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Faculty of Arts : Guide to courses
You do not require special permission from the Faculty of Arts to study on a part-time basis. The minimum enrolment allowable for Arts students is one subject in each semester.
Students intending to study part-time should note that most classes are held during working hours. A small percentage of subjects are offered in the evening, but choices are limited and timetabling is subject to change on a yearly basis. For these reasons students with full-time work commitments may find it very difficult to complete a degree without attending some day-time classes.
The Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, and Arts combined degrees must be completed within ten years from the date of commencement of study. Exemption from this requirement is rare.
The Arts Faculty encourages students who are strong academic performers to consider studying overseas for credit towards their degree. You can study as part of an official exchange program or take other studies, particularly intensive in-country language courses, at recognised tertiary institutions in any overseas country. The University and the Faculty offer a range of Melbourne Abroad Scholarships to assist very high achieving students to study overseas; these are awarded on a competitive basis.
The minimum academic requirement to study overseas is an average grade of H2B across all subjects attempted as part of your course. If you want to study in a language other than English you will also need an H2B in your previous semester of study in that language at Melbourne, and you must have studied beyond beginners level.
You must also ensure that you have the space in your degree to accommodate credit for studies taken overseas (i.e. usually 37.5 points for one semester's work or 100 points for two semesters' work).
Usually you are only eligible to apply to study overseas at second, third and fourth-year levels, although special conditions apply to Honours students studying overseas. You can receive a maximum of 100 points towards your degree (50 points towards Honours) for study taken overseas, although other limits may apply to credit for some types of foreign studies.
You must arrange a credit contract with the Faculty of Arts if you wish to study overseas for credit towards your BA or the Arts component of your combined degree. This involves having your Melbourne department/s approve the subjects you want to take overseas as the equivalent of subjects in this Faculty. The Faculty of Arts Office then determines how many points these subjects are worth and at what year level. You must sign the credit contract before you leave the country and to take approved subjects in exchange for guaranteed credit.
Please note that arranging overseas study is a lengthy process that requires planning at least a year in advance of when you intend to leave.
All enquiries about studying overseas as part of an exchange or other program should be directed to the Faculty's International Student Unit, telephone (03) 9344 8690.
The standard workload for Arts students is a maximum of 100 points per year, or eight subjects (50 points) in a semester. Students who attempt more than this workload more often than not withdraw from subjects and reduce their enrolment back to 100 points, or actually fail one or more subjects. Nevertheless, if you have a strong academic record and good reasons to overload your enrolment consult a Faculty course adviser for permission to overload.
You would not usually do more than the 300 points required for the BA. However, if you have a strong academic record and good reasons to over-enrol, you may consult a course adviser for permission to take an extra subject/s. All extra study is liable for additional HECS or course fees.
For a range of reasons many students find that they need to take a semester's or an entire year's break from study. To be eligible for leave of absence from your Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts and Sciences or Arts combined degree you must have successfully completed at least 25 points (two first-year subjects).
Over the course of your degree you may take up to two semesters (twelve months) of leave of absence. In exceptional circumstances a further two semesters of leave may be approved.
Application forms are available from the Faculty of Arts Office.
If you fail a subject, at some later stage in your course you will be required either to repeat the failed subject, or to complete another subject worth the same number of points and available at the same year level (or higher) in order to complete your degree. However, you cannot enrol in a subject if you have attempted it twice before.
If you fail one or more subjects in first semester, you may be asked to attend an interview with the Students at Risk committee or a student adviser. The Faculty is interested in helping students who are having difficulties in their studies, and will endeavour to find a cooperative solution to the problems that might be affecting your studies.
If you fail 50 per cent or more of your course in a semester, your situation may be examined by the Faculty of Arts' Student Progress Committee.
The Student Progress Committee considers each student's case individually, and each student is given the chance to explain the reasons for their poor performance, in writing as well as in an interview with the Committee. The Committee is first and foremost concerned with understanding the problems you have faced during the year, and what you propose to do about these problem to ensure they do not recur.
