Status and Details
This page contains information about the status, approval and a summary of the changes from the previous version of the document. Please note that the Unit Head listed on this page is the current owner of this policy and may not reflect the University position/staff member who owned this policy at the time of publication.
Under the rules previously in operation in respect to the Bachelor of Laws students were up until the end of 2007 assessed for honours based solely upon a calculation based on their grades in all their LLB units.Honours in Bachelor Awards Policy
Status
Historic
Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date
22nd June 2010
This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date
22nd February 2012
The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority
Academic Senate
The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date
1st June 2010
This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date
9th January 2012
This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head
Brian Stout
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning and Teaching
b.stout@westernsydney.edu.au
This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Author
Martin Derby
This is the author of record for this version of the document.
Enquiries Contact
Jo-Anne Chuck
Director, Learning Futures
96859906
General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.
Summary of Changes from Previous Version
Students who enrolled in their current course for the first time in 2008 were assessed for honours under the honours policy in place from 1 January 2008. That policy used a calculation based on their grades in all their LLB units plus a Law Honours Dissertation requirement.
Students were made aware of the rules that applied at the point of enrolment into their undergraduate course and has a legitimate expectation and legal entitlement to be considered under those rules and that those rules would not be unilaterally varied in the course of their study.
These proposals give students the option to elect to be governed by the LLB (Honours) award rules in force at the time of their first enrolment in that course" and remove now redundant words from clauses.
They also clarify the fact that future LLB students commencing after the start of 2010 will only be entitled to be considered for Honours under the rules in force at the time of their acceptance into Honours rather than the time of their enrolment in their course.
Clauses Amended
Policy: 5, 43, 49, 50