COURSE/DEGREE TRANSFER
Click here for transfer/transition information for Macquarie City Campus students and those who wish to change locations between our North Ryde and City campus.
The New Curriculum and Internal Degree Transfer
The current undergraduate programs will cease to be offered to new and returning former Macquarie students at the end of 2009 and a new set of Programs of Study will be offered from 2010. For further information about the new curriculum click here or go to your Faculty website.
Applications for transition to the new curriculum in first half year closed on 29 January but applications for second half-year transition to the new curriculum will open in the middle of the year, at a date to be advised.
There are two kinds of transition to the new curriculum:
- Transitioning to the new curriculum version of your current course. Transition to the new 2010 curriculum version of your current course is automatically approved on request (there are no particular 'transition criteria').
- Transferring to a different course. Students who transfer to a different course will also transition to the new curriculum and be subject to its benefits and requirements.
It is important that students make themselves aware that the new curriculum courses may include additional requirements. All students should seek academic advice.
Students who choose to transition to the new curriculum are not permitted to return to an old program or qualify with an old program.
The credit point totals used for assessing course tranfers must be from units completed at Macquarie University or from units designated as Macquarie University units, e.g. designated credit from non-award or SIBT.
The GPA calculation includes Summer Course units however it does not include Macquarie Non Award units or Credit for Previous Studies from designated units undertaken at other institutions including SIBT.
Table 1 below outlines the new curriculum courses that are automatically approved on request from particular current courses.
Table 2 below outlines the requirements to transfer to a different course.
How to Apply
Points to Note
Enrolment in New Course units
Closing Date
Proposed Program Not Available
Course automatically approved to new curriculum
Course Transfer Policy
How to Apply
If you wish to change your course and you meet the requirements set out below, please complete the Request to Transfer Course form which will be available from 21 December 2009:
Applications can be lodged HERE unless you are applying to transfer from a Certificate in Languages to a Diploma in Languages course or from a Diploma to a BA. For those transfers please send an email to candidate@mq.edu.au with "Course Transfer" in the subject heading and provide the following details:
- Student number;
- Full name;
- Course currently enrolled; and
- Course transfer sought.
Points to Note
- You are required to seek academic advice regarding transfer to the new program.
- Students who have satisfied requirements for an award and have been qualified for that award by the University may not use the Course Transfer Policy to take up a double degree or transfer their course.
- You are not eligible to apply if you are currently excluded from the University for not meeting the minimum rate of progress.
- You will be advised by email of the outcome of your application.
- Macquarie City Campus offers a limited range of elective units.
- If you are a Domestic Full Fee (DFEE) paying student, you can only use this form to apply for transfer to another DFEE place. If you wish to transfer to a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP), you would need to apply through UAC.
Closing Date
Course/degree transfers for Semester 1 2010, open on 21 December 2009 and close on 29 January 2010.
Proposed Program Not Available
If the proposed transfer is not listed you need to apply through UAC. UAC Main Round applications closed on 30 September 2009 but the final closing date for late applications is 4 February 2010. There is no guarantee that there will still be places available in all courses.
Table 1: Courses Automatically approved to new curriculum
Course Transfer Policy
Internal degree transfer requirements will ordinarily include an aggregate number of credit points successfully completed and a required GPA. The credit points for the purpose of meeting transfer requirements must have been obtained from units undertaken at Macquarie University or from units designated as Macquarie University units e.g. designated credit from non-award or SIBT. The GPA for the purpose of meeting the transfer requirements is generated from Macquarie units undertaken as part of a degree program only i.e. non-award and SIBT are NOT considered in the calculation of GPA.
The following requirements apply for students transferring between North Ryde campus and Macquarie City Campus (MQC).
- Transfer to same degree: there are no requirements.
- Transfer to other degrees: need to satisfy MQ current internal transfer requirements.
North Ryde to Macquarie City Campus
The eligibility criteria is a result of the differences in study periods between the two campuses.
| Application to Commence in: | Who is Eligible? |
MQC Trimester 1 |
Students who are not currently enrolled in Semester 1 at North Ryde |
MQC Trimester 2 |
Students who are not currently enrolled in Semester 1 at North Ryde |
MQC Trimester 3 |
Students who are not currently enrolled in Semester 2 at North Ryde |
Macquarie City Campus to North Ryde
| Application to Commence in: | Who is Eligible? |
North Ryde Semester 1 |
Students who are not currently enrolled in Trimester 3 at MQC |
North Ryde Semester 2 |
Students who are not currently enrolled in Trimester 2 and 3 at MQC |
Table 2: Requirements to Transfer to a Different Course