Applying for advanced standing (credit for previous studies)

If you have completed subjects at another institution, or as part of a different degree at JCU, it may be possible to credit some subjects to your current degree.

Students should complete and submit an Application for Advanced Standing form to:

• Townsville: Your Faculty Office

• Cairns: Student Enquiry Centre

Students requesting credit as a result of changing course should complete the advanced standing section of your Course Transfer form.

If you are a new student, we encourage you to submit your advanced standing application when you lodge your Offer Response form. This will allow sufficient processing time before Orientation Week.

Please attach a certified copy of your academic record if your studies were undertaken at another institution, along with a description of the subjects undertaken from the relevant Student Handbook. This is not necessary for studies undertaken at JCU.

If the allocation of credit will influence your subject selection you will need to have submitted an application at least two weeks before the teaching period begins in order to ensure that any enrolment changes can be processed before the census date.

The last date to submit an application for consideration in Study Period 2, by Friday 22 August 2008.

Information on JCU’s advanced standing arrangements with other institutions may be found in the Credit Transfer and Learning Pathways book.

It is your responsibility to ensure that you withdraw (by the census date) from any enrolled subjects that you have received advanced standing for – otherwise you will be financially liable for these subjects.