Credit Regulations
Credits
1 a A student may, with the approval of Senate or its representative and on payment of the prescribed fees under the Fees Statute, be granted credit towards a programme approved by the Dean of Faculty concerned under the provisions of these regulations.
b A student may not be granted further credit for work already credited under this regulation.
Credit from Another Tertiary Institution: Transfer Credit
2 a A student who applies for admission to The University of Auckland and has undertaken a programme at another tertiary institution in New Zealand may be granted appropriate credit towards a degree or other qualification of The University of Auckland on the basis of work successfully completed in the previous programme.
b A student who has gained from an overseas institution an appropriate qualification, or credit towards a qualification, validated by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, and who is granted admission by this University, may be granted appropriate credit towards a qualification of The University of Auckland on the basis of work successfully completed in the previous programme.
c To be awarded an undergraduate degree of The University of Auckland, a student must complete at least the equivalent of a full time year of study as an enrolled student at The University of Auckland.
d Credit granted under 2a or 2b above may be specified or unspecified and the grant of admission may restrict advancement in specified subjects or programmes.
e (i) Credit granted under 2a or 2b above will normally be granted only for courses at Stage I and Stage II. Only where prior approval for exchange or study abroad enrolment has been granted, or in exceptional circumstances, will the grant of credit be considered at Stage III for courses taken at Stage III at another tertiary institution.
(ii) Where Parts are specified for a Bachelors degree, credit may be awarded within a Part according to suitability of course content and professional requirements and irrespective of the Stage of the course passed.
(iii) Only where prior approval for exchange or study abroad enrolment has been granted, or in exceptional circumstances, will the grant of credit be considered for courses taken at another tertiary institution at postgraduate level or for a postgraduate degree, diploma, or certificate.
f Credit will not be available for any course passed at another tertiary institution with a conceded or restricted pass.
g Credit may be refused for courses passed more than five years previously.
Approved Study at Another Institution
3 a A student who is enrolled at The University of Auckland and who concurrently enrols and completes courses at another tertiary institution, which they wish to credit to their University of Auckland qualification must:
(i) Seek from the Dean of the relevant faculty prior approval of the proposed concurrent enrolment and confirmation that the courses will satisfy the regulations and requirements for the qualification for which the student is enrolled at this University and that appropriate credit may be granted.
(ii) Apply for credit in accordance with these regulations when the official results are known.
b Any credit granted from study at a Summer School will be added to the current year of study at this University.
Note:
(i) Where prior approval has not been sought, credit will not normally be granted.
(ii) This regulation applies to Summer School study at an institution other than The University of Auckland with the intention of requesting credit for a University of Auckland qualification.
4 Where study at another institution is approved as part of a study abroad or exchange arrangement, credit may be approved for Stage III or postgraduate level courses if the successfully completed study is deemed appropriate for such credit by the Dean of the relevant faculty.
Cross-credits and Internal Credit
5 a In this Regulation ‘cross-credit’ means a course which is common to two University of Auckland undergraduate qualifications, which may be Bachelors degrees, undergraduate diplomas and undergraduate certificates, and is credited to both. ‘Internal credit’ means credit awarded to a programme for one or more courses passed for another University of Auckland qualification, which cannot be designated as a cross-credit.
b A student taking two programmes may only be awarded as cross-credits and/or internal credit the maximum allowed for one, but not both, of the programmes.
c A course which is designated a cross-credit may not be credited to more than two qualifications.
6 a When calculating cross-credits between a second and third qualification, points from previously granted cross-credits may not be used. The maximum number of cross-credit points that may be granted is based on one third of the points not previously designated for cross-credits.
b A Stage III course that fulfils the Stage III requirements of one qualification may not be designated as a cross-credit to meet the Stage III requirement of another qualification.
c A student may not designate as a cross-credit any course passed with a conceded pass or a restricted pass. If that course is compulsory, another course may be substituted for it as Senate or its representative may approve.
d Designation of courses as cross-credits, as permitted by these regulations, is subject to the approval of the Dean of the relevant faculty or their nominee.
Limits
7 Subject to any other provisions of these regulations or the relevant Programme Regulations:
a In the case of qualifications of equal value, the total value of cross-credits and internal credit is limited to one third of the total value of the degree, diploma or certificate.
b Where the qualifications concerned are of different values, the total value of cross-credits and internal credit may not exceed one third of the total points value applying to the qualification of lesser value.
c Other than under the provisions of Regulations 2e(iii) and 4, cross-credits and transfer credits are not available for Masters degrees, Bachelors Honours Postgraduate degrees, doctorates, postgraduate certificates and postgraduate diplomas.
Limits on Cross-credits for Conjoint Degrees
8 a A conjoint degrees combination is considered to be two degrees for the purpose of calculating cross-credits.
b (i) A maximum of 80 points may be cross-credited from a completed conjoint degree component to another qualification.
(ii) A maximum of 80 points may be cross-credited from a completed qualification to a conjoint degree component.
(iii) The apportionment of the points to the components of the conjoint degrees combination is subject to the approval of the appropriate Deans or their representatives.
Reassigned Courses
9 a A student may apply, by submitting an Application to Reassign Courses form, to reassign courses passed for, and assigned to, one qualification to another qualification for which the courses are available.
b A student may not reassign courses passed for one qualification to another once the qualification for which the courses were passed has been awarded.
c A student may not reassign to another qualification any course passed with a conceded pass or a restricted pass. If that course is compulsory, another course may be substituted for it as Senate or its representative may approve.
d A student may apply to reassign a course or courses passed for a Certificate of Proficiency to a taught Masters degree, a postgraduate diploma or a postgraduate certificate provided that:
(i) no more than 30 points are reassigned
(ii) the enrolment in the postgraduate qualification is no later than three semesters from the initial enrolment in the course(s) reassigned from Certificate of Proficiency
(iii) the application to reassign is made at the time the student is admitted to the postgraduate qualification
(iv) the course is available in the schedule of the qualification to which it is reassigned.
e Courses which are reassigned cease to be credited to the former qualification.
Review and Appeal Procedure
10 a A student may make a complaint about a decision under these Regulations to the Applications and Admissions Office or the Student Enrolments, Fees and Records Office, as appropriate.
b If the complaint is unable to be resolved by the Applications and Admissions or Records, Enrolment and Fees Offices, it will be referred to the Faculty concerned for reconsideration.
c If a student remains dissatisfied following Faculty reconsideration, a written appeal for a review of the credit decision may be submitted to the Director, Academic Services.
d The Credit Review Board will consider all appeals for review of credit decisions on behalf of Senate.
e Students who are submitting an appeal have the right to be heard in person.
f The decision of the Credit Review Board must be recorded and the appellant informed of the decision in writing.
g The decision of the Credit Review Board is final.
Source: The University of Auckland 2012 Online Calendar
Last updated on: Tuesday 1 November 2011
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