• Current rules
    • Diploma Rules
      • Part 1—Preliminary
        1. Title

        These rules are the Diploma Rules.

        2. Terms used

        In these rules—

        course means a plan of study, approved by the Academic Board, that a student must successfully undertake before qualifying for a diploma;

        diploma means an award that results from the completion of a single major comprising units at Levels 1, 2 and 3 as distinct from a graduate diploma which consists of units above Level 3;

        normally, in relation to a statement made in these rules, means the statement applies subject to one or more exceptions approved by the Academic Board;

        undergraduate degree course means an undergraduate pass degree course or the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) degree course;

        unit means a discrete element in a course that normally represents six credit points;

        the University means The University of Western Australia.