Associate Degree of Arts

2016 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2016 course information
Award granted	Associate Degree of Arts
Campus	Burwood (Melbourne) Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Warrnambool
Cloud Campus	Yes
Duration	2 years full-time or part-time equivalent
Deakin course code	A250
* Note: The 4 foundation units must be undertaken at a campus. Cloud (Online) enrolled students must travel weekly to one of Burwood, Waurn Ponds or Warrnambool to undertake these units.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Get a pathway into your dream Deakin course by studying the Associate Degree of Arts.

This course teaches you the learning skills you will need to be successful at university, such as communication skills, digital literacy, critical thinking and teamwork skills. You will also study interesting units within Arts or Criminology (depending on which stream you choose).

Best of all, if you successfully complete this course, you are guaranteed entry into Deakin’s Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Criminology. You could also receive up to 16 credit points, reducing the number of units you need to study in your bachelor course – saving you time and money.

Another option after graduating from the Associate Degree of Arts is to apply to transition, with credit, into a range of other Bachelor degrees. These include Communications, Psychology, Health Science, Nursing, Commerce, Management or Science (including Marine Biology). You might also just take this Associate Degree as a stand-alone qualification.

Articulation

Students who successfully complete the A250 Associate Degree of Arts are guaranteed entry into A300 Bachelor of Arts (General stream students) or A329 Bachelor of Criminology (Criminology Stream students) and may receive up to 16 credit points of Credit for Prior Learning into these courses.

Following successful completion of the Associate Degree of Arts, students may also apply to transition, with credit, into a selected range of other Bachelor degrees, including Communications, Psychology, Health Science, Nursing, Commerce, Management or Science (including Marine Biology).

Course rules

To qualify for the Associate Degree of Arts students will be required to complete 16 credit points of study, comprising:

4 credit points of foundation units
12 credit points of units taken from the General stream or the Criminology stream

Offered in conjunction with a TAFE partner

The program offered with our TAFE partners requires students to enrol concurrently in the Associate Degree course and a relevant TAFE qualification (Diploma or Advanced Diploma). Deakin University will grant credit from these selected TAFE qualifications into the Associate Degree. Students who complete this pathway will be eligible to receive two awards –the Diploma or Advanced Diploma from the TAFE where they are enrolled and the Associate Degree through Deakin.

To qualify for the Associate Degree in Arts, Business and Sciences, students will be required to complete a minimum of 16 credit points, comprising the prescribed core units, Deakin units and a designated TAFE award.

Students must successfully complete:

Four credit points of core units in year 1, Trimester 1 and Trimester 2

A minimum of one and maximum of four credit points in year 2 from an approved selection of units. The number depends on the TAFE diploma being undertaken as they have differing credit arrangements.

The remaining credit points (of the total 16) are deemed to be the equivalent of the TAFE Diploma and credited to the Associate Degree.

Students may complete the award by undertaking all level one units across the two years.

Students who wish to qualify for a tagged award (see table below under Target Awards and Degree Faculties) will be required to have at least 8 credit points from their target degree (at unit level one or two) by the end of the course.

All students who anticipate articulation to a target degree will be advised to select elective units from their chosen target degree in order to comply with the appropriate course rules for that degree. Students must seek course advice prior to making this selection to ensure correct unit choice and pathway options.

The target TAFE Diplomas for credit transfer against selected Deakin Bachelor Degrees include[PD1] :

TAFE Diploma	Campus	Deakin Degree
Diploma of Accounting	Bairnsdale, Dandenong, Swan Hill	Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Management Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Business	Bairnsdale	Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Management Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Business Administration	Bairnsdale	Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Management Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Children’s Services (Early childhood education and care)	Bairnsdale, Swan Hill	Bachelor of Education (Primary)* Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Community Welfare Work	Bairnsdale, Swan Hill	Bachelor of Health Sciences Bachelor of Psychology Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol, other drugs and mental health)	Bairnsdale	Bachelor of Health Sciences Bachelor of Psychology Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Disability Work	Bairnsdale	Bachelor of Health Sciences Bachelor of Psychology Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Employment Services	Bairnsdale	Bachelor of Health Sciences Bachelor of Psychology Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Human Resource Management	Bairnsdale, Dandenong	Bachelor of Management Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Management	Bairnsdale, Dandenong	Bachelor of Management Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Arts

*Students seeking credit into the Bachelor of Education (Primary) must complete the Diploma of Children’s Services (Early childhood education and care) in conjunction with the Associate Degree in order for the maximum credit to be awarded. They must also undertake a STAT Test to ensure that they meet the numeracy standards specified by the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Students considering the concurrent program delivered with our TAFE partners should refer to the Associate Degree of Arts Business and Sciences Course Brochure available from all TAFE partner campus locations.

[PD1]Need to insert other credit arrangements here. Needs considered comments. Only mention confirmed credit arrangements