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Student Fees for Units of Study - 2006

Domestic Students

Calculation of EFTSL values for units of study

1. In all courses the standard student load for a year of study is 120 credit points.

2. The EFTSL value for a unit of study is equal to the unit credit points divided by the standard student load in a year (120 credit points). EFTSL is an equivalent full-time study load. Broadly, it is a measure of the size of a unit compared with a standard full-time study load. For example, if there are four equal-sized units in a full-year, then each would accrue 0.2500 EFTSL.

Examples:

(i) CHE11GEN is a first-year 15 credit point unit. In all courses this is divided by the standard student load (120cp). Therefore the EFTSL value for this unit is 15 divided by 120 = 0.1250 EFTSL.

(ii) LAW31EQT is a third year 20 credit point unit. In all courses LAW31EQT has an EFTSL value equal to 20/120 = 0.1666.

3. La Trobe has largely standardized all single-award courses to 120 credit points per year. In all EFTSL calculations the standard value of 120 is used. There are however a small number of courses which have non-standard numbers of credit points, either fewer or greater. These can result in less than or more than 1.0 EFTSL in a year of study.

In addition there are several imbalanced courses with say 115, 125, 115, 125 credit points over four years. These result in EFTSL values slightly under and slightly over 1.0 in each of the four years.

4. Students enrolled in double-degree courses often take more than a standard student load (120 credit points). For example students in a BA/BSc course require 4.5 years work (4.5 EFTSL), however students are permitted to accelerate their courses to complete in 4.0 years. It should be noted that higher entry requirements are required, for students to have the capacity to accelerate.

Effective Full-Time Student Load (EFTSL) Calculator for a Unit

Unit Fees for Undergraduate Courses

Calculation of unit of study fees for Undergraduate Courses

5. Undergraduate fees are charged at the unit of study level, depending on the discipline of the unit. This results in all students paying exactly the same price for a unit depending on its discipline.

Table 1

Student Fees for a Place (1.0 EFTSL or 120 credit points)

The fees listed will be indexed annually in line with an index applied by the Federal Government to Contribution rates. The CPI makes up part of this index (for units in 2006 the index applied was 1.9%).

These data mean for example that a student enrolling for eight 15 credit point Economics units will pay $12,000 and another student enrolling for eight 15 credit point Science subjects will pay $16,500. A student enrolling for four Economics units and four Science units will pay $14,250 (half of $12,000 plus half of $16,500).

6. To calculate the fee for a unit of study, first obtain the EFTSL value for the unit (see 2 above). Then obtain the Discipline fee from Table 1 eg if it is an Accounting subject the discipline fee is $12,500 per EFTSL.

For many units the discipline is obvious, for example, the unit Clinical Nursing is from the discipline Nursing. For other units the discipline is less obvious, however, the discipline may often be determined from the first three characters of the unit code, for example, the unit Globalisation: The Rise of the Modern World , has a unit code of HIS12DEV. HIS represents History, which is a Humanities discipline.

7. The unit of study fee is obtained by multiplying the EFTSL value for the unit by the discipline fee per EFTSL.

Examples:

(i) CHE11GEN has an EFTSL value of 0.1250 (see 2).

Its discipline is Science - $16,500 per EFTSL. The fee for this unit of study is 0.1250 x $16,500 = $2,062.50

(ii) LAW31EQT has an EFTSL value of 0.1666 (see 2).

Its discipline is Law - $12,500 per EFTSL. The fee for this unit of study is 0.1666 x $12,500 = $2,083.33

(iii) MAT32PCH is a 10 credit point unit. Its EFTSL value is 10 divided by 120 = 0.0833. The unit's discipline is Mathematics - $15,000. The fee for the unit of study is 0.0833 x $15,000 = $1,250.

Undergraduate Unit Fee Calculator for Domestic Students

This is the fee that the University will charge for a domestic student for a unit enrolment in an Undergraduate course of study. The fee will be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar. Please note, this is NOT the unit fee for Postgraduate courses.

