Phasing out a program, stream or subject When a Faculty phases out a program or stream without making a substitute program or stream available, all currently enrolled students must be given an opportunity to complete the program or stream, within a defined phase out period. The Faculty Board sets the end date for the phase out period at the time the decision to terminate the program or stream is approved. Students must be informed in writing of the decision to terminate the program or stream and of the phase out period. Changing a program, stream, or subject Any changes to the content or structure of a program, stream or subject should be clearly specified and students notified. In most cases, the changes commence with the next enrolment year and no transition period is necessary.
Some structural changes require a defined transition period.
For example, if a subject is moved from first to second year, a one year transition period is required to enable the cohort of students who successfully completed the subject in first year to undertake an approved alternative. All students likely to be affected by such a transitional arrangement must be notified. While many program or subject changes will involve the substitution of one block of credit points for another block of credit points of equal size, discrepancies may arise in cases where the number of credit points is changed. Part-time students or those who have failed or deferred are most affected. Program or subject changes must be implemented so as not to increase the HECS liability of students retrospectively.