Postgraduate study Study in a course leading to a graduate certificate, graduate diploma or higher degree. To enter a postgraduate course you normally must have successfully completed an approved undergraduate degree. This also includes VCE subjects which are useful but not compulsory are also listed here. Professional recognition Information is provided in the course descriptions about membership of professional associations, eligibility to practise certain professions and recognition by government agencies. For example, a graduate must be registered with the Psychologists' Registration Board before being able to practise as a psychologist.
Semester Refers to the organisation of the teaching year.
At Deakin there are three teaching periods - first semester, second semester and Summer Semester Studies. First semester runs from March to July, second semester from July to November, and Summer Semester Studies from December to February. A submajor sequence is a group of at least 4 credit points of related units approved by the Faculty Board within a major sequence and taken over two levels. You may be assessed on your performance in tutorials, as well as other work which is submitted to tutors. Undergraduate The level of course at which a university student first studies.