James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2004

MASTER SCHEDULE OF SUBJECTS

Campuses and Centres

The University offers courses at the following locations:

Townsville (Queensland)
Cairns (Queensland)
Mackay (Queensland)
Mt Isa (Queensland)
Thursday Island (Queensland)
Holmes College, Sydney (New South Wales)
Holmes College, Melbourne (Victoria)
Systematic College (Kuala Lumpur)
Washington Business School (Singapore).

There is one Master Schedule (categorised into various tables) for each of the above locations and one for all subjects offered externally.

Columns of the Master Schedule are described as follows:

Subject Code

Each subject has a designated code, which indicates its units value, eg the code for the subject Introduction to Computer Science 1 is CP1200:03 and the digits after the colon show that its units value is 3. The first digit of the code signifies the level at which the subject is studied: level 1 subjects generally have 1000 series codes, level 2 subjects have 2000 series codes and so on.

Subject Offered

The period of offer, ie Sem (Semester) or Full-year is displayed under the relevant heading as below:

Sem (Semester)

Indicates the semester in which the subject is taught:

1 Semester 1
2 Semester 2
1/2 Either Semester 1 or Semester 2. Semester 1 and repeated in Semester 2
FY Full year.

The mode of delivery, appropriately codified is displayed below:

Mode of Delivery

Indicates the mode of delivery:

I Internal (13 weeks on-campus)
B Block (less than six weeks duration either on-campus or off-campus)
L Limited Attendance (flexible delivery requiring some on-campus delivery)
X External (flexible delivery requiring no on-campus delivery).

Subject Name

Self explanatory.

Prerequisite Subjects

A subject or condition which must be successfully completed before a later subject can be studied.

Inadmissible Subject

Credit will not be permitted for both the subject and the subject(s) listed opposite it in the Inadmissible Subject Combination column as there is a substantial amount of similar academic content in each subject.