Specification

Entry

1. Candidates for the Associate Degree in Business Management shall be qualified for entry in accordance with the provisions of the University's Rules of Admission, including those for admission for Alternative Entry.

2. Candidates for the associate degree shall complete the associate degree requirements, as hereinafter prescribed, in not less than two years of full-time study (or its part-time equivalent) and not more than eight years from the time of first enrolment.

Course Structure

3. To qualify for the associate degree, the candidate shall: Pass 16 x 12.5% unit equivalents comprising:

a. a compulsory core of 14 unit equivalents;

b. 2 elective units

4. The units that may be included in a course for the associate degree shall, unless otherwise approved by the Dean, be in accordance with Schedule A accompanying these specifications.

5. Units may be counted towards the associate degree only if they have been taken in accordance with prerequisites determined by the Faculty of Business and as summarised in Schedule A.

6. A candidate normally may not enrol in any year in units totalling more than 100% weighting (eight unit equivalents), or if the candidate is in full-time employment during any given Semester, more than 50% (four unit equivalents) weighting.

7. Where two or more units of the same name or content are offered within the University, only one may be counted towards the associate degree.

8. In every case the candidate's choice of units and the order in which they are taken shall be subject to approval by the Dean in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3.

Credit for Previous Studies

9. Passes in subjects or units in other courses (completed or otherwise) in this University or another approved tertiary institution (or other approved professional examining body) may be credited towards the associate degree, provided that the Faculty may specify what more a candidate so credited shall be required to do to qualify for the associate degree.

Miscellaneous

10. The Faculty may from time to time make amendments to the Schedules to these specifications.

11. These specifications shall take effect on 1 January 2006 and shall apply to all candidates for the associate degree, including those enrolling for the first time in that year and those enrolled subsequently.

12. The approved abbreviation for the associate degree of Associate Degree in Business Management shall be AssocDegBusMgmt.