Agreement
Articulation Arrangement
Articulation Details
Electives
An agreement between CQU (or just one faculty within it) to work on some sort of arrangement/articulations with an external institution. Can be of the type:
- Contract
- Exchange Agreement
- Government registration
- Joint activity
- MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding)
- Other
Often referred to as simply an arrangement.
An articulation arrangement follows an agreement between institutions. At this point, the institutions start to determine the details of which Faculties may be involved, and who the relevant contact people for each arrangement.
Arrangements can be of two types (although this system only deals with the Credit Transfer type).
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Credit Transfer
an articulation arrangement from an institution's program to CQU's program. For example, if a student has a Diploma of IT from another institution, they can get 8 credits into a Bachelor of IT at CQU.
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Precedent
is not a formal articulation arrangement - it is an example of what a student might get. For example, if John did a Diploma of IT at Monash, that forms a precedent for other students as a guide only. However it does not mean CQU has an agreement with Monash, nor does not mean CQU will honour the precedent. Precedents are not stored in this system.
These are the nitty-gritty details of an Articulation Arrangement. Keep in mind, one Arrangement can have more than one set of details.
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Exemptions
a student can receive an exemption (aka credit) from needing to study a particular course, or set of courses. For example, if a student has studied entry level computer programming at QUT, they may not need to study COIT11133 in a CQU Bachelor of IT.
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Top Up
refers to an articulation arrangement where we give the student the number of courses to complete, rather than the number of courses to be credited. For example, we have a top up arrangement with Myonji in Korea, the top up agreement is 8 - meaning 8 courses to go (as opposed to 8 credits).
A core course is a compulsory component of a program - to graduate from the program, you must complete the core courses. An elective course is a course that a student may include in a program that is not a core course.
Elective Levels
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Level One
A level one course has no prerequisites. Typically, a level one course is studied in the first year of a program.
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Advanced Level
Advanced level courses follow on from level one courses, and are typically studied after the first semester of a program.
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Postgraduate Level
Postgraduate level electives are available only to those prospective students who already hold an undergraduate degree (not necessarily at CQU), and are starting postgraduate study at CQU.
Elective Types
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General Electives
A CQU Program may have a range of elective courses available to choose from, so a student isn't simply locked in to a set of core courses, but can tailor their program to suit their requirements. These are general electives.
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Multimedia, Computing or Engineering Electives
Some articulations may allow you to take credit in the form of specialty electives. For example, if you were granted 3 Computing electives, those 3 elective courses couldn't be (for example) communications or business courses - they would have to be computing courses.
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Unspecified Electives
An unspecified elective has no specific restriction, and for example, may not need to be an elective listed for the desired CQU program.
