Overview of the unit selection screen

This guide is designed to help you complete

your unit of study selection in Sydney Student.
You should plan your units before starting your
enrolment.

This is a general guide and the course

requirements, terms used and the order of
content on the page will vary depending on your
course.

It’s best to add your core and/or major and/or

minor units first. This will ensure you reach the
minimum requirements for your course. After that
you can make up the total credit points required
for each semester using OLEs and/or electives.

You need to ensure that you take core and

other required units from the correct collection
- for example, a core unit added to an elective
Summary of the units you have selected from the
collection could count as an elective and not
left-hand side of the screen.
a core unit, meaning you may not be able to
complete your course.

Collections available to you including majors,

minors, cores, OLEs and electives are displayed
in this area of the screen.

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Navigating the unit of study selection screen
View your current
credits
Overview of course
rules View the units you
have selected from the
Collection current collections
requirements for your
course Delete units from your
selections
View more units
available in this
Units you have
collection
selected
Hide units in this
collection
Credit points you
have selected for this
Search for units in this
academic year
collection

Units available in this Credit point

collection requirements for your
course

Credit points required

for this academic
year’s semesters
Add unit to your
selection

View other units in this

collection

Course requirements
for this major, minor,
core, OLE or elective
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Viewing available units of study
Select ‘View’ to see the units available in the
collection.

Selecting the name of a unit will show more details.

If there are any corequisite or prerequisite units you

‘More’ shows more details about the unit. can view them on this screen.

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Searching for a unit
You can search for a unit in a collection by unit name or code

Advanced search

‘Show advanced’ lets you refine a

search by credit points, session and
location.

You can add more criteria,

and remove criteria.

You can order the results by code,

name, session, mode of attendance,
location or credit point value by clicking
the headings.

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Adding a unit
Select ‘Add’ to add a unit to your selection.

Credit point totals will update as you

select units. Keep an eye on these
totals to ensure you are meeting any
requirements.
Continue to add units until you meet your course’s requirements

You can remove any units from your

selection by selecting the bin icon next
to a unit.

Credits for each major, minor and/or

core units needs to meet your course
requirements for the academic year.

The total credits should not exceed

your course and/or visa rules.

Credits in each semester

should not exceed
requirements.

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Summary of your units
You can view the units from the selected collection in this tab.

Selected collection is highlighted yellow.

You can see credit from previous study and credit from previous sessions.

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