1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

fails fifty per cent or more of the enrolled workload;
or
a Bachelor of Business student fails a subject for the
third time, or a Bachelor of Arts student fails a subject
for a second time; or
the student fails to meet the conditions previously
imposed by the Progress Review Committee.
The grades N, NA, NWD and PX will count as a fail for
the purpose of this section.
Show cause applications -.
Students whose progress is considered unsatisfactory will
be advised in writing of their status within one week of
results being released, and advised that a recommendation
has been made to the Divisional Board that they should be
excluded from the course in which they are enrolled. Such
students are entitled to make a show cause application to
3 the Student Progress Review Committee stating why they
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should not be excluded. No student will be excluded from
c the course without first being given the opportunity to
3 show cause to the Student Progress Review Committee.
w Failure to make contact with the Committee will result in
.- the exclusion of the student before the beginning of the
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Show cause applications must be addressed to the Chair of
$ the Student Progress Review Committee and lodged at the
Undergraduate Office, as appropriate, by the date
2. specified in the letter to students advising them of their
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Student Progress Review Committee
L" Composition
There will be one committee for the Bachelor of Arts and
o_ one committee for the Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of
$ Arts/Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Information
Systems and Bachelor of Information Technology made up
of academic staff teaching in the relevant course or courses.
Chair and at least three members, all from academic
staff teaching in the relevant courses. The Chairs are
nominated by the Divisional Board and members are
nominated by Heads of School.
The Division's International Student Liaison Officer
for cases of show cause involving international
students.
The relevant Course Administrator (Secretary).
Where requested by the student, the President of the
Student Union or nominee may be present at the
Committee for the consideration of that case only.
Procedure
Upon receipt of a show cause application from a student,
the Chair and Secretary of the Student Progress Review
Committee, on behalf of the Committee, will review the case
and decide whether it will be necessary to interview the
student.
Students will be advised whether their show cause
application has been accepted without interview or
whether an interview with the Student Progress Review
Committee is required.
Additional information from appropriate academic staff about
the student's academic work may be sought by the Student
Progress Review Committee before a decision is made.
Powers
The Student Progress Review Committee may, when
considering a show cause application:
accept the student's show cause application and allow
the student to re-enrol without condition;
accept the student's show cause application but lace
conditions upon the student's enrolment in the
following semester;
in the case of a Bachelor of Arts student who fails a
subject for the second time, the Committee may
require the student to select another major course of
study;
require the student to take a leave of absence for a
specified period; or
exclude the student from the course for a minimum of
two academic years.
Enrolment conditions
The academic record of students placed on condition will be
reviewed by the Student Progress Review Committee at the
end of the following semester and a decision made to:
permit the student to continue studying without
further condition; or
impose a further condition on the student for an
additional semester; or
require the student to show cause why they should not
be excluded from the course for a minimum of two
academic years (four semesters excluding summer
semsters).
Appeals against decisions of the Student Progress
Review Committee
These regulations are contained in the University
Procedures Relating to Student Assessment and Appeals.
Period of exclusion
Students who are excluded from the course will not be
permitted to re-enrol for a minimum period of two academic
years (four semesters excluding summer semesters), unless the
student was excluded from the Bachelor of Business after
failing a subject for the third time.
Bachelor of Business students excluded after failing a
subject for the third time will be permitted to re-enrol once
a subject equivalent to the subject failed for the third time
has been successfully completed at another higher
education institution and the student has provided proof of
passing the equivalent of that subject.
Should a Bachelor of Business student choose another
major area of study for which the subject that has been
failed for a third time is not mandatory the student is not
requires to repeat the failed subject at another higher
education institution.