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Guidance to Course Selection and Course Availability for Visiting Students at the Australian National University

 

Course Selection

Course information is best accessed through the Study@ANU website .  This online course information is updated in September-October each year and is kept up to date. A downloadable version of the ANU handbook  is updated in November each year but not changed after that time.  If students are intending to apply in September before information is updated they should use the current course information and current  handbook.  Normally the course entries will indicate if they are to run in the following year. 
Timetable information is usually not available until late in the prior semester and may change right up to the day classes commence.

Students are encouraged to provide a list of six courses  in which they may wish to enrol. This will be used as one of the criteria in accepting your application.
Following acceptance your course selections will be checked and you will be notified of your eligibility to enrol in these classes. Formal enrolment is completed after you arrive so you have an opportunity to select other courses and to make any special arrangements as specified in the syllabus information. eg making special application, proviidng additional information and in the cases of language classes, where you have prior experience, sitting a placement test (usually held in orientation week). 

Normally entry to any course depends entirely on you having completed the prerequisite as specified. Because you are coming from another university it is likely that you do not have a course of the same name but you should be able to identify courses which have similar content as detailed on the study@ site. Class size limits are not normally a problem at ANU and if these restictions exist this will be noted in the course syllabus information. Selections are usually made on an academic basis rather than a first-come-enrol basis.

There will be plenty of opportunity to discuss your enrolment and to vary your selections prior to enrolment when you arrive at ANU, an add/drop period runs for about two weeks after classes commence. 

Liaise with the academic adviser at your home university to ensure your course selection will receive credit.  Normally exchange agreements require that courses selected be credited to a students home university degree program.

 

Important information to note about specific course areas and programs 

Undergraduate courses

All undergraduate courses are available to all exchange and study abroad students. The prime determinant of entry is that a student has completed the specified prerequisite or a course of similar content and level. Students may study across different course areas.

Special conditions-·       
 Visual arts and digital arts courses taught in the School of Arts require submission of a portfolio  for entry; 
 Music courses taught in the School of Music require performance tape for entry; 
 Law courses are only available to students in a Law program at their home university (excepting that LAWS3103 and LAWS3104 which are available to non-law students);       
 Internship courses ( ANIP) require an additional special application to the Australian National Internships Program http://anip.anu.edu.au in addition to the online exchange application;       
 Engineering courses are only available to students in Engineering and some Physics programs;       
 Business and economics courses. Students not enrolled in an economics, finance or business degree at their home university may only include one course from the College of Business and Economics in their program;        
 4000 level honours courses are not available to visiting students (except some ENVS, ENGN, LAWS courses);       
 Graduate courses (6000-8000) are not available to undergraduate students;

Undergraduate research is only available through the listed special topics courses.

Take care to note the semester in which the course is being run as some are listed for winter, spring and summer sessions not normally included in the exchange. 

Thesis supervision is no longer available. 

Graduate Courses.

Graduate courses are only available to graduate students and the only courses available are those  co-located with undergraduate courses. These courses can be found  in the general teaching areas teaching areas of the Colleges. Courses within the medical school, clinical psychology program and  masters, graduate diploma and other special programs of all other areas and the College of Business and Economics are not available to exchange students.  
Fee paying study abroad  graduate students may apply for entry to all graduate courses but available places are quite limited 
It is important to note that as a major research university graduate courses do not normally form a part of research masters and doctoral programs. They are usually developed for special graduate coursework programs and may not necessarily be the next level of learning following advanced undergraduate courses
 

Thesis supervision is no longer available. 


Co-operative research activities for PhD and Research Masters degree students may be available and interested students should direct all enquires through the Student Mobility Program, exchange.info@anu.edu.au  


 Credit transfer. In order to assess credit transfer, visiting students and their advisers should note that some graduate coures are delivered as short term intensive programs often run over a weekend with assessment due at a later date. (Basically they are professional courses for students in the normal workforce)


Timetabling and availability. Graduate courses are often delivered in terms outside the normal first and second semester dates. As exchange agreements are based on the two normal semesters these courses will not be available if the date of delivery falls outside of the normal first or second semester teaching period.
 

Courses not available to exchange students

Essentials for English ESSEN1101

Graduate courses ie. 6000, 7000 and 8000 series courses with the following prefixes are not available to exchange students.BUSI, BUSN, ECHI, ECON, EMET, FINM, HUMN, IDEC INFS, MEDI, MEDN,  MGMT, MKTG, CRWF, APSEG, CHMD, DEMO, DESA, DIPL, EAST, EMDV, HAND, INTR ,LAW, MEDI, MEDN, MMIB, MUSC, NSPO,   PAAS, PAAE, POGO, POPH, POPM, PSYC, SEAS  STST,VISC and other codes listed in the same areas.

Course Load

Most courses have a value of 6 units although less frequently there are 3 unit and 12 unit courses.The normal full load is 24 units each semester. This is expected to equate to 30 ECTS or 15 US credits.By definition for the purposes of visa regulations, concessions, Centrelink etc. 18 units is defined as full time. It is not expected that this load would attract a full transfer of credit at your home institution.Some institutions do not permit their students to study less than 24 units. Check this before you leave.
A semester is 13 weeks teaching and 2-3 weeks of examinations. 

Students must be present for exams during the examination period. 

For further information enquires to exchange.info@anu.edu.au 

  
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