Failing an elective unit

[uhmmaybe]

I'm too embarrassed to go to the faculty offices or ask people, so hopefully you guys can help...

So I'm pretty sure I'm gonna fail a unit this semester, so I'm wondering if I'm gonna have to repeat it. It's an elective though and not even in my course faculty, so it's not a pre-req for any subjects next year.

[mystikal]

i dont think you have to repeat if its an elective. the only times you have to repeat would be if it is a core unit or a prereq of another unit you wanna do. good luck with everything.. u can still try to pass exams are coming up just try your hardest you might even surprise urself.

[Fyrefly]

If it's an elective, you don't have to repeat it.
You don't earn credit points from failed units though, so you'll have to do an extra unit somewhere down the track to make up for it.

Everything mystikal said is correct, too.
Including the part where you should still give it your best - you may be overestimating how much study you need to do to earn a passing grade!

[slothpomba]

I've been contemplating this too.

You're under no obligation to repeat it unless its an essential component of your course (usually applies for courses where you have little choice in your subjects: law, engineering, ect). Second situation is if you need it as a prerequisite but by judging by the fact its an elective i doubt this applies to you.

If you fail 1 unit in one semester you might get a warning email that encourages you to speak to someone in your faculty but thats about it. If you fail more than one in a semester or fail a unit in semester 1 and a unit in semester 2 disciplinary procedures might apply. I'd do my best to avoid it because to be honest they sound scary as shit. Don't mean to scare you though but i think you should be aware. Failing one unit is fine, i'm sure plenty of people have failed or just barely passed plenty of units. The procedures really come into effect if you massively fail(i think its if you fail 50% of your units in one year). Still well worth knowing though. I think every student should know and at least to me i had no idea of this until i found it out myself.

If it gets really bad they can even chuck you out permanently(exclusion). However, you're very far away from this stage. Like i said you'd need to fail most of your course, which you aren't doing by the sounds of it, so all is well.

I'll link you the science faculty ones because thats the faculty im under. Not sure which one you're under but might want to take a peak.

http://sci.monash.edu/undergrad/unsatisfactory.html (be sure to read the two links at the bottom as well, exclusion and unsatisfactory academic progress)

[Mao]

If it gets really bad they can even chuck you out permanently(exclusion). However, you're very far away from this stage. Like i said you'd need to fail most of your course, which you aren't doing by the sounds of it, so all is well.

I had a mate who failed 6/8 in one year, and they didn't exclude him. He didn't end up continuing, but the point is they don't exclude people that often.

[slothpomba]

Ah, thats comforting. How do you manage to fail so hard though? Even i barely showed up after week 2 last semester and i still did alright..