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Aims and objectives
Criteria for approval of Diploma schemes
Admission
Examination
Re-examination
Subsequent entry to Masters courses
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Aims and objectives
All
Postgraduate Diploma course consist of work which is postgraduate in
character. The objectives of diploma courses include -
- instruction
for students wishing to change disciplines
- the upgrading
of knowledge within a discipline
- preparation
for entry to a Master's course.
Criteria for approval of diploma schemes
- Schemes of
study may contain units based on Part II undergraduate courses. All
schemes of study must contain at least one major element which is postgraduate
graduate in character (e.g. independent project work). Where possible
separate tutorial arrangements shall be made for undergraduate and
diploma students taking the same course.
- Contact hours
shall normally amount to a minimum of at least 200 hours of formal
contact, although special features of certain courses, like field work
and interactive computer learning, may produce individual variations.
- The normal
duration shall be in the range nine to twelve months for full-time
courses and eighteen to twenty-four months for part-time courses or a
mixture of full- and part-time study judged to be the equivalent. Longer
periods of study may be prescribed in exceptional circumstances by the
Senate acting on the recommendation of the faculty board or equivalent
concerned.
- In order to
qualify for the award of a Postgraduate Diploma, candidates must reach
an overall final standard which (after making allowance for the greater
maturity of the students and distinctive content of the Diploma course)
may be regarded as the equivalent of honours standard in a first degree
course or, in the case of diploma courses which constitute a
professional qualification (e.g. the Diploma in Social Work), must reach
a standard not less than the minimum standard set by the relevant
professional body.
Admission
Candidates
must be graduates of a recognised university or comparable institution or
must in other ways be qualified to be regarded by the University as the
equivalent of such graduates.
Examination
Examiners
(including at least one external examiner for each approved diploma course)
are appointed by the Senate on the nomination of the faculty board or
equivalent concerned. The examiners conduct all prescribed forms of
assessment, and may, at their discretion, require a candidate to attend for
an oral examination. The examiners jointly submit recommendations on the work
of the candidates.
Re-examination
Permission
to resit examinations, or to resubmit dissertations, shall be at the
discretion of the Senate. The time limit within which a dissertation must be
resubmitted shall be approved by, and the date of any resit examination or
resubmission be reported to, the Director of the University Graduate
School on the
recommendation of the Board of Examiners concerned. No candidate may be
re-examined more than once. Review procedures in case of failure are dealt
with by the Postgraduate Review Panel.
Credits
The degree
may be awarded with credit if the examiners, in accordance with requirements
specified in advance, so recommend.
Subsequent entry to Master's courses
An overall
final standard in a diploma course which is at least equivalent to a second
class honours standard in a first degree is normally the minimum requirement
for admission to a more advanced (e.g. LL.M., M.A., M.B.A., M.Mus., M.Sc.)
postgraduate course of study.
Individual
Master's courses may set additional requirements for entry and all candidates
intending to undertake a Master's course after completing a postgraduate
Diploma should consult the detailed regulations for particular courses.
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