Choose your units

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What units should you choose?

Explore areas of study on offer

Take non-arts electives

Get credit for previous study

Tip: Make sure you have a copy of your course map on hand. You should always refer to your course structure when making subject choices.

Things to consider when selecting your units

Full-time or part-time study?

Study units at another campus

Do you want to study a language?

Take a diploma alongside you degree

Study units at another university

Do you plan to transfer courses?

Units that require permission

Important terms and definitions

Areas of study / discipline

The areas of study, sometimes referred to as disciplines, are broad topic areas like History or Politics.

Course

A course is a defined period of study leading to a tertiary qualification. Rules and requirements for each course are included in the University Handbook.

Credit points

This is the value given to a unit/subject, normally 6 credit points.  There are some second and third year units that are worth 12 credit points.

Unit / subject

Units are like subjects and they make up the different areas of study (disciplines).

Year level

Within a course, there are a number of different year levels at which units are offered. These represent the order in which you should take them in your course. For example ATS1351 ‘Exploring performance’ is a first-year level Performance unit and ATS2767 ‘Technical aspects of performance making’ is a second-year level Performance unit.

Note: The term does not necessarily refer to the number of years a student has been studying but the level you have achieved in your course or a particular area of study. For example, a double degree student may find that they study first-year level units in their second year at university.

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Follow the university's enrolment instructions to set up your computer access, complete online forms, enrol in your units, and select class time preferences.

Afterwards, you should return to this website to read our after enrolment steps.