Christian Heritage College (CHC) desires to assist domestic students to successfully complete their course work and maintain satisfactory academic progress. In order to do this, it is necessary to monitor course progress at both the unit level and the course level.

This policy is intended to provide staff with clear guidelines for monitoring course progress.

Domestic students who undertake study at CHC.

Restricted to:       Nil

Excludes:              International students

1.    To provide clear guidelines concerning the monitoring of course progress for domestic students and CHC staff.

1. Definitions

1.1       CHC defines satisfactory course progress for domestic students as either:

1.1.1    achieving passing exit results in 50% or more of the units undertaken in any given semester; or

1.1.2    achieving a passing grade in any unit which has been failed in any previous semester.

1.2       CHC defines domestic students who are at risk of failing to maintain satisfactory course progress as:

1.2.1    those who fail two or more units within a semester or the same unit in subsequent semesters; or

1.2.2    those who fail or refuse to undertake the course sequence as negotiated with the Course Coordinator.

1.3       CHC defines domestic students as not maintaining satisfactory course progress if:

1.3.1    following an intervention strategy, the student fails two or more units in the subsequent semester or fails any of the same unit(s) as in the preceding semester; or

1.3.2    the student continues to fail or to refuse undertaking the course sequence as negotiated with the Course Coordinator.

2.   General

2.1       Course progress for domestic students is monitored at the unit and course levels, continuously throughout the semester and at the conclusion of each semester.

2.3       Course progress at the unit level is monitored and reported by the unit lecturer as indicated by the degree to which the learning outcomes of the unit are met. A student is deemed to be making satisfactory progress at unit-level if they achieve a passing exit result for the unit.

2.4       Course progress at the course level is monitored and reported by the Course Coordinator. There are three functions in this process:

2.4.1    ongoing monitoring of the progress of domestic students across all units undertaken in a semester;

2.4.2    assessing the overall progress of domestic students in each semester based upon students’ academic profiles. This occurs following the Examiners’ Meeting at the end of each semester. The outcome of this assessment may be one of the following:

2.4.2.1   the student is deemed to be maintaining satisfactory course progress;

2.4.2.2   the student is identified as being at risk of failing to maintain satisfactory course progress; or

2.4.2.3   the student is deemed to be not maintaining satisfactory course progress.

2.4.3    assessing the impact of domestic students’ course progress upon their course completion date.

2.5       If a domestic student is deemed to be maintaining satisfactory course progress, no further action is taken.

2.6       If a domestic student is identified as being at risk of failing to maintain satisfactory course progress, the student is required to engage in an intervention strategy (see CHC Policy: Review of Academic Progress for Domestic Students).

3.   Communication

3.1      During the semester, at the unit level, lecturers will communicate with domestic students regarding their meeting of the learning outcomes associated with assessment tasks within their units.

3.2       Within one week of the Examiners’ Meeting, the Course Coordinator will communicate with domestic students where issues of course progress arise.