What to enrol in
If you’re a full-time student with no enrolment variations, you can follow a standard course structure. If not, you may need a personalised student plan.
Course structure or student plan?
Course structures and student plans list the units you should enrol in each semester and indicate whether they’re majors or minors, compulsory or elective, have pre-requisites or co-requisites.
If you’re a full-time student with no enrolment variations, you can follow a standard course structure. If you’re part time, check to see if there’s a specific part-time course structure first, but if there isn’t one, you’ll need a student plan. If you have received credit from previous studies, withdrawn from or failed units, changed your major or minor or taken leave, you’ll also need a student plan.
Course structures
Select your study area below. You’ll be taken to your course resource page, where you'll be able to access the relevant course structure (either new or continuing).
If you have the choice of a Semester 1 or Semester 2 course structure, choose the semester you started your course in, not the semester you’re enrolling into.
| Institute | Study area |
| Institute of Education, Arts and Community |
Arts Academy |
| Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
Exercise and Sport Science |
| Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability | |
| Global Professional School |
Diploma of Business (higher education) |
| TAFE |
TAFE units are automatically added to my Student Centre, so all you need to do is log in and enrol. |
| Graduate Research School |
Check your student inbox for the details of your units. |
Student plans
If you’re a continuing student with past enrolment variations (e.g. failed units), you may have already received a personalised student plan (check your Federation inbox). If not, you can request a plan via the enquiry portal or through a one-on-one appointment.
If you’re a new student and you intend to study part time or you’ve applied for credit, you should also request a student plan via the enquiry portal or through a one-on-one appointment.
Plan your academic year
If you’re following a course structure, use these definitions to understand how to pick your units. Keep in mind that you need to enrol in units for the entire upcoming year – both semesters.
It’s important to consider unit sequence when enrolling. A pre-requisite is a unit that must be completed before taking another unit. A co-requisite is a unit that must be completed at the same time as another unit. An exclusion is a unit that is equivalent to another unit, which means you can’t do both.
Your course structure will include any majors, minors or specialisations that you need to do. There might be a list at the end of the document, but if not, contact your course coordinator to find out what you should choose.
If there’s a list of prescribed electives at the end of your course structure document, you must choose yours from it. If there are no specific requirements, you might be able to enrol in a unit from any study area. Contact your course coordinator to find out what your options are.
If your course includes placement, this will appear in your course structure. Units might be listed as:
- professional practice/experience
- co-operative placement
- field placement
- clinical practice/placement.
When you enrol in these units, the placement team will be notified and the units will appear in InPlace, our placement management system.
Interested in going on exchange? We recommend waiting until second or third year. Keep in mind that you’ll need space available in your course structure. Overseas study can count as electives, placement or equivalent core units. And you’ll have to consider the impact this will have on pre-requisites for later study. Find out more about studying overseas.