Handbook 2008

Unit Sets

‘Unit Set’ is the term used in MyInfo to record the names of majors, minors or other packages of units being undertaken. They are used to define a path of study undertaken to ensure the satisfactory progression through and completion of a student’s course attempt.

When a student enrols in a course, at least one unit set is applied to the course attempt to further define the student’s intended path of study. If a student subsequently discontinues that primary unit set then they are also obliged to change their course.

Examples:

Bachelor of Commerce (the course) with a major in Accounting (the major is the unit set)

Bachelor of Legal Studies (the course) with a major in Criminology (the major is one unit set) and a minor in Management (the minor is another unit set)

Postgraduate Certificate in Energy Studies (the course) has a single unit set associated with it, also called Postgraduate Certificate in Energy Studies

Graduate Diploma in Education Studies has a number of unit sets available, corresponding with the specialisations available in the course.

Unit set ‘rules’ typically require the completion of particular units or credit points at certain levels of study, and are used to verify a student’s progress. Similarly, course rules can require the completion of one or more particular unit sets.

Many students will be able to amend their unit sets and add non-restricted unit sets in MyInfo. To aid this, there is a facility in the online Handbook to see the unit sets applicable to any particular course. Students who wish to add restricted unit sets are able to make application at the end of each semester as part of the course transfer process.

Note that some courses will require completion of a particular unit set: in these cases the unit set will not be able to be removed. There are also limits on the number of unit sets that can be undertaken within the one course.