Specification
Award name and title
1. The award will be called Bachelor of Surveying and Spatial Sciences with the abbreviation BSurvSpSc.
Validity
2. These specifications shall take effect on 1 January 2007 and shall apply to all candidates for the award, including those enrolling for the first time in that year and those enrolled subsequently.
Entry
3. The University's Rules of Admission will apply to entry to the Bachelor of Surveying and Spatial Sciences.
Requirements and duration
4. To qualify for the Bachelor of Surveying and Spatial Sciences, a candidate shall pass in 400% of units in accordance with Specification 6.
5. Candidates shall complete the degree requirements in not less than four separate years of full-time study and not more than eight years, from the time of first enrolment.
Structure
6. Candidates will select first, second, third and fourth year units from Schedule A totalling 400%. In the fourth year of study, candidates must elect to undertake one of the following vocational streams:
- Land Surveying
- Spatial Information Systems
Terminating passes
7. A maximum of 50% of Terminating Passes may be counted toward the requirements of the degree. The total weight of terminating passes in the fourth year which are counted towards the degree shall not exceed 25%.
General
8. Units may be counted toward the award only if they have been taken in accordance with the prerequisites determined by the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology and as summarised in the Schedule attached to these Specification unless otherwise approved by the Dean.
9. A candidate normally may not enrol in any year in units totalling more than 100% weighting, or if the candidate is in full-time employment during any given Semester, more than 50% weighting.
10. Where two or more units of the same name or content are offered within the University, only one may be counted towards the award.
11. 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 Specification 6.
12. The Faculty may from time to time make amendments to the Schedules to these specifications.
