Use the online Credit Transfer Appraisal Form to determine your credit entitlements from previous qualifications. The evaluation provides a course map showing units and electives. For further information contact Renee Bartholomeusz, +61 3 990 32466
Credit - students who have successfully completed post-secondary level study at another institution or Monash University may apply for Credit. If previous study is assessed as being equivalent to Monash University units Credit may be granted.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is an assessment process of the applicant's informal learning and which allows students to gain “credit” on the basis of prior learning such as other study, work experience or life experience. If the learning is recognised as equivalent to Monash University unit content, students may be approved credit towards their course.
Subject to University/Faculty credit policy, students will be granted the maximum credit to minimise the cost and duration of course within the course progression requirements.
Please refer to the following pages for detailed information on the Faculty of Information Technology policies on Credit and RPL:
The Faculty of Information Technology adheres to the Monash University policies on Credit and RPL. Please refer to the following web sites for detailed information:
Students successfully completing the Monash College diploma in Information Technology and the Diploma in Tertiary Studies (DoTS) IT stream are eligible for up to 48 credit points of study in all FIT undergraduate programs.
The following credit may be granted for the succesfful completion of CISCO units undertaken via cross institutional study approved by the student's Course Director:
Undergraduate Credit
· For completion of all four modules of the CCNA programme at a CISCO Academy at the Exploration level: 12 points of unspecified FIT units credit, at first year level, may be given.
· For completion of the first two modules in the CCNA programme at a CISCO Academy at the Exploration level; 6 points of unspecified FIT unit credit, at first year level, may be given.
· If there is no evidence that the CISCO modules being completed are at the Exploration level, the credit points (as listed above) may be approved as unspecified free electives.
Postgraduate Credit
The credit policy for Monash University does not allow successful completion of undergraduate units to be used as the basis for credit in postgraduate units. However, some Academies (i.e Monash Professional, UTS) have designed their CISCO modules for postgraduate students. If similar cases from other providers can be demonstrated, the following credit may be approved at the discretion of the Course Director:
Students should complete and lodge a Credit Application form, prior to the commencement of semester.
All documents if not original must be certified by an appropriate person such as Justice of the Peace, registered Medical Practitioner or Veterinary Surgeon, Pharmacist, or a Police Officer who has served for more than 5 years.
If applying for RPL relevant supporting documentation must comprise of personal Curriculum Vitae, letter of reference and details of referees as well as original or certified copies of any relevant certificates of professional development courses.
Request for RPL will be assessed by the relevant Program Assessor. The Faculty reserves the right to refuse credit that is based on prior learning.
If you are a VTAC applicant and you are eligible for credit/RPL, you will be required to submit your application for credit on Enrolment Day.
If you are applying direct to the Faculty and you are eligible for credit/RPL, you may apply for credit at the time of course application, or you may wait until Enrolment Day.
Download the Credit Application form (pdf, 96kb).
Incomplete applications from applicants outside of Monash will not be processed until all relevant material is received, which could have implications for your semester enrolment as well as recommended course completion date. (i.e issuing an accurate Electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCOE))
For international students where the original curriculum documentation and transcripts are in another language other than English, a translation by an accredited translator must be provided.
Applicants from within Monash seeking credit for Monash-only studies need not attach any documentation.