Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

6.3 where a student undertakes the masters degree
program (or any portion thereof), by part-time
study, the maximum time shall normally be not
more than seventy-two months.
After taking advice from the supervisor(s) and the Head of
School, the Divisional Board may grant a period of
intermission of candidature on such conditions as the
Divisional Board sees fit.
7. Supervision
For each candidate the Divisional Board shall appoint, on
the recommendation of the Head of School, and on such
terms and conditions as the Divisional Board determines,
one or two supervisors, one of whom shall be a member
of the academic staff of the University.
If the program is carried out within the University, at least
one supervisor shall be a member of the academic staff of
the School in which the program is conducted.
Where two supervisors are appointed one shall be
designated the Coordinating Supervisor. The Coordinating
Supervisor must be a member of the staff of the
University. The Coordinating Supervisor shall have overall
responsibility for the administrative conduct of programs.
If for any reason a supervisor is unable effectively to
supervise the candidate for a period exceeding three
months, the Divisional Board shall, on the recommendation
of the Head of School, appoint a replacement supervisor.
8. Progress
At the expiry of twelve months from the date of admission
to candidature and at such other times as the Divisional
Board may decide, the Divisional Board requires a report
on the progress of each candidate. The report is prepared
by the supervisor (or, where there is more than one
supervisor, the Coordinating Supervisor). Prior to the
preparation of the report the supervisor (or Coordinating
Supervisor) will be required to interview the candidate.
The candidate will be given access to the report and will
have the opportunity to comment to the Divisional Board
on the supervisors assessment of progress.
Where the Divisional Board is of opinion that a candidates
progress is not, prima facie, of a satisfactory level, a
candidate may be required to show cause why
candidature should not be terminated.
Failure on the part of the candidate to demonstrate
satisfactory progress may result in the Divisional Board
terminating candidature.
9. Thesis
9.1 Three copies of the thesis shall be submitted to the
Academic Registrar. At least two of the copies
must be bound.
9.2 The thesis must be typed one and a half spaced, in
English on A4 size paper, and conform to any
other specifications prescribed by the Divisional
Board.
9.3 One copy of the thesis shall, if passed by the
Divisional Board, be lodged in the Swinburne
Libraly, one shall be held by the School in which
the work was done, and one shall be returned to
the candidate.
9.4 With the Divisional Board's prior approval a
candidate may submit work other than in the
form set out in 9.2 and 9.3.
10. Examination
The Divisional Board shall appoint on the recommendation
of the Head of School and the Coordinatina Su~ervisor, on
such terms and conditions as the ~ivisional-~oard
determines, at least two examiners in respect of each
candidate's thesis. The candidate's su~ervisor shall not
normally be appointed as an examine; At least one
examiner shall be external to the University.
The name of the examiners shall not, without the approval
of the Divisional Board, be disclosed to the candidate.
Each examiner shall provide a report to the Divisional
Board on the standard of the candidate's thesis and
recommend one of the following courses of action:
(a) that the thesis be passed;
(b) that the thesis be passed subject to the inclusion
of minor specified amendments;
(c) that the thesis be returned to the candidate for
major revision and re-submission within a specified
period; or
(d) that the thesis be failed.
Each examiner should indicate whether the report is to be
made available to the candidate in whole or in part.
11. Patents and registered designs
The patent rights or right to register a design for any
device, process, chemical or the like which has been
invented or developed by a candidate for the degree of
Master by research in the course of the program being
undertaken for the degree shall, unless otherwise
determined by Council on the advice of the Divisional
Board, be the property of Swinburne University of
Technology.
12. Confidentiality
It is the Divisional Board's view that in general the public
should have access to the material contained in a Masters
thesis once the degree has been awarded. However, the
Divisional Board recognises that where a program of
research is carried out in or in conjunction with the type of
organisation referred to in 5.2 above, the candidate, in
order to pursue such a program, may be given access by
that organisation to restricted information which the
candidate or the organisation does not wish to disclose
freely. In such cases the Divisional Board must receive, in
writing, from the organisation, notice of such materials
and the reason why, in its opinion, disclosure would be
undesirable.
Where such material is involved the Divisional Board's prior
approval is obtained, the candidate may submit a thesis in
two volumes, one containing the general thesis, the
second containing only the restricted data or information.
The Divisional Board may restrict access to the second
volume for a specified period.