Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01264:clause:2_11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01264
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 11
Character Range: 12686–14282

11  Subjects (Standard 4)
 (1) A provider must offer a streamed program or a generalist program.
 (2) The provider must clearly state in the course information:
 (a) whether a Foundation Program offers a streamed program or a generalist program; and
 (b) the program structure, including specification of core and elective subjects, and rules for subject choice and combination.
 (3) A Foundation Program must be comprised of discipline‑based subjects and English language subjects.
 (4) A student enrolled in a Foundation Program must complete three discipline‑based subjects per study period.
Note: The same discipline-based subjects may be studied throughout the duration of the course. For example, a student may fulfil the requirement in subsection (4) by completing a Mathematics subject, a Science subject, and an Arts subject in each study period.
 (5) If the Foundation Program is a generalist program, discipline-based subject offerings must span a broad range of disciplines or Key Learning Areas, and the program must include at least one subject in each of the following areas:
 (a) Mathematics;
 (b) the Arts;
 (c) Humanities and Social Sciences; and
 (d) either:
 (i) Science; or
 (ii) Technology.
 (6) If the Foundation Program is a streamed program, discipline‑based subject offerings must clearly be relevant to the proposed area of higher education study, or be made up of one or more of the following areas:
 (a) Mathematics;
 (b) the Arts;
 (c) Humanities and Social Sciences;
 (d) Science; or
 (e) Technology.
 (7) A Foundation Program cannot include paid work experience.