(1) Bachelor degree courses offered by the University provide students the opportunity to concentrate their studies in one or more discipline areas by taking an appropriate number of credit points from specific individual areas. Concentrations may take the form of Majors or Minors. (2) The purpose of this Policy is to establish standard terminology for significant groupings of subjects and to prescribe the requirements for Majors and Minors in Bachelor degrees. (3) Applies to: (4) Majors and Minors within each course must be defined and approved as part of the University course accreditation process. (5) Every Bachelor degree course must have at least one Major. For four year Bachelor degree courses the following may be regarded as minimum prescriptions. (6) A Major comprises 120 credit points and a Minor comprises 60 credit points. (7) Any individual subject may normally count towards only one Major or Minor. For example, where the same subject is included in two different Majors, a student undertaking these as a double Major must be offered a suitable alternative to ensure that each Major contains 120 credit points. (8) Are exempt from this Policy. (9) The University does not recognise subject grouping nomenclature other than majors and minors. Examples of non-recognised nomenclature include sequences, sub-majors, streams, sub-minors. (10) The establishment of Majors and Minors is part of the process of creating a new course. Any specific Majors and Minors should be included in the New Course Approval documentation. (11) Majors or Minors may be added to, or withdrawn from, a course by way of the Course Revision Procedures. The Course Revision Procedures also apply to the restructure of Majors or Minors. (12) At the time of identifying a student as a potential qualifier, the relevant course officer must identify what Majors and/or Minors the student will be entitled to on completion of the course. (13) The Qualifications Issuance Procedures provide for the inclusion of approved Majors on academic transcripts. This will happen automatically, upon confirmation from the College that the Major(s) has been completed successfully. (14) For the purpose of this Policy and Procedure:Majors and Minors in Bachelor Degrees Policy
Section 1 - Background and Purpose
Section 2 - Scope
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Professional and Specialist Courses
Nomenclature for Other Subject Sequences
Section 4 - Procedure
Establishment of Majors and Minors
Later Addition, Withdrawal or Amendment of Majors or Minors
Confirmation of Completion of Majors and/or Minors
Inclusion of Majors on Transcripts
Minors are not included on transcripts.Section 5 - Definitions
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Section 6 - Stakeholders
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This is not a current document. It has been repealed and is no longer in force.
Responsibility for implementation – College Pro Vice-Chancellors; College General Managers; Heads of School; Course Coordinators.
Responsibility for monitoring implementation and compliance – Coursework Committee; Education Committee.