The outcome of the Student Progress Committee's review will depend very much on the nature and degree of your unsatisfactory progress, the legitimacy of your problems, the submission that you make to the Committee, and the extent to which you can demonstrate that you can overcome the problems that have affected your study.
In some cases the Student Progress Committee will allow you to continue with your enrolment. If appropriate, the Committee may enforce a number of restrictions on your enrolment, including limiting your enrolment to part-time, or in some cases may recommend to the University's Academic Board that you be suspended from your course.
If you are suspended from your course, you will not be re-admitted until you can demonstrate academic rehabilitation by successfully completing a specified amount of tertiary studies elsewhere.
Before the end of each academic year, continuing students are required to submit a course plan of their intended studies in preparation for re-enrolment. Full details of the course planning process will be sent to you in September/October. Before submitting your course plan, you are encouraged to seek the advice of departments in choosing your subjects.
If your course plan is approved by the Faculty and you have passed all your subjects, you should receive an authorised re-enrolment form in mid-December that allows you to complete your re-enrolment by mail.
Students who do not receive re-enrolment authorisation in December should contact the Faculty of Arts Office for further information.
Students who do not re-enrol by the required date will incur a late fee.
Applications to resume studies after discontinuation, suspension or lapsed enrolment from your course must be submitted within five years of your last successful enrolment.
Applicants for the Bachelor of Arts, Arts combined degrees and the Arts and Sciences degree will be awarded such credit for previous study as the Faculty considers appropriate at the time of first enrolment in the degree. Credit will not usually be granted for any complete or incomplete undergraduate studies undertaken 10 or more years prior to admission to the degree. Credit will not be granted for previous postgraduate study.
Currently enrolled students who wish to undertake additional studies for credit (i.e. overseas language studies, or Community Access Program subjects) must obtain approval for such an enrolment before it is undertaken, or credit may not be awarded.
No student is obliged to accept the credit that is awarded, but must notify the Faculty in writing of their intention to decline such credit within the year (full-time or part-time) of credit being granted.
Students transferring from other faculties or institutions may be offered unspecified credit for subjects they have completed in their previous courses which are not available as subjects for the Bachelor of Arts course at Melbourne, up to a maximum of 50 points of first-year level and 37.5 points of second-year level.
Students who have completed subjects elsewhere which are considered to be equivalent to those available to students in the Bachelor of Arts at Melbourne may be granted specified credit for those subjects. It may be necessary for the relevant department to recommend such credit. Specified credit may be granted up to a maximum of 100 points of first-year level and up to a maximum of 100 points of second-year level. The maximum amount of specified and unspecified credit granted to a transferring student will be 200 points.
For more information on credit, refer to the Credit Guidelines form available from the Faculty of Arts Office.
Students who have completed subjects elsewhere which are considered to be equivalent to those available to students in the Arts combined degrees at Melbourne may be granted specified credit for those subjects. Specified credit is usually approved on the recommendation of the relevant department. Specified credit may be granted up to a maximum of 50 points of first-year level and up to a maximum of 75 points of second-year level. The maximum amount of specified Arts credit granted to a transferring combined degree student will be 125 points.
If you are not eligible for credit for a prerequisite subject but have completed work considered equivalent, you may be granted exemption from that subject. This means that you will be eligible to enrol for the next year level in that area of study, and you will be exempted from completing these subjects towards a Major; however, you will still be required to complete the usual number of degree points overall.
Students who have completed subjects through the Community Access Program and subsequently gained admission to the Bachelor of Arts, Arts combined degrees or the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences may be eligible for credit: however, where the subjects are used as the basis for admission (i.e. for applicants without the usual prerequisites), no credit will be granted.
Where the CAP subjects are used because academic performance at year 12 or in subsequent tertiary study was insufficient, or to demonstrate academic rehabilitation after suspension or termination, credit will only be given where a grade of H2B or higher is achieved.
Where the CAP subjects are used because previous studies were undertaken more than 10 years ago, credit will be granted for all Arts subjects passed.
Students with approval to undertake CAP subjects in addition to their degree may be granted credit for all Arts subjects passed.
Students who have undertaken accelerated University programs concurrently with their VCE may be granted credit up to a maximum of 50 points of first year.
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