Selecting subjects

The following are notes which can assist you in browsing and selecting subjects.

Terminology

In Australia what you may call courses are called units or subjects
Australians call courses the awards, i.e. Bachelor of Science
Faculty is the organizational group, e.g. Faculty of Education, Health and Science (EHS)
Academic staff are called lecturers (in Australia the term professor is reserved for high ranking academics)

As you are claiming credit for your studies back home, we allow you to study whatever subjects you require to meet prerequisites, and for which you receive approval from your home university
We require you to select eight subjects to be pre-approved to ensure you are covered for issues such as timetable clashes, too many subjects on one day, etc.
Courses at Charles Darwin University are named with a six-part code, e.g. SBI231:
- SBI refers to the discipline area (classifications and meanings may differ from what you know in the USA)
- 231 refers to the level, i.e. level 200, etc.
- In Australia degrees are usually three year degrees, and we tend to study very narrow curriculum, ie: little General Education. Therefore subjects such as Music 101, Art 101, Maths 101 do not tend to exist. We have identified some subjects which may equate to some of the General Education.
- Level 100 are introductory, level 200 and 300 are advanced
- Usually level 400 and above are graduate studies
- To find the content of a subject, you can view all of the units on offer through the Charles Darwin University Unit Repository or browse the list of popular subjects

The mode of the subject refers to internal (I) (what you want) - Distance Ed or External (E) are not for you. Please note, subjects labelled with prefix L- are Distance Ed subjects.
Charles Darwin University semesters are semester 1 - late February to end of June, and semester 2 - end of July to end of November. Browse the Charles Darwin University Semester Dates.
Not all subjects are available in each semester.
You cannot study vocational subjects (called Vocational Education and Training (VET)) at Charles Darwin University. These are listed on the website as Vocational Education and Training (VET) and also have red circles next to the names. The subjects/units (courses) you can choose have blue squares next to the names.
To find out the course structure browse the Charles Darwin University Courses and Programs, where you can browse by topic. This will show you (and your professors) the structure of the Charles Darwin University degree and particular subjects composing the degree. This is useful for finding prefixes for subjects, eg: MUS, HRM etc.