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1. (a) In any year of study, students must enrol in a minimum of 24 units of credit, unless they require less than that number to complete the requirements for the degree.
(b) In their first year of study, full-time students will normally complete 48 units of credit; in subsequent semesters, they will normally complete 24 units, but may be permitted to enrol in an additional 6 units.

2. A student enrolling in a course must satisfy the prerequisite and corequisite requirements for that course.

3. In order to obtain units of credit for a course, a student must in that
course:
(a) satisfy attendance requirements;
(b) complete satisfactorily any assignments prescribed;
(c) pass any prescribed examination.

4. Students are not permitted to enrol in Upper Level courses until they have completed at least 36 Level 1 units of credit.

5. Students are required to complete at least 12 units of credit at Level 3 in any program or major sequence offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

6. Students who fail to complete 51% or more of their total units of credit in any semester are required to contact their academic advisor to discuss their continuation in the program.

7. Students whose progress is satisfactory may apply for leave of absence from their studies for no more than two semesters.

8. No student may enrol in any course to be counted towards degrees offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the same time as he/she is enrolled in any other degree or diploma program, except in the case of approved concurrent programs.

9. Students may take cross-institutional courses only in the circumstance that a comparable course is not offered in the Faculty. Students must have completed at least 48 units of credit in courses (with the exception of languages) offered by the Faculty before undertaking cross-institutional study. Cross-institutional courses can only be taken as electives, however, students may seek approval from the Faculty to have up to 12 uoc of cross-institutional courses count towards their major or minor. Students are only permitted to take a maximum of 12 uoc cross-institutional study at each level.

10. Students may take a cross-institutional stream in a language not offered at UNSW. Students are only permitted to take a maximum of 12 uoc in Level 1 cross-institutional language courses.

11. Faculty will not approve courses offered by external study.

12. Students admitted with advanced standing are given credit towards the degree for all appropriate courses up to a maximum of two thirds of the total units of credit required for each degree. Specified credit will be given for courses closely related to courses offered within our degree programs; unspecified credit may be given for other "Arts-type" courses, if they are of appropriate standard and range.
Advanced standing will not be granted for courses completed more than 10 years previously. Students seeking advanced standing for courses completed elsewhere must submit documentary evidence and specify the courses they wish to complete within the Faculty. Faculty will then determine the number of units of credit to be granted.

From 2009 a student who has been granted advanced standing for courses in their major or minor sequence is required to complete the following at UNSW:

Major sequence - 18 units of credit, including the capstone course, if applicable
Minor sequence - 12 units of credit

13. (a) The Faculty will grant the maximum credit possible to facilitate a student's transfer from one degree to another. The credit will vary depending on the degrees concerned.
(b) A student enrolled in the combined Arts/Law program who does not wish to proceed to the combined degree BA LLB may apply to transfer to the BA degree with credit for all courses completed in the program.

14. Students who have been awarded a degree at Pass level from the University of New South Wales or a comparable degree from another university may be admitted by Faculty to candidature for the award of that degree at Honours level with credit for all courses completed if, during their studies for the Pass degree, they have satisfied the prerequisites for entry to the Honours level program or completed an equivalent program of study. Permission will not be granted if more than three years have elapsed since the completion of the Pass degree.

15. Faculty may modify the requirements of any of these rules in special circumstances.

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