Guidance notes: Principle 9 Elective Subject Set

Principles

9.1 A student can use their elective set to enrol in any subject within the University for which they meet the prerequisites and for which there are no enrolment restrictions.
9.2 In order to meet the AQF breadth of knowledge and skills requirements, each undergraduate course of 192 points or more will require students to complete at least 16 points of unrestricted elective subjects that are not part of the essential set.
	9.2.1 Professionally accredited degrees can be designed to forgo the elective set with breadth requirements included in the essential set.
9.3 An undergraduate elective set can also hold structured sequences of study:
	9.3.1 Second Majors
	9.3.2 Minors
9.4 Students in postgraduate courses may choose subjects from restricted electives not otherwise studied or from a specialisation sequence other than their first chosen specialisation as their elective subjects.

9.2.1 and 9.4 These principles allow for variation and flexibility as required by professional accreditation, and postgraduate course structures.

The key feature of the elective set is that it addresses BREADTH as required by the AQF.
9.4 Note that elective subjects must be chosen from those other than a specialisation or restricted electives already studied – subjects cannot be counted twice.