Unit Fees for Postgraduate Courses

Calculation of unit of study fees for Postgraduate Courses

8. Postgraduate fees are calculated from the fee for the course . For example any units of study in a Master of Midwifery Science in 2006 are charged at $11,100 per EFTSL (or $11,100 for a student enrolled full-time for a year of study). The unit fee does not depend on the discipline of study.

The fees for each course will be indexed annually in line with an index applied by the Federal Government to Contribution rates. The CPI makes up part of this index (for units in 2006 the index applied was 1.9%).

9. The fee for a (full-time, 120 credit point) place in each of the postgraduate courses is listed in Table 2. Students should note that the fee may vary depending on when they commenced the course.

10. The annualised Course Fee for students commencing in 2006 is shown in the final column. Students continuing into 2006 may retain an alternative fee if one is shown in the first or second column.

*Note if the course is the equivalent of one semester full-time (60 credit points) then the fee is half the annualised course fee.

11. The fee for a unit of study is obtained by multiplying the EFTSL value for the unit (see 2) by the annual equivalent course fee (see Table 2). Note again that graduate certificates generally have a total fee half the annual fee shown, for 0.500 EFTSL or 60 credit points.

Examples:

(i ) The Master of Clinical Psychology has a fee of $13,000 per full-time

year (120 credit points or 1.0 EFTSL). PSY51CAT, a 10 credit point unit, has an EFTSL value of 0.0833 (10/120). The fee for the unit is 0.0833 x $13,000 = $1,083.

(ii) The Master of Occupational Therapy Practice has a fee of $12,400 per

full-time year (120 credit points or 1.0 EFTSL) for students commencing in 2006. OCT52ECA is a 20 credit point unit and has an EFTSL value of 0.1666 (20/120). The fee for the unit is 0.1666 x $12,400 = $2,065.

Research

Research students are enrolled in research Units of Study. The EFTSL value for a research unit is:

0.50 EFTSL for a half-year (26 weeks) for a full time student

0.25 EFTSL for a half year (26 weeks) for a part time student

Research students who are involved in less than 26 weeks for the half-year have a pro-rata EFTSL value. For example a candidate enrolled for 13 weeks full-time, would have an EFTSL value for the half-year of 0.25 (0.5 x 13/26).

Partner Organisations

Australian Campus Network (ACN)

All Units of Study taken through ACN have an EFTSL value of 0.125.

The tuition fee for Units of Study in 2006 is $1500 (Business) or $1563 (Accounting, Law). Students who commenced the BBus in 2005 or earlier are a cohort and retain their fee of $872 for each Unit of Study. Fees will be indexed annually by the DEST index.

Association for Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA).

All Units of Study taken through APESMA have a EFTSL value of 0.125. The tuition fee for all units taken in 2006 is $1210.

Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE)

All Units of study taken through CPEE have an EFTSL value of 0.125, except Research Project which has an EFTSL value of 0.250. The tuition fee for Units is $1300 (Research Project - fee $2600).

William Blue Group

All Units of Study taken through William Blue Group have an EFTSL value of 0.125. The tuition fee for all Units of Study in 2006 is $1500 ( Accounting, Law units $1563 ). Fees will be indexed annually by the DEST index.

Miscellaneous Fees

Single subject fees for faculties are as follows:

Education - Unit fees are $80 per credit point.

Health Sciences - Unit fees are listed at <Health Sciences Miscellaneous Fees>.

Humanities and Social Sciences - Unit fees are $41 per credit point.

Law and Management - Unit fees are $60 per credit point except for Law units which are $70 per credit point and Graduate School of Management units which are $100 per credit point

Science Technology and Engineering - Unit fees are $100 per credit point except for Wine and Wine Appreciation units which are $150 per credit point.

For related information, please visit the Department of Education, Science and Training

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