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- What is an ATAR
- CRICOS: 0100808
To successfully complete the program, students must achieve a 50% pass in all units, including English.
Successful completion means graduates can enter one of the University of Tasmania’s undergraduate degree courses.
Program options
* Fast-track: 4 units over one semester (2 core + 2 elective)
* Standard: 8 units over two semesters (4 core + 4 elective)
Entry to the Foundation Studies program requires the completion of the equivalent of Year 11 of Australian secondary school. A full list of equivalent qualifications is available at partnerships.up.education/utas. The minimum age for entry into the program is 17.
Course structure
All units are worth 12.5 credit points.
Core units:
- XDP001 – English One
- XDP002 – English Two
- XPD003 – English Three
- XDP010 – Foundation Mathematics
Elective units:
- XPD007 – Calculus
- XPD008 – Design & Society
- XPD009 – Chemistry
- XPD011 – Macroeconomics
- XPD012 – Marketing Design & Strategy
- XPD013 – Media Studies
- XPD014 – Microeconomics
- XDP016 – Physics
- XPD018 – Psychology
- XPD019 – Statistics
Structure over two semesters
Semester 1, four units:
- XDP001 – English One
- XDP010 – Foundation Mathematics
- Elective One
- Elective Two
Semester 2, four units:
- XDP002 – English Two
- XPD003 – English Three
- Elective Three
- Elective Four
Core Units
This is a core unit designed to (i) promote knowledge and understanding of English language skills and techniques (ii) develop content knowledge, subject didactic knowledge and knowledge about academic learning and practice in preparation to fit the pedagogical requirements of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
English Part 2 is a core subject designed to continue on from English Part 1 to (i) promote knowledge and understanding of English language skills and techniques for future study at The University of Tasmania (ii) develop content knowledge, subject…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
English 3 is a core unit designed to continue on from English 2 to (i) promote knowledge and understanding of English language skills and techniques for future study at The University of Tasmania (ii) develop content knowledge, subject didactic knowledge…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Foundation Mathematics aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of mathematical methods that can be applied in any degree stream. Students are encouraged to gain confidence in developing their language around expressing mathematical ideas in a real-world context.…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Elective Units
Mathematics with Calculus aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of mathematical methods that can be applied to the sciences and commerce. Typically, students already have a good understanding of Mathematics to take this subject. Students are encouraged gain…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Design and Society aims to examine the history of design since the mid-18th Century and the impact of new technologies on societies, and to enable students to evaluate contextual and historical issues that in¿uence design in society. Students come to…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Chemistry aims to (i) promote knowledge and understanding around the central concepts and theories appropriate to the study of chemistry at a pre-tertiary level, (ii) explore the language of chemistry, including symbols and models used to describe, explain and predict…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Macroeconomics aims to provide students with an understanding of the framework for macroeconomic analysis, including the circular-flow model and aggregate demand aggregate supply model and government macroeconomic goals including price stability, economic growth and full employment. Students will describe how…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit defines the marketing concept, the marketing management process, the marketing environment and marketing research. Students define and apply knowledge of various markets in which organisations operate and the ways in which they identify and select particular customer groups.…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Media Studies aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of key theories and concepts relating to the study of mass communication in a historical, local and global perspective. Students critically analyse news media and social media and their roles…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of the ‘economic problem’, the need for economic decision making and the framework for the microeconomic analysis. This includes analysing how consumers and producers make decisions, and understanding the operation of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
This unit aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of physics, as well as interacting with data, applying and evaluating information and solving problems. Students gain experimental skills through practical investigations and interaction with concepts and experimental information.The content…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
This unit aims for students to know and understand some of the historical, social, group and individual issues in the study of Psychology and appreciate how Psychology can be applied to other disciplines, for outcomes and problem solving. An increased…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
This unit aims for students to demonstrate an understanding of sampling, summary statistics and data displays, and to identify and analyse continuous bi-variate data, to use algebraic methods to solve systems of linear equations and to apply methods, concepts and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Entry requirements
For International Students
Completion of the equivalent of Year 11 of Australian secondary school, plus IELTS 5.5 (no band less than 5.0) or equivalent.
Academic Entry Requirements By Country*
| Country | Entry Requirements* |
|---|---|
| Australia | Year 11 - 65% in relevant subjects ATAR 45 |
| Bangladesh | HSC 60% average |
| Bhutan | Bhutan Year 11 with 60% in relevant academic subjects Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (Year 12) – 46% average in relevant subjects |
| Brazil | Certificate de Ensino Medio - 7.0 in four relevant subjects |
| Cambodia | Diploma of Uppper Secondary Education with C grade in four relevant academic subjects |
| Canada | Completion of Year 11 with 70% in four relevant subjects |
| Chile | Successful completion of the Chilean Higher Secondary Schooling (Licencia de Educacion Media) with a GPA of 5.0 |
| China | Senior year 2 or Senior 3 - 65% or above in relevant subjects |
| Colombia | Bachillerator with 7.0 in four relevant subjects |
| Ecuador | Bachillerato with 15 in four relevant subjects |
| GAC | Level 2 GPA 2.6 |
| Hong Kong | HKDSE: Three relevant subjects at Level 2 or successful completion of Secondary 5 |
| India | Year 11 55% in relevant subjects |
| IB | Completion of first year of IB Diploma with Grade 4 in four relevant subjects |
| Indonesia | SMA2 - GPA 7.0 in four academic subjects (private schools) SMA2 - GPA 7.5 in four academic subjects (government schools) |
| Iran | Completion of Year 11 with 16/20 in academic subjects |
| Japan | Kotogakko / Upper Secondary School Certificate year 2 - Grade 4–5 in academic subjects |
| Kenya | KCSE C grades in four relevant subjects |
| Kuwait | Shahadat Al-Thanawaya AlAama/General Secondary School Certificate - 75% in four relevant subjects |
| Laos | Completion of Baccalaureate with 65% in four relevant academic subjects |
| Macau | Form 5/Senior Middle 2 65% in academic subjects (good schools) Form 5/Senior Middle 2 70% in academic subjects (other schools) |
| Malaysia | SPM (forecast/prelim/actual) - aggregate of 20 or less across five academic subjects Senior Middle 2 - 75% in four relevant subjects Senior Middle 3 - 65% in four relevant subjects |
| Mexico | Completion of Bachillerato with 7.0/70% in four relevant subjects |
| Mongolia | Completion of Certificate of Complete Secondary Education with two C grades and two D grades in four relevant subjects |
| Myanmar | BEHS/Matriculation Exam - 65% average in four relevant academic subjects |
| Nepal | Year 11 (10+1) - 55% average in relevant academic subjects |
| New Zealand | Completion of 40 credits at NCEA Level 2 with no fewer than 12 credits in each of three subjects (including Maths) |
| Pakistan | Successful completion of the 12th year of schooling |
| Peru | Successful completion of the Certificate of Completed General Secondary Education with an average grade of 14 |
| Philippines | High School Diploma - 85% in relevant subjects |
| Russia | Certificate of Secondary Education (Attestat) - Grade 3 in five subjects |
| Saudi Arabia | Tawjihiyah/General Secondary Education certificate - 75% in academic subjects |
| Singapore | Singapore O levels (or forecast) - aggregate of 25 or less across five academic subjects |
| South Africa | Completion of Year 11 with 70% in four relevant subjects |
| South