Credit points

[dyaner]

I'm currently looking at VTAC preferences. I'm familiar with the terms used in universities but one thing I never knew well is credit points. I haven't read anything on credit points so I'm hoping anyone could address the question and it would be great for those who's in the same position as me. I read "$6000 for 48 points per study" in the scholarship letter or "300 points for completion of a Bachelor's degree" but never really knew what they all meant.

How are credit points used with subject selections?
If we want to transfer from one course to another, how do we know we have gained enough points for the successful transferral? For example, going from UoM's Science to Biomedicine for 1st year 2nd semester or 2nd year?
How are credit points important to the degree itself?

Thanks in advance!

[Russ]

It doesn't help that it differs between universities but credit points are an arbitrary way of measuring how many subjects you've done. If I was designing the system, I would have made 1 subject = 1 credit point, but I'm not.

At UoM, 1 subject = 12.5 credit points. 4 subjects a semester = 8 subjects a year = 100 credit points a year = 3 years of a degree = 300 credit points (that's where the 300 comes from)

At Monash, 1 subject = 6 credit points (I think) and that's where the 48/year comes from

Since you mentioned it, as far as I know you can' transfer into 2nd year biomedicine

[rustic_metal]

Credit points are a measure of how much content is in the course. Almost all subjects at Melbourne will be 12.5 points each, giving you 4 subjects a semester for 3 years to equal 300 points for a full degree. A subject that lasts all year will generally be 25 points. You can check the handbook for specific subjects to see how many credit points they're worth, but rule of thumb is that all of them will be 12.5, barring exceptional cases.