Guidance notes: Principle 14 Undergraduate Course Structures

Principles

14.1 For Undergraduate Certificate courses, subjects may be drawn from the essential set of existing undergraduate courses at AQF levels 5, 6 or 7.
14.2 For Diploma courses, the essential set is at least 48 points.
14.3 For Associate Degree courses, the essential set is at least 64 points.
14.4 For 3-year Bachelor degree courses, the essential and elective set requirements are as follows:
	14.4.1 essential set is at least 128 points
	14.4.2 elective set is no more than 64 points
14.5 For 4-year Bachelor degree courses, the essential and elective set requirements are as follows:
	14.5.1 essential set is at least 192 points
	14.5.2 elective set is no more than 64 points

14.4 This structure is intended to provide the required depth and breadth requirements in UG degrees.
14.4.1 and 14.5.1: This limit is intended to define the depth in the course and allow for enough scope for students to complete a second major (64 points) in their elective subject set.

Resources exist to help explain these course structures:
- Visual Diagrams provide visual representations.