secretary will inform responsible officers in the
Faculty and the Director, Academic and Student Services of the
Council resolution. (Note: where Council approves the discontinuation
of an academic award it is flagged on the Student System as
phasing out until such time as there are no students enrolled
in the academic award, at which point it is flagged on the Student
System as discontinued.) |
| 4. |
Related policies and information |
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• Policy
on Course and Topic Development, Approval and Management
•
Course approval process
• Flinders
Course Information |
