Academic Progress
The University requires each student to progress through their course at a rate that will enable them to complete the course in a specified maximum time. This maximum time is intended to ensure the currency of the knowledge within the course and therefore professional suitability of graduates. Failure to complete within the specified maximum time shall lead to the expiry of a student's enrolment in the course.
All notifications are made via your CSU E-Box.
What is the maximum time and where can I find it?
Students in a course must complete the course within a maximum time of twice the standard time specified to complete that course eg a course scheduled to be completed over 3 years full-time study has a maximum time of 6 years. You can find that time in the handbook entry for the course.
NB: Credit awarded will reduce the maximum time for course completion on a pro-rata basis.
NB: Leave of Absence periods are included in the count towards calculation of time elapsed in your course.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Your academic progress will be evaluated using rules relating to course progression, key subjects, professional experience components of courses, performance in the first two years of study, and satisfactory completion of Bachelor Honours subjects, where applicable.
Rate of Progress
You must pass at least one subject in a course at the completion of the second calendar year of their enrolment in that course, where a calendar year is the period January to December in any given year.
Professional Experience
A student shall meet required professional standards in the compulsory fieldwork or professional experience components of their course, to the satisfaction of the Dean of the Faculty.
Key Subjects
Key subjects are identified by Faculties as those subjects in which repeated failure by a student indicates that they are unlikely to master the knowledge and or skills necessary to successfully complete the course. You must pass each key subject in your course at no more than two attempts. NB: key subjects are course specific.
When is Academic Progress determined?
Failure to Enrol
If you fail to enrol in a session in which you were eligible to enrol you will be contacted by Student Administration and asked to indicate whether or not you wish to continue in the course. If you do wish to continue in the course shall be placed on leave of absence for that session and this leave shall count towards calculation of the maximum time allowed to complete the course.
Rate of Progress
At the completion of your first calendar year of enrolment, if you have not passed at least one subject in your course your will be notified by Student Administration that you are 'at risk' of exclusion from the course. An at risk student who fails to pass any subjects in the second calendar year of enrolment in their course will be excluded from the course.
Professional Experience
A student who is failing to meet the required professional standards of competency and/or conduct in the compulsory fieldwork or professional experience components of their course will be notified by the Faculty by the midpoint of their placement that they are at risk of failing the subject and being excluded from the course.