Enabling Courses
Tertiary Enabling Program
The Tertiary Enabling Program (TEP) is a free program that helps build your academic skills, knowledge and confidence for studying at university.
During the program, you will develop the skills and strategies for managing university life and study.
You will study key areas such as:
- computing for tertiary study;
- academic language and learning;
- foundation maths;
- bioscience;
- historical and contemporary issues.
TEP is for you if:
- it has been a while since you last studied and feel like you now need to refresh your skills;
- you did not achieve an adequate Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) or equivalent;
- you have not completed other eligible qualifications that meet the minimum entry requirements for most CDU undergraduate courses.
TEP is free for Australian and New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and Humanitarian Visa holders. You can study on-campus or externally online.
Contact details
For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Central on:
Admission criteria
To be eligible for the Tertiary Enabling Program (TEP):
- you must be 18 or over by the census date of the relevant semester.
- you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen (residing in Australia), permanent resident or Humanitarian Visa holder
- you must successfully complete an online writing task that will be used to determine your eligibility for entry into the program.
Alternatively, applicants that have successfully completed a Certificate IV or higher in Australia and can provide evidence of this may receive an offer into the course.
Essential requirements
To gain entry into Charles Darwin University, all Higher Education applicants must satisfy the University's English Language Proficiency Requirements for their chosen course of study. International applicants will be required to supply evidence of this at the time of application.
Course structure
- 2022 HE unit offerings and unit fees are not yet available however will be published no later than 1 December 2021.
- Always refer to the Course Catalogue for the latest information about your course prior to enrolment.
The Tertiary Enabling Program is a four unit program which is one semester long if undertaken full time. It consists of three core units and one elective which can be undertaken either on campus or externally studying online. Successful completion of the program prepares students to undertake tertiary study at Charles Darwin University.
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 40 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
| Core Units (3 units) |
30cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 30 credit points as detailed below.
TEP021 Computing for Tertiary Education |
| Specialist Elective (1 unit) |
10cp | Specialist Elective unit totalling 10 credit points as detailed below. |
| 40cp | Total Credit Points |
Study plan
- 2022 HE unit offerings and unit fees are not yet available however will be published no later than 1 December 2021.
- Always refer to the Course Catalogue for the latest information about your course prior to enrolment.
Students commencing in Semester 1 - Full time
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| TEP021 Computing for Tertiary Study | CO | ||
| TEP022 Academic Language and Learning | CO | ||
| TEP023 Foundation Maths | CO | ||
| TEP025 Bioscience OR TEP026 Historical and Contemporary Issues |
SE | ||
Students commencing in Semester 1 - Part time
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a part time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| TEP021 Computing for Tertiary Study | CO | TEP023 Foundation Maths | CO |
| TEP022 Academic Language and Learning | CO | TEP025 Bioscience OR TEP026 Historical and Contemporary Issues |
SE |
Students commencing in Semester 2 - Full time
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| TEP021 Computing for Tertiary Study | CO | ||
| TEP022 Academic Language and Learning | CO | ||
| TEP023 Foundation Maths | CO | ||
| TEP025 Bioscience OR TEP026 Historical and Contemporary Issues |
SE | ||
Students commencing in Semester 2 – Part time
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a part time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| TEP021 Computing for Tertiary Study | CO | ||
| TEP022 Academic Language and Learning | CO | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| TEP023 Foundation Maths | CO | ||
| TEP025 Bioscience OR TEP026 Historical and Contemporary Issues |
SE | ||
Course fees
TEP is free for Australian and New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and Humanitarian Visa holders. You can study on-campus or externally.