A major, a minor and a specialisation is a set of units (or module) within a particular discipline in which students choose to specialise as part of their course (see Award Course Design).

At Victoria University a major is made up of 96 credit points (equivalent to 8 units), a minor and a specialisation are made up of 48 credit points (equivalent to 4 units)

There are two types of changes that can be made to an existing major, minor or specialisation:

  • minor modification
  • minor amendment.

A minor modification is the smallest change that can be made where there is no approval required as there are a limited number of fields available to edit (as seen below).

A minor amendment requires review and/ approval from within the College and sign off at Vice-Chancellor level.

Any changes to title, code, duration, or credit points will require a new code which will mean the major or minor or specialisation will be classified as "new" (see Creating a new major or minor or specialisation).

Majors, minors and specialisations are also called ‘unit sets’ in CAMS. A unit set is another name for a group of units that have been organised into a major or minor or specialisation.

Minor modification

When you make a minor modification, the following unit set fields are available to edit:

  • Unit Set Coordinator.

  1. Final Version (current version)
  2. In development - coordinator makes changes
  3. Governance - AQS Course Management Officer confirms Final Versions

Minor amendment

When you make a minor amendment, the following unit set fields are available to edit:

  • Include in Course Finder
  • Introduction
  • Location
  • Mode of Delivery
  • Target Market
  • Unit Set Active
  • Unit Set Completion Rules
  • Unit Set Coordinator
  • Unit Set Structure.

  1. Final Version (current version)
  2. In development - coordinator makes changes
  3. College - Recommends and refers to Dean
  4. Dean - endorses
  5. DVC or Delegate - approves; Courses Committee - For noting only
  6. AQS - Finalises & publishes