Guidance notes: Principle 6 Course Subject Level Requirements and Restrictions

Principles

6.1   100 level subject restriction
  6.1.1   Students can only count a maximum of 80 points at 100 level in a 192-point undergraduate degree course.
  6.1.2   Students can only count a maximum of 96 points at 100 level in a 256-point undergraduate degree course.
6.2   300 level or above subject requirements
  6.2.1   A 192-point undergraduate degree course must be designed with a minimum of 32 points at 300 level; a maximum of a further 16 points of 400 level subjects may be included. 400 level subjects cannot be Core subjects and may only be included within 192-point undergraduate degree courses as options students may elect to study.
  6.2.2   A 256-point undergraduate degree course must be designed with a minimum of 64 points at 300 level or above; a maximum of 32 points of 400 level subjects may be included.
 6.2.3  A Graduate Certificate, whether it is a standalone course or a component of an articulated set, can be designed with a maximum of 8 points of 300 level subjects.
6.3   400 level subject requirements and restrictions
  6.3.1   A Bachelor (Honours) degree course, whether it is an integrated honours course or a one-year honours course, must include 64 points of subjects at a minimum of 400 level, including a research component with a weight of at least 16 points.
  6.3.2   A Graduate Certificate, whether it is a standalone course or a component of an articulated set, must be comprised of subjects at a minimum of 24 points of subjects at 400 level or above.
  6.3.3   Subjects at a minimum of 400 level must be listed for the most advanced 56 points of a Graduate Diploma, whether it is a standalone course or a component of an articulated set.
  6.3.4   Subjects at 400 level cannot be listed for the most advanced 64 points of a Masters (Coursework) course.
6.4   500 level subject requirement
  6.4.1   A Masters (Coursework) course must include at least 64 points of 500 level subjects.
  6.4.2   A Graduate Diploma articulated within a Masters (Coursework) course must include at least 32 points of 500 level subjects.
6.5   A subject can only be credited once toward an award qualification

Rationale/Policy link

  • 6.1 & 6.2 Not currently in Charles Sturt policy. 80 points are equivalent to 10 standard subjects. The effect of this inclusion is that there is adequate scope to develop disciplinary introductory knowledge and a further 14 subjects in which to develop and master knowledge, skills and applications to AQF level 7 volume of learning.
  • Note: The inclusion of (6.1.1) max 80 points at 100 level in a 192 points degree was benchmarked across a range of universities in the sector and found to be consistent.

Other guiding information

  • If there is a reason to deviate from the course subject level requirements and restrictions, a case for variation can be made to Senate (as per 2.2).

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