Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme

Credit Accumulation

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Awards Framework

The University regulations for schemes of modular study provide for the award of the qualifications set out below by the accumulation of credit. Undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate schemes of study, with staged progression from lower to higher qualifications, may be constructed on the following basis:

1. Undergraduate Level
   Certificate of Higher Education
   Diploma of Higher Education
   Foundation Degree
   Initial Degree
2. Graduate Level
   Graduate Certificate
   Graduate Diploma
3. Postgraduate Level
   Postgraduate Certificate
   Postgraduate Diploma
   Integrated Master's Degree
   Master's Degree

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The credit required for the award of these qualifications may be accumulated through the satisfactory completion of the relevant schemes of study, or part thereof as determined by the Regulations.

8.

Students who leave a scheme of study with or without an exit-point qualification may, at the discretion of the institution, be permitted to re-enter the scheme at the appropriate point provided that they have not previously attempted and failed the higher qualification after exhausting all rights of retrieval and subject to the time limits for the completion of the scheme of study.

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The Certificate and Diploma, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, can also be used as qualification aims in their own right.

In accordance with University Regulations, the Postgraduate Diploma (incorporating a Postgraduate Certificate as appropriate) represents the taught element of a taught Master's degree, with the dissertation or the approved equivalent being the Master's stage.

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Scheme Structures and Credit Envelopes

The recommended minimum and maximum credit values of Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate Qualifications are shown in the following table:

Qualification	Min overall credits studied The range of levels	No. of credits at highest level	Max credits at lowest level
Postgraduate
Master's Degree	180 credits	Levels (3),M Min 150 credits at Level M	Max 30 credits at Level 3
Integrated Master's Degree	480 credits	Levels (0),1,2,3 & M Min 120 credits at Level M	Max 20 credits at Level 0
PG Diploma	120 credits	Levels (3),M min 90 credits at Level M	Max 30 credits at Level 3
PG Cert	60 credits	Levels (3),M Min 40 credits at Level M	Max 20 credits at Level 3
Graduate
Graduate Diploma	120 credits	Levels (0,1,2),3 Min 90 credits at Level 3	Max 20 credits at Level 0
Graduate Certificate	60 credits	Levels (0,1,2,),3 Min 90 credits at Level 3	Max 20 credits at Level 0
Undergraduate
Honours Degree	360 credits	Levels (0),1,2,3 Min 120 credits at Level 3	Max 20 credits at Level 0
Ordinary Degree	300 credits	Levels (0),1,2,3 Min 60 credits at Level 3	Max 20 credits at Level 0
Foundation Degree	240 credits	Levels (0),1,2 Min 100 credits at Level 2	Max 20 credits at Level 0
Diploma HE	240 credits	Levels (0),1,2 Min 100 credits at Level 2	Max 20 credits at Level 0
Certificate HE	120 credits	Levels (0),1 Min 100 credits at Level 1	Max 20 credits at Level 0

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Assessment
Assessment and award of qualifications will be in accordance with provisions in:

• the relevant UWA Regulations;
• UWA conventions; and
• regulations for the particular scheme of study.

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Undergraduate
Students may be graded on a variety of scales. To ensure comparability in the measurement of students' relative success in achieving their credits and to facilitate accreditation of prior study both within and outside the University, the following table is suggested as a general conversion scale for undergraduate awards:

Percentage	Degree Result
70 or above	First Class Honours
60 - 69	Upper Second Class Honours
50 - 59	Lower Second Class Honours
40 - 49	Third Class Honours
35 - 39	Pass Degree
34 or below	Fail

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Postgraduate
The term `Distinction' is used to denote excellent performance by candidates for taught Master's degrees and is set at 70% at Level M or above. To gain a Master's Degree with Distinction, candidates shall achieve an overall mark of not less than 70%, having achieved not less than 65% in Part One and not less than 70% in Part Two.

The term `Distinction' is also used to denote excellent performance by candidates for postgraduate certificates and diplomas and is set at 70% at Level M or above.

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Awards
Normally, the lower qualification (i.e. Certificate or Diploma) would not be awarded automatically to students who fulfil the requirements for that qualification irrespective of whether or not they proceed directly to the next stage of the scheme, i.e. as `intermediate awards', but only to those qualified students who:

• leave while part way through the scheme (exit-point awards); or
• have completed the scheme but failed the higher qualification (intermediate awards).

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1 December 2005