Governing legislation, policies and procedures

Commonwealth Government legislation

• Higher Education Support Act 2003 - DEWWR's Administrative Information for Providers (AIP): Student Support
• Relevant standards in the National Code of Practice under the ESOS Act 2000

Monash policy and procedures

Handbook policy

• Course and Unit Handbook policy and procedures

Related policies

NOTE: New courses, or course amendments cannot be published in the Handbook until appropriately endorsed - this includes both faculties in the case of double-degrees.  Faculties are responsible for ensuring compliance with course approval requirements prior to publication of a course in the Handbook.

Endorsement is granted:

• either by the relevant faculty board/s
• or via the university course approval process.

Separate arrangements apply for research masters and doctoral proposals.

* In exceptional circumstances, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) may approve the publication of a course entry in the Handbook prior to its formal approval.

Faculty-level approvals

All new and amended units, and c ourse amendments that do not fall into any of the six defined categories of university-level strategic significance (see 'University-level approvals' below), are approved by faculties using the relevant faculty-level procedures approved by the dean.

University-level approvals

For details on the Monash course approvals process visit http://www.opq.monash.edu.au/epp/course/index.html.

For the policy covering approval of courses which fall under the six defined categories of university-level strategic significance visit http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/academic/education/development/establish-disestablish-amend-coursework-courses-units-policy.html.

Visit http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/index.html for education policies and procedures relevant to the handbook, including those covering:

• academic programs from multiple campuses
• cancellation of units
• collaborative coursework arrangements
• course structure
• course titling and abbreviation
• establishing cross disciplinary units
• establishing, disestablishing and amending coursework courses and units
• honours year programs
• unit and course quotas.