Block Credits
What are Block Credits?
Block credit is credit granted for components or groups of subjects within a course as part of an articulation agreement or on an individual basis subject to satisfying AQF level criteria. Read more about Block Credits in the Advanced Standing Policy.
Are you eligible for block credits?
| STEP | ||
| 1 | Are you from an institution with an existing agreement for the course you have studied (ICMS, Aspire, ISCA)? If yes, follow the agreement. If no, go to question 2. | Unsure? Check the table below to find your course type |
| 2 | Have you completed a full qualification at, or the equivalent to, an AQF level? If so is it AQF level? If so is it AQF level 5 UG cert, level 5 Dip, 6, 7 or 8 (nothing below AQF 5 attracts block credit in to an HE program of study) | Unsure? Enquire now |
| 3 | Identify if the completed qualification, or equivalent, is in a *cognate, or *non-cognate discipline to the program applied for | Unsure? Enquire now |
*Cognate: related course
*Non-cognate: non-related course
Is my completed qualification in a cognate discipline? Click here to find out.
Are you from Aspire, ISCA, or ICMS?
The PDF block credit arrangements shown in the table below list the subjects – or groups of subjects – offered by providers Aspire, ISCA or ICMS that have already been mapped for block credit. These block credits may be granted to students who wish to articulate from one course to another.
| Courses | DOWNLOAD Block Credit Arrangements |
| Bachelor Degree -> Bachelor Degree | Download |
| Diploma -> Bachelor Degree | Download |
| Undergraduate Certificate -> Diploma | Download |
| Associate Degree -> Bachelor Degree | Download |
| Undergraduate Certificate -> Associate Degree | Download |
| Undergraduate Certificate -> Bachelor Degree | Download |
| Diploma -> Associate Degree | Download |
| Graduate Certificate -> Masters | Download |
| Master Degree -> Master degree | Download |
For your specific course progression arrangement please contact:
- NEW International Students [email protected]
- NEW Australian and New Zealand Students [email protected]
- CURRENT Students [email protected]