Credit towards an Arts postgraduate coursework degree

The faculty may award credit for relevant postgraduate work completed at a recognised Australian or overseas tertiary institution.

A maximum of 50% credit may be granted in line with course requirements and structure.

You may be granted specific credit in equivalent units or unspecified credit towards electives.

Credit will not normally be granted for units undertaken in a course where you have subsequently taken out a degree or an award of any kind.

In all cases, the granting of credit is at the final discretion of the course coordinator.

Further credit information is available below.

Application information

Credit must normally be applied for at the time of entry into the program and will not normally be granted retrospectively.

You must provide certified copies of academic transcripts for all previous studies to be considered as well as unit/course syllabuses which indicate the number of points each unit is worth, the total number of points for the whole course and what percentage the unit in question was of the total course.

Credit applications forms can be downloaded from the Monash student forms. Please submit completed applications to Arts Student Services.

Articulation

In some courses there are pre-approved articulation pathways.

For details on units/credit points that may be awarded as credit toward the course into which you articulate, see the course handbook entry.

Exemptions from core units

Irrespective of credit granted, you will normally be required to complete any core units specified for your program.

Specific exemption from core units in courses will only be granted where the curriculum of the previously completed studies is deemed to be equivalent to that of the Monash core units.

Rules and regulations

See credit policy

Relevancy

Credit will only be awarded for prior studies:

• completed at relevant tertiary institution
• completed at a relevant equivalent tertiary level (i.e. no credit will be awarded for undergraduate level studies toward an postgraduate level course)
• completed within the last 10 years

Maximum

A maximum of 50% credit may be granted in line with course requirements and structure.

Credit towards Faculty or Graduate Certificates

Credit in certificate programs is normally reserved for applicants who have completed specific units in the course with at least a 60% result, but which have not been used as part of a previous degree, to a maximum of 12 points.

Public History

Applicants for the Graduate Certificate in Public History may be given credit for appropriate successfully completed consortium-auspiced professional development programs.

Credit towards 72-point Masters

Applicants who hold an honours degree with a minimum H2B result, a graduate diploma with a minimum of a credit average, or extensive professional experience at a senior level, are normally eligible to apply for up to 36 points of credit (those in the latter category will need to supply a CV, a 1000-word statement and the names of two professional referees).

The specific amount of credit granted will depend on the relevance of previous study and/or experience and is determined by the course coordinator.

Credit towards Bioethics

Master of Bioethics

Applicants for the Master of Bioethics who have already completed a unit in ethics equivalent to CHB5101 (Ethics), with at least a distinction result, may apply for exemption with credit for that unit. Normally, the equivalent unit cannot have been part of a degree on the basis of which the entry requirement for the course are met; if this is the case, an exemption without credit may be given for CHB5101.

Graduate Diploma in Bioethics

Applicants for the Graduate Diploma in Bioethics who have already completed a unit in ethics equivalent to CHB4101 (Ethics), with at least a credit result, may apply for exemption with credit for that unit. Normally, the equivalent unit cannot have been part of a degree on the basis of which the entry requirement for the course are met; if this is the case, an exemption without credit may be given for CHB4101.

Credit towards the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research)

Students undertaking a masters qualifying with a research component program will not normally be granted credit for, or exemption from, the research component.