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C/3.4 Articulation and credit |
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3.4.1 Articulation of University awards 3.4.1 Articulation of University awardsQUT promotes articulation of awards both within the University and between institutions/sectors (eg QUT and TAFE) to facilitate the movement of students between courses of various levels. Articulation involves an arrangement whereby graduates of a particular course or courses will be guaranteed a certain amount of credit when enrolling in a higher level course. Articulation may involve either a specific arrangement for nesting of a suite of two or more courses or, where no specific arrangement exists, articulation will be based on QUT's standard credit rules (see E/4.2 ). Where a specific nesting arrangement exists, students are granted credit for the full credit points of the lower level course on entry to the higher level course. A nesting arrangement does not, however, guarantee entry into the higher level course, as entry requirements for the higher level course may be set to include other requirements such as a specific grade point average level or work experience. Courses of different levels but the same credit points cannot form a nested suite, and normal credit arrangements will apply. Specific nesting arrangements are approved by University Academic Board at the time of approval of the course. Credit arrangements for nested courses may be set as follows: Bachelor and sub-bachelor degrees Bachelor and sub-bachelor degrees may be established as a nested suite with credit granted on entry to the bachelor level course or any other course in the nested suite, based on completion of a lower level course as shown below. Credit granted on completion of the following courses:
Coursework postgraduate degrees Coursework postgraduate degrees may be established as a nested suite with credit granted to a 144 or 192 credit point masters or graduate diploma based on completion of a lower level course as shown below. Credit granted on completion of the following courses:
Doctoral degrees On entry to a professional doctorate, students may gain credit on the basis of the following:
On entry to the Doctor of Philosophy, students may gain credit on the basis of the following:
3.4.2 Articulation with TAFEQUT promotes articulation of awards with TAFE and has several mechanisms to achieve this. (a) Double TAFE/QUT award A double TAFE/QUT award is one in which students gain both a TAFE award and a QUT award. There is a single entry point through the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC). Students are admitted to both courses at the same time but normally commence with the TAFE course. However they may take QUT units while completing the TAFE course. Any student who gains entry to the program and successfully completes the TAFE component is guaranteed entry to the QUT degree component with a guaranteed predetermined amount of credit on entry. The process for development of double TAFE/QUT awards is described in C/4.4 . (b) Formal credit arrangement Faculties may undertake formal credit arrangements with particular TAFE colleges to allow a guaranteed amount of credit into a specified QUT course. These arrangements will be shown in the Credit Precedence Lists (CPLs) (see E/4.2.3 ). 3.4.3 Exit awardsIn some cases, an exit award at a lower level may be possible for students who complete part of a program but do not wish to progress to completion of the award. Some awards may be available as exit awards only with no direct entry. Undergraduate exit awards . Three-year bachelor programs may be available as an early exit option from a four-year bachelor degree program. Postgraduate exit awards Students admitted to a research doctorate or a professional doctorate but who either do not qualify to progress to the award, or do not wish to proceed, may on application be transferred to a masters degree award. Students in a nested suite of postgraduate awards may be granted a graduate diploma on the basis of satisfactory completion of at least 96 credit points (2.0 semesters) or a graduate certificate on the basis of satisfactory completion of at least 48 credit points (1.0 semester) of units which constitute an approved graduate certificate program. 3.4.4 CreditWhere no formal articulation arrangements exist for a course, or where a student is transferring from one course to another at the same level, applications for credit are considered on their individual merit. Details of QUT's credit rules are at E/4.2 . Modification History
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