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Enabling Courses
Tertiary Enabling Program
2020
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Overview
Course Duration
Full-time
0.5 year/s
Part-time
1 year/s
Availability for Admission
Domestic
Semester 1
Semester 2
International
No
Alice Springs: this course is available internally through a combination of internal and online units of study (eg. not all units of the course are available on-campus).
Applications accepted through MyNextCourse
No
Can offers be deferred?
No
CDU Reference
CDU Course Code
ZTEP01
Faculty/College
College of Education
Sector
HE
Area of study
Literacy, Language and Media
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
- did not achieve an adequate Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) or equivalent
- 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 with summer semester study options available.
Course fees
Commonwealth supported places
Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements:
(a) Australian Citizenship; or
(b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit.
2019: Information about fees and charges can be found at Fees and Payments and 2019 HE Units and Fees.
2020: Information about fees and charges for 2020 will be published no later than 1 December 2019.
Contact details
For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Central on:
Course structure
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
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 | ||
Everything you need to know to get started
Everything you need to know to get started
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Unfortunately you are not eligible for our enabling courses
Unfortunately you are not eligible for our enabling courses
International students are unfortunately not eligible for CDU's enabling courses.
To be eligible for an enabling course, you must be:
- at least 18 years of age, and
- an Australian citizen,
- a New Zealand citizens (residing in Australia)
- a permanent resident, or
- a Humanitarian Visa holder
Our International team can provide more information on the study pathways available to you.
Not sure if you are a domestic or international student?
Not sure if you are a domestic or international student?
That's OK - it can be a little tricky to know the difference.
To help you out, we've put together a guide to answer any questions you might have.
Things like the difference between domestic and international students or the difference between course types like VET and undergraduate.
Are you applying as a Domestic Student?