UniSC offers credit for prior learning consistent with the Australian Qualifications Framework and general practice in the Australian Higher Education sector. If you've completed prior study or have relevant work experience, you may, under specified conditions, be eligible for credit towards your UniSC degree.
Receiving credit for previous study or experience may reduce the cost and time it takes to complete your UniSC degree and means you won't have to repeat similar courses.
Important:
- You must have accepted an offer to study at UniSC prior to applying for credit. Applicants need to use their UniSC student login to access the online Application for credit transfer and recognition of prior learning.
- To ensure your application is assessed before classes commence, please submit before the credit transfer on-time application due date for the relevant study period. Applications or supporting documentation received after this date may not be assessed before classes start.
Visit How to apply for credit for more details.
Credit can be awarded based on
If you have a degree, or part of a degree, you may be eligible to receive credit towards a UniSC qualification if your previous studies demonstrate substantial equivalence with course(s) in your UniSC program. The amount of credit is determined on a case-by-case basis and will depend on the degree you are studying at UniSC and the level, content and completion status of your previous studies.
Students with a completed Cert IV orhigher TAFE / VET qualifications, from Australia or a comparable overseas qualification, may be eligible to receive credit towards a UniSC qualification. Use the credit transfer calculator to find out which areas the credit may be awarded in and the amount of credit.
Please visit How to apply for credit for more information.
You may be eligible to have your relevant experience, such as work or voluntary experience, recognised as credit towards a UniSC qualification. Some programs have credit restrictions due to accreditation requirements.
UniSC offers credit into a range of undergraduate degree programs to students who have successfully completed an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. Students may gain up to four courses of credit depending on the IB subjects completed and their choice of UniSC degree program.
Information on the credit available for IB subjects can be found at Credit for International Baccalaureate students.
UniSC offers credit towards majors in Japanese for students who have completed the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) Japanese senior syllabus (or interstate equivalent) with the following levels of achievement:
| Grade achieved in Year 12 Japanese | UniSC course credit | UniSC course exemption * |
|---|---|---|
| A or B | JPN110 Introductory Japanese 1 | JPN111 Introductory Japanese 2 |
| C | JPN110 Introductory Japanese 1 | Not eligible |
| D or E | Not eligible | Not eligible |
* Students who are granted an exemption for JPN111 will complete an alternative course as part of the Major, Extended Minor or Minor in Japanese Studies or the Japanese In-Country Major or Extended Major.
Types of credit and credit restrictions
Credit Transfer may be granted for specific courses or elective courses.
- Credit Transfer for specified courses may be granted where the content of courses studied elsewhere is assessed as demonstrating substantial equivalence in the level of study, learning outcomes, and study duration to the required courses in the UniSC program. Specified credit can only be granted for studies completed within ten years of the time of application for credit.
- Credit Transfer for unspecified or elective courses may be granted where the content of the course/s studied elsewhere is assessed as equivalent to the AQF level and volume of learning, but does not specifically match the learning outcomes of required courses in the UniSC program. Please note: unspecified credit is only available when the UniSC program structure includes general electives.
Credit may be awarded based on prior, relevant, informal and non-formal learning, such as work experience, voluntary experience, short courses and professional certifications. UniSC will assess whether the knowledge and skills developed through prior informal and non-formal learning contribute to meeting the learning outcomes and assessment criteria of a course or program at UniSC.
Exemption may be granted where the content of courses studied elsewhere is largely similar, but not identical, to the content of courses required to be completed in the program of enrolment at UniSC. Exemption constitutes the waiver of the requirement to complete a specific required course(s) but requires you to complete another course towards your program.
- Credit restrictions may apply for certain programs due to external accreditation requirements which limit the amount of credit and/or exemptions approved based on prior study and/or work experience.
- Qualifications used as the basis of entry into a program of study may limit the amount and type of credit that can be awarded on the basis of that same qualification.
- Students may not complete an award program, other than “nested programs”, solely on the basis of credit transfer or a combination of both credit transfer and recognition of prior learning.
- The Academic Board will determine the amount of credit that may be granted and transferred to each award program as outlined in the Credit Transfer – Procedures.