Course & unit advice

What can a Course & Unit Advisor (CUA) help me with?

Understand your course

We can help with:

• Understanding your course structure
• Knowing what you need to complete to graduate
• Exploring the different majors and minors available in your course
• Exploring your options for electives and research or thesis units
• Understanding placement requirements
• Identifying the units you need to complete after receiving credit

Choose your units

We can help with:

• Choosing and enrolling in units for each block
• Choosing electives
• Selecting majors and minors
• Checking prerequisites 
• Making sure you complete units in the right order to progress

Plan your study

We can help with:

• Planning your study across the year
• Creating a personalised course map
• Planning around work or other commitments 
• Taking a break from study
• Understanding how changes may affect your course progression

Sort out your timetable

We can help with:

• Understanding your class options
• Finding classes that work with your commitments, where possible
• Identifying alternative classes, where available
• Allocating you to classes when you can't do it yourself

Change your enrolment

We can help with:

• Seeing how changing or removing a unit may affect your course progression
• Exploring how changes may affect your future study plan
• Exploring how changes could affect your graduation date
• Understanding the requirements and impact of overloading
• Understanding the impact of taking a break from study

Get back on track

We can help with:

• Remapping your study plan if you need to repeat a unit
• Re-enrolling after an absence
• Getting back on track with your course progression
• Reviewing your study plan so you take the right units in the right blocks
• Connecting you with the right resources and support to help you succeed
• Exploring other courses if your current course is no longer the right fit

International students (on Subclass 500 visa)

We can help with:

• Ensuring you are compliant with full-time study requirements
• Ensuring you are compliant with online study requirements
• Requirements and options if you need to take a break from study
• Understanding how changes to your enrolment may affect your requirements
• Understanding what to do if you can't study as planned
• Extending your course duration when required

 

Additional course support

We can help with:

• Supporting with Overseas Study Plans for students wishing to study abroad
• Liaising with academics and your College about course-related matters
• Submitting a Review of Assessment
• Navigating course-related processes and requirements
• Helping you understand relevant policies
• Connecting you with the right team or support service when we can't assist directly

Prepare for graduation

We can help with:

• Checking you're on track to graduate
• Understanding your remaining course requirements
• Identifying outstanding units
• Planning your final study periods