Associate Diplomas Rules 2005 (Cth)

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

ASSOCIATE DIPLOMAS RULES 2005

The Council of the Australian National University makes these Rules under section 7 of the Programs and Awards Statute 2004.

Dated: 10 December 2004.

Peter Baume AO

Chancellor

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Name of Rules and commencement

1.(1) These Rules may be cited as the Associate Diplomas Rules 2005.

(2) These Rules commence on 31 December 2004, immediately after the commencement of the Rules (Repeal) Rules 2004.

Interpretation

2. In these Rules, unless the contrary intention appears:

Centre means a Centre (if any) specified in column 2 of an item in the Schedule;

diploma means an associate diploma specified in column 3 of an item in the Schedule that is administered by a Faculty, Centre or Research School specified in column 2 of that item;

Director SAS means the Director, Student and Academic Services;

Faculty means a Faculty specified in column 2 of an item in the Schedule;

prescribed authority means:

(a)in relation to a Faculty, the Dean of the Faculty or another person appointed by the Dean as a prescribed authority for the purposes of these Rules; and

(b)in relation to a Research School or Centre , the Director of the Research School or head of the Centre, or another person appointed by the Director or head as a prescribed authority for the purposes of these Rules;

program means a program of study to qualify for a diploma;

program coordinator means the person appointed under rule 3;

Research School means a Research School (if any) specified in column 2 of an item in the Schedule;

student means a student undertaking, or about to undertake a diploma.

Program coordinator

3.(1) The prescribed authority must appoint a program coordinator for the purposes of these Rules.

(2) The program coordinator has such functions in addition to those conferred on him or her by these Rules, as the prescribed authority determines.

Application for admission to candidature

1. A person wishing to pursue an academic program for a diploma must apply in an approved form to the Director SAS to be admitted as a student and must give the Director SAS any other information required by the prescribed authority.

Enrolment

5.(1) A person may be enrolled by a prescribed authority as a student for a diploma administered by the relevant Faculty, Centre or Research School only if that person has been admitted to the University in accordance with the Undergraduate Admission Rules.

(2) Subject to subrule (1), a prescribed authority may, subject to such requirements and on such terms and conditions as the prescribed authority determines, enrol as a student for a diploma administered by the relevant Faculty, Centre or Research School a person who wishes to transfer candidature from a program for a Bachelor's degree or an undergraduate diploma offered by the University.

(3) A person enrolled as a student under subrule (2) is taken to have commenced the program on the date on which the student commenced the program for the Bachelor's degree or undergraduate diploma.

(4) The prescribed authority may, having regard to criteria established by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), refuse to enrol a person as a student.

(5) Except with the permission of the prescribed authority, a student must not undertake a program at the same time as undertaking a degree, diploma or other award program offered by:

(a)another Faculty, Centre or Research School; or

(b)another tertiary education institution.

How must courses be chosen?

6.(1) A student must choose the courses of his or her program, and make any change to that choice, in accordance with the Orders.

(2) However, if the Orders indicate that the approval of the prescribed authority must be obtained for the choice or number of courses that may be undertaken in a particular program, a student wishing to undertake that program must get that approval.

Program of study

7. A program consists of such work as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) determines.

Status for previous work

8. If a student has, before being admitted, performed relevant undergraduate work, whether at the University or at another tertiary education institution, the relevant prescribed authority may grant such status towards the diploma in respect of such of that work as the prescribed authority thinks fit.

Student may complete certain courses at approved institutions

9.(1) A prescribed authority may permit a student for a diploma to complete not more than the maximum number of courses (if any) determined by the prescribed authority at another tertiary education institution.

(2) Permission is not to be granted unless the prescribed authority is satisfied that the courses at the other tertiary education institution are substantially comparable in quality with equivalent courses offered by the University.

Duration of program

10. Unless the relevant Dean otherwise determines, the program for a diploma is to be completed in not less than one year and not more than 8 years after the commencement of the program.

Application of Academic Progress Rules

11. The Academic Progress Rules apply in relation to a diploma administered by a Faculty, Centre or Research School as if:

(a)a reference in those Rules to a degree of bachelor included a reference to the diploma; and

(b)a reference in those Rules to a Faculty includes references to the Faculty, Centre or Research School administering the diploma.

Examinations

12. The Examinations (The Faculties) Rules apply as nearly as possible in relation to examinations for a diploma, with such necessary or convenient modifications, additions and omissions as are determined by the Dean.

Classifications of performance of student

13.(1) A program coordinator must, in relation to each student, after any consultation with the examiners that the program coordinator considers necessary in relation to the student, recommend to the relevant Dean whether the student has satisfactorily completed the program.

(2) The Dean must, having regard to the recommendation of the program coordinator, decide whether a student has satisfactorily completed the program.

(3) The Dean must not decide that a student has satisfactorily completed a program unless the student has, to the Dean's satisfaction, attended such classes and seminars and performed such work as the Dean determines.

(4) Except where the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) determines otherwise, the performance of a student in a course forming part of a program is to be classified by the Dean as high distinction, distinction, credit, pass or fail.

Award of diploma

14. If the Dean resolves that a student be granted a diploma, the Dean may resolve that the student be awarded the diploma.

[NOTE: Rule 17 of the Discipline Rules provides for withholding of awards where obligations to the University have not been met.]

Review of decisions

15.(1) If the Dean or prescribed authority makes a decision affecting a student under these Rules, the Dean or prescribed authority must tell the student, in writing, about his or her rights to a review of the decision.

(2) A student may seek review of a decision made by the Dean or prescribed authority under these Rules, except a decision classifying the student’s performance in accordance with subrule 13(4).

(3) Application for review of a decision must initially be made to the Dean or prescribed authority concerned.

(4) If the Dean or prescribed authority receives an application for review, the Dean or prescribed authority must review the decision and make a fresh decision as if he or she were making the original decision.

(5) If the student wishes to seek review of a decision made under subrule (4), the student may ask the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) to review the decision.

(6) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) may:

(a)decide to take no action; or

(b)appoint a panel to review a decision referred under subrule (5) and the panel may make any decision that could have been made by the original decision-maker.

Application of amending rules etc.

16. An amendment to these Rules, or to a determination, prescription, approval or other decision of the relevant dean or prescribed authority, that affects a program to which these Rules relate does not apply to a student who, before the amendment was made, has completed any work towards a diploma unless:

(a)the student elects that the amendment apply to the student and submits to the Dean proposed alterations to the student's program, and the Dean approves those alterations; or

(b)the Dean otherwise determines.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2  Faculty, Centre or Research School	Column 3 Diploma
1.	Faculty of Arts	Associate Diploma in Policy Studies