SAO Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements for SAO
All Swinburne Astronomy Online units are available to participants
enrolled in the Masters, Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate
programs or in individual unit entry, subject to prerequisites.
- Graduate Certificate of Science:
Admission to the Graduate Certificate is normally restricted to applicants with a recognised tertiary qualification or substantial relevant experience. Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted at this level of the astronomy online nested program, but in order to progress into a higher level program at least a credit grade average (>65%) in the Graduate Certificate must be obtained.
After successful completion of the Graduate Certificate, students may exit at this point with a Graduate Certificate of Science in Astronomy, or progress to the Graduate Diploma and Masters levels. - Graduate Diploma of Science:
Admission to the Graduate Diploma of Science is normally restricted to applicants with a recognised tertiary qualification or substantial relevant experience. Applicants not holding a recognised tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Graduate Diploma after successfully completing the Graduate Certificate with at least a credit grade average (>65%).
Full credit for units successfully completed on either an individual unit basis or in the Graduate Certificate will be granted on transfer into the Graduate Diploma. After successful completion of the Graduate Diploma, students may exit at this point with a Graduate Diploma of Science in Astronomy, or progress to the Masters levels. - Master of Science:
Admission to the Master of Science is normally restricted to applicants with a recognised tertiary qualification. Applicants not holding a recognised tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Masters after successfully completing the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma. Full credit for units successfully completed on either an individual unit basis, the Graduate Certificate or the Graduate Diploma will be granted on transfer into the Masters.
