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Learning and Teaching Partnerships and Programs Open Universities Australia

Open Universities Australia

Curtin offers a variety of courses and units through Open Universities Australia (OUA). If your school or department wishes to propose a new course or unit or amend existing courses or units there are strict guidelines to follow to ensure success:

Curtin’s OUA Academic Programs Coordinator presents all major changes at the Academic Programs Committee (APC) meeting.

Please direct all change requests to Curtin’s OUA Academic Programs Coordinator: B.Whelan@curtin.edu.au

 

Submission deadlines for ad hoc change requests that do not require DIISRTE reporting

Requests must be submitted at least three weeks prior to the close of the enrolment date of the study period the change is being requested for.

Curtin OUA imposes a deadline of an extra one week to allow the Curtin OUA Course Administration Officer to collate and process the change requests.

If the request is received before the applicable deadline, the changes will be made and published by OUA within 15-20 business days.

Categories:

  • Changes to correct spelling or punctuation
  • Changes to make content clearer for students to understand
  • Changes to the course structure that do not change award requirements
  • Changes to unit which does not change the academic content of the unit
  • Scheduling additional unit availability
  • Removal of prerequisites

Submission deadlines for ad hoc change requests that do require DIISRTE reporting

Requests must be submitted at least ten weeks prior to the close of the enrolment date of the study period to allow time for DIISRTE reporting to be completed.

If received before the applicable deadline, the changes will be made and published by OUA within 15-20 business days.

Categories:

  • Cancellation of unit availability of scheduled offerings
  • Swapping of unit availability
  • Addition or removal of costly materials or on-campus requirements/practicum
  • Addition or removal of invigilated exams
  • Addition or removal of corequisite, mandatory and equivalent units
  • Any Minor Change deemed to have potential for student disadvantage

Requests to cancel or swap unit availability of scheduled offerings (including rest/retire requests) are required to be tabled at an internal OUA meeting for review. These meetings are held fortnightly and once approved, will still be made within the 15-20 business day timeframe. Changes received after these deadlines will be subject to an escalation process for approval and if received late may not be able to be completed within usual timeframes.

For any change types not listed above, please contact the Curriculum Transformation Team for further information: LITEC@curtin.edu.au

Proposing a new study package

The proposing area develops the new study package with assistance from various teams at Curtin. Teaching Support staff and the Courses Administration Team provide advice, support and relevant approval documentation. (Student Services can provide relevant OUA forms where required).

A business case (and Expression of Interest in the case of a Curtin-OUA offering) is submitted for approval usually prior to the course curriculum being submitted.

For further information regarding proposing a new study package please contact the Curriculum Administration Team.

Jamie-lee Crudeli    (Team Leader, Curriculum Administration) 9266 3874
Ying Hong Lin          (Team Leader, Curriculum Administration) 9266 3161
Annie Burgos           (Curriculum Administration Advisor) 9266 3261
Brandon Cheong     (Curriculum Administration Advisor) 9266 4271
Gisella Rupe            (Curriculum Administration Advisor) 9266 1370
Effy Xu                     (Curriculum Administration Advisor) 9266 2475

EMAIL:

Curriculum Office (SAE) cam.sae@curtin.edu.au
Curriculum Office (FBL) cam.fbl@curtin.edu.au
Curriculum Office (HUM) cam.hum@curtin.edu.au
Curriculum Office (Health) cam.health@curtin.edu.au
Curriculum Office (CAS) cam.cas@curtin.edu.au

Information provided to students

All Curtin OUA students need to be emailed the appropriate copy of the Curtin OUA Studying Online at Curtin booklet each study period:

Examinations

Final invigilated examinations

The final invigilated examinations are handled by OUA Exam Services in Melbourne. Curtin OUA collects the examination papers from the academics and sends them to Melbourne.

When the papers are returned, they are logged before being distributed to the schools. OUA Exam Services in Melbourne have a website which provides detailed information on their examination services.

For further information regarding examinations, please visit the current students website.