Student Information

This page contains information that we hope will be helpful to your studies, including how to plan your course and where to get support when you need it.

Help and Advice

You are welcome to approach staff members for advice. If it is a matter concerning a particular course, you should in the first instance contact the course coordinator. For more general advice on planning, first contact the School Office and the staff there will direct you to the relevant adviser :

For majors and courses in the School of Engineering and Computer Science, you should see:

ECS Student Advice - Undergraduate Studies

• AIML Andrew Lensen
• CGRG, COMP Yi Mei
• CYBR Ian Welch
• EEEN, ELCO, RESE Christopher Hollitt
• NWEN, SWEN Jyoti Sahni
• XMUT (ELCO) Yau Hee Kho

ECS Student Advice - Postgraduate Studies

• AIML, CGAG, COMP (Thesis) Ali Knott
• ENGR (Thesis) Jennifer Ferreira
• COURSEWORK - ALL COURSES (Domestic and International Non-Thesis) Aaron Chen
• MSwDev Michael Homer
• MEP, MRE Ramesh Rayudu
• WORK EXPERIENCE Lynda Turner

For majors and courses in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, you should see:

SMS Programme Directors - Undergraduate Studies

• MATH Steven Archer
• STAT Yuan Yao (Priscilla)
• DATA Alejandro Frery

SMS Coordinators - Postgraduate Studies

• MATH (Thesis) Dan Turetsky
• MATH (Coursework) Hung Pham
• STAT (Thesis) Peter Smith
• STAT (Coursework) Ivy Liu
• DATA (Thesis) Peter Smith
• DATA (Coursework) Ryan Admiraal

SMS Lecturers (Teaching) - Undergraduate Studies

• MATH Steven Archer
• STAT David Cox or Tanya Gvozdeva

If a problem arises for which you would rather not approach the course coordinator or lecturer, feel free to consult your Programme Director or the Head of School.

Course Planning

You should plan your course of study as a coherent programme over the three or more years required. Usually, first-year students can only enrol in 100-level courses. In choosing your courses it is important to take into account:

• The overall requirements of the degree(s) you have chosen.
• The specific requirements of your major subject(s).
• Entry criteria for 100-level courses.
• Prerequisites for courses, especially those that have prerequisites in other subject areas.
• Workload constraints: 60 points per trimester represents standard full-time study. Most full-time first-year students take seven or eight courses (105/120 points per year).
• Timetable constraints: draw up your own timetable to ensure you do not have any clashes. You may find the course timetable useful for this.
• There will generally be some choice about which courses you take, especially in your first year. This enables you to build a programme that can keep options open if you are unsure of your preferred major. There are many interesting courses around, and your specific interests may change as you advance through your degree.

Each major has its own requirements and advice. Please follow the links below to find out more.

• Requirements for the BE(Hons)
• Requirements for the BSc

You may like to consider extending your degree: it is possible to take a degree with a 'double major' by satisfying the requirements of two subject areas or to take a 'double degree' by taking two degrees from different faculties. Some sharing is permitted, so a double degree requires fewer points than the two degrees separately.

Important Dates

Victoria's home site contains the approved dates and deadlines for trimesters, withdrawals and holiday breaks.

Policies

Students should familiarise themselves with the university's student policies and statutes.

You should particularly familiarise yourself with:

• Academic Grievance Policy
• Student Conduct Statute and the Staff Conduct Policy (to understand your right to report improper staff conduct)
• Meeting the Needs of Students With Impairments

In addition, there are other important aspects of your study that you must be aware of:

• Victoria's plagiarism rules.
• There is a grace period that allows you to withdraw from courses early in each trimester. The deadlines for withdrawals are on the university's dates and deadlines page.
• There are policy tech notes detailing the rules surrounding computer laboratory access and conduct.

Expectations

ECS has a framework that provides guidance to both staff and students about what should be expected of students in courses from the 100-level to the 400-level. All ECS students should be familiar with this framework.

External Technical Information Sites

External Technical Sites contains links to external sites that provide technical information on various subjects.

CareerHub

CareerHub is Career Development and Employment's Online Service where VUW students and graduates can search for job vacancies, career events and career resources.

Postgraduate Studies

See the ECS and SMS Student Advice page.