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Key terms

Advanced standing (credit transfer)
Credit granted towards a Deakin course for relevant approved study, experience or work satisfactorily completed at the University or elsewhere. There are two aspects to advanced standing:
- credit transfer, in which credit is transferred to your child's Deakin award program from completed or partly completed studies he or she has undertaken at other accredited institutions, and
- Credit for Prior Learning (CPL), in which credit is granted on the basis of knowledge and skills acquired through uncredentialed learning.

Bachelor degree
An undergraduate degree course that is usually the first degree undertaken at university, for example, the Bachelor of Science.

Clearly-In ENTER
The ENTER most school-leaver applicants need to achieve to be offered a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) in a particular course.

Combined degree
An approved combination of courses in complementary areas, undertaken simultaneously, which leads to the conferral of two awards e.g. Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws. This means students complete two degrees in a shorter timeframe than it would take to complete the degrees separately.

Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
A university place for which the government pays a proportion of the tuition costs. CSP students can pay up front and receive a discount or use HECS-HELP to defer payment.

Credit point
A measure of workload. At Deakin, a full-time study load is normally 4 credit points each semester.

Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER)
The overall percentile ranking for students in their final year of secondary school in Australia that reflects the individual's performance comparative to other students in the same year.

Faculty
An organisational division within a university; for example, the Faculty of Arts and Education is one of the four faculties at Deakin University.

Higher Education Contribution Scheme-Higher Education Loan Program (HECS-HELP)
Loan scheme to help CSP students pay for tuition costs. Repayments are made through the Australian taxation system once annual income exceeds the minimum threshold for repayment.

Off-campus study
Off-campus courses, or courses offered by distance education, are the same as on-campus courses; the only difference is that rather than attend classes in person, students study away from campus using a variety of other methods, including online technologies, study guides, reading lists and audiovisual materials.

Pathway program
Pathway programs provide an alternative entry option for people who may not meet academic entry of English language requirements. Students can study through one of our pathway institutions and apply to Deakin on successful completion of these programs.

Postgraduate
A postgraduate qualification refers to courses of study beyond bachelor level, including graduate certificates, graduate diplomas and higher degrees. Eligibility for entry to a postgraduate course normally requires a completed undergraduate degree.

Prerequisite
The VCE subjects or other requirements that both current Year 12 and non-Year 12 applicants must complete to be eligible to be selected for a course. This information is listed in the VTAC Guide and in VICTER publications.

Special Entry Access Schemes (SEAS)
An umbrella program, run by VTAC, for special entry schemes conducted by participating tertiary institutions, including Deakin University, for entry to undergraduate courses. Applications for Deakin Access and Equity Scholarships are also processed through SEAS.

Study score
A score of 0-50 that shows how a VCE student performed in a particular subject compared to other students in the same year. It is calculated from the student's results in assessments and examinations in that study.

Trimester
Trimesters refers to the organisation of three study periods during the teaching year (as opposed to having two study periods using a semester system). At Deakin there are three trimesters:

• Trimester 3 runs from November 10, 2008 to February 13, 2009
• Trimester 1 runs from March 9, 2009 to June 19, 2009
• Trimester 2 runs from July 13, 2009 to October 16, 2009

Each trimester runs for 12 weeks. Study in trimester 3 is not compulsory – it just provides another option for study. A full-time student load will continue to be two trimesters of study.

Undergraduate
An undergraduate student is someone studying for their first degree in a given discipline.

Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC)
Centralised admissions centre for most undergraduate university and TAFE courses.

Victorian Tertiary Entrance Requirements (VICTER)
A VTAC publication showing the prerequisites and requirements students must complete to qualify for a course, see www.vtac.edu.au.

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