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		Academic Progress Rules for Professional Doctorate Courses
			Summary of requirements | Proportion of units passed | Completion of less than 3 points in a year | Course progress requirements | Progress in thesis component of a course | Maximum period of enrolment | Effect of exclusion | Appeals against exclusion

Academic Progress Rules for Professional Doctorate Courses

1.	The academic progress of each student shall be reviewed at the end of each academic period. For the purposes of these rules, “academic period” for all courses shall mean a semester for students enrolled in any unit and a calendar year for students enrolled in the thesis component of a course.
Summary of requirements
2.	In order to make satisfactory academic progress, a student must:
	(a)	pass units with a value of at least half the points in which he or she was enrolled in that academic period and for which results were due (see Rules 3-4 below);
	(b)	gain at least three points in each academic year except when enrolled solely in the thesis component of a course;
	(c)	satisfy any additional progress rules for the course (Rule 7); and
	(d)	proceed in the thesis component of a course at a rate satisfactory to the Research and Development Board.
Proportion of units passed
3.	Subject to the discretion of the Board of Examiners:
	(a)	students who pass less than half the points for units in that academic period and for which results were due will be sent a warning letter;
	(b)	those with such unsatisfactory progress in two consecutive academic periods, having been formally warned in writing after the first such period, will be excluded from the University.
4.	For the purpose of determining satisfactory academic progress:
	(i)	where a student is returning to study after a break in enrolment, the term "two consecutive academic periods" refers to the last period preceding the break and the first period after resumption of studies;
	(ii)	in calculating the total number of points for which a student was enrolled in an academic period, withdrawals on or before the last date for a Withdrawl of a unit will be disregarded;
	(iii)	where a unit spans two or more academic periods, the points for the unit shall be counted towards the points total of the period in which the unit is completed (or withdrawn from). Withdrawals which occur after the end of one academic period of the unit but before the start of the next period, shall be considered to have occurred during the former period.
Completion of less than 3 points in a year
5.	(1)	A student who fails to gain at least three points in an academic year (except when enrolled solely in the thesis component of a course) shall be sent a warning letter. If the student again fails to gain at least three points in the following academic year, and was formally warned in writing on the first occasion, the student shall be excluded from the University.
	(2)	Students who have withdrawn from all their units in an academic year before the Census Date of the relevant academic period(s), must apply for re-admission in order to study in the following year.
Course progress requirements
6.	The following additional progress requirements apply in the courses listed, with the Board of Examiners having discretion in individual cases:
	Doctor of Psychology: failure in more than one unit (or in a unit more than once) will result in exclusion from the course.
Progress in thesis component of a course
7.	At the end of each year in which a student is enrolled in the thesis component of the course, the progress of the student shall be reviewed by the Research and Development Board. If after this review a student’s progress is deemed to be unsatisfactory, the Board shall so inform the student and may also
	(i)	attach conditions to the student's continued enrolment; or
	(ii)	exclude the student from the University.
Maximum period of enrolment
8.	The Research and Development Board may require a candidate to complete the course within a specified period.
Effect of exclusion
9.	A student who is excluded from a professional doctorate course is not permitted to complete any continuing unit for that course, and is also excluded from the University (unless enrolled concurrently in another course). The student may apply for readmission to the University in accordance with the admission procedures of the University, but shall not be eligible for readmission to the same course until after twelve months of exclusion.
Appeals against exclusion
10.	The procedures for appeals shall be as specified in the Academic Progress Rules for Bachelor and Diploma Courses.

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The information contained on this page was correct as at 05/08/2008 but is subject to amendment without notice.