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6. Credit for previous studies towards the BA and BA combined degrees
6.1. Credit towards the BA
6.2. Credit towards BA combined degrees
6.3. Programs for high-achieving students
Applicants for the Bachelor of Arts, BA combined degrees and the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences will be awarded such credit for previous study as the Faculty considers appropriate at the time of first enrolment in the degree.
Credit will only be awarded for study deemed to be the equivalent of studies normally undertaken within the relevant award course;
Credit will only be granted for approved completed subjects, not for credit granted by another faculty or institution;
Credit will not be granted for any complete or incomplete tertiary studies undertaken 10 or more years prior to admission to the degree;
Subjects may not be double counted for both specified and unspecified credit;
No student may complete a degree or diploma with credit.1
Currently enrolled students who wish to undertake additional studies for credit (ie. studies overseas, or Community Access Program subjects) must obtain approval for such an enrolment before it is undertaken, or credit will not be awarded.
No student is obliged to accept the credit that is awarded, but must notify the Faculty in writing of their intention to decline such credit within the year (full-time or part-time) of credit being granted.
Students transferring from other courses, faculties or institutions may be offered unspecified credit for undergraduate degree subjects, which are taught within the humanities and social sciences at other universities but are not available within the Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Melbourne, up to a maximum of 50 points of first-year level and 37.5 points of second-year level. However, BA (Media and Communications) students from the University of Melbourne transferring into the BA may not credit Media and Communications compulsory or core subjects towards the BA.
Students who have completed subjects elsewhere that are considered to be equivalent to those available to students in the Bachelor of Arts at Melbourne, may be granted specified credit for those subjects. It may be necessary for the relevant School to recommend such credit. Specified credit may be granted up to a maximum of 100 points of first year level and up to a maximum of 100 points of second year level. The maximum total amount of specified and unspecified credit granted to a transferring student will be 200 points.
For more information on credit, refer to credit guidelines available from the Faculty of Arts office. See also Credit for Community Access Program subjects.
BA combined degree students are not eligible for unspecified credit.
Students who have completed subjects elsewhere that are considered to be equivalent to those available to students in combined arts degrees at Melbourne may be granted specified credit for those subjects. Specified credit is approved on the recommendation of the relevant School. Specified credit may be granted up to a maximum of 50 points of first-year level and up to a maximum of 75 points of second-year level. The maximum amount of specified arts credit granted to a transferring combined degree student will be 125 points.
Students who have undertaken accelerated university programs concurrently with their VCE or other year 12 studies may be granted credit up to a maximum of 50 points of first year as long as the marks awarded in the university programs did not contribute to their University entrance score.
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