SECTION 1: ENROLLING IN FIRST YEAR 1. The Academic Year comprises two semesters. Semester 1: Weeks 1 – 14 26 February – 15 June Mid Semester Break 9 April – 20 April Exam period 18 June – 30 June Supp exam period 16 July – 21 July Mid-Year Break 2 July – 22 July Semester 2: Weeks 1 – 13 23 July – 2 November Mid Semester Break 17 September – 29 September Exam period 5 November – 17 November Supp exam period 3 December – 8 December 2. Full-time Students Full time students complete a normal year’s work which is eight topics, four in the first semester and another four in the second semester. Students enrolled in three or more topics per semester are deemed to be full-time students and qualify for Youth Allowance if eligible. If you are receiving Youth Allowance and you withdraw from a topic and your total study load is reduced below three topics in a semester, you must notify Centrelink. Note that although 3 topics per semester is classed as full-time, you will still need to complete 24 topics overall to complete your degree. 3. Part-time Students There is no lower limit on the number of topics you have to study as a part-time student. You should also keep in mind that most upper level topics (2nd and 3rd level) have prerequisites and you should plan the sequence of your study accordingly. A prerequisite is a requirement which must be satisfied before you can commence studies in another topic, usually at a higher level. 4. Flexibility in topic choices Although enrolment is normally completed before the start of the first week of Semester One, students are able to amend their enrolment up to the end of the second week of teaching. For example, if you were undecided about which of two topics to take, you could enrol in one, but attend the first lecture of both and change your enrolment if you decide to take the other topic. That way you haven’t missed out on any information in the topic in which you eventually end up. In addition, you are not locked into your second semester enrolment, you can change this prior to the start of Semester Two. For example if you find you did not like the area of one of your elective topics in Semester One, you could change your enrolment for Semester Two.
SECTION 3: BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE SECOND MAJOR AREAS A list of first year topics in the BBSc second major areas is provided below, if you decide to choose your electives from these areas. Psychology will have staff available for academic counselling from January 25, 2018. *Page 9 gives two example patterns of full-time enrolment in the Bachelor of Psychological Science including electives from the second major areas in the BBSc. Artificial Intelligence Topic Number Topic Name Sem COMP 1001 Fundamentals of Computing 1 COMP 1101 Fundamentals of Information and Communications Technology 1 COMP 1102 Computer Programming 1* 1 or 2 *if you take all three topics in first year then you would have to take this topic in Semester 2. Biological Sciences Topic Number Topic Name Sem BIOL 1101 Evolution of Biological Diversity 2 Plus one of BIOL 1102* Molecular Basis of Life 1 BIOL 1112 Biology and Society 2 Recommended elective topic BIOL 1711 Introduction to Animal Behaviour 1 *BIOL1102 Molecular Basis of Life enables a greater choice of topics in year 2 or year 3. Criminology Topic Number Topic Name Sem CRIM 1101 Crime and Criminology 1 CRIM 1102 Criminal Justice System 2 Disability and Developmental Education