Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences

You can apply for credit for equivalent units passed in a previous course at another university.

You must complete an:

• Application for Advanced Standing [PDF, from the Student Admin site]

Credit may include up to 30 points for non-science units - 12 points at level 1 and 18 points at level 2 - but not if you are already taking 48 points at either of these levels.

Full policy

The faculty's policy in principle is to grant credit for units of study passed in a degree course at a recognised tertiary institution, or a completed diploma course at AQF level, where the units are directly equivalent to units in a course in this Faculty, or are judged to be adequate in level and content to provide the prerequisite for units at a higher level.

Students should note: 

• granting of credit is entirely at the faculty's discretion
• the amount of credit granted will be limited by the rules and requirements of the particular course and program
• the faculty may grant unspecified credit, within the points limits allowed by the particular course
• credit will normally be granted only for units in which a clear pass has been achieved, without supplementary assessment
• a provisional assessment of credit can be made in advance, but it will be formally approved only when a student is enrolled in a course in the faculty
• credit will normally be assessed by the academic student adviser, who will refer where necessary to appropriate academic staff
• where credit is granted towards a course, the course must be completed within the time-limit specified in the rules for that course, counting from the start of the prior study for which credit is granted
• a unit that is providing the prerequisite for a higher-level unit must normally have been completed within the preceding four years.

It is the responsibility of the student seeking credit to submit a request to the faculty on the appropriate form and to provide full details of the units for which credit is sought.