an indicator of the amount of work required in a subject and represents a workload of about four hours per week throughout the semester for an average student

a way of expressing the learning hours required to study a certain unit, in a book or a course

Credit points are the points you earn for completing each subject in your program. You need to achieve a certain number of credit points overall to be awarded your degree. Credit points are used to calculate your HECS liability for subjects, as well as your progression through the study program.

The value assigned to each unit of study that gives the weighting of that unit towards the requirements of an academic program in the university sector.

Refers to the value of a course. This term is used to: (a) provide students with a guide to the amount of work a course may entail (b) indicate a student's enrolment load; (c) define the requirements for an award of the University; (d) quantify its recognition of prior-learning; and (e) indicate the amount of work a student has successfully completed towards an award of the University. As a general guide, one CP is equivalent to approximately 13 hours of work, that is 1 hour per week for 13 weeks for the semester, including all forms of teaching contact and private study, for an "average" student.

A measure of workload. One credit point represents one-quarter of a full-time student's normal workload during a semester.

Each unit of study is worth a specified number of credit points. The credit point value reflects the amount of work required in the unit. Each credit point in a half-year unit would indicate that you should expect to spend about 4 hours each week on that unit (including any class contact hours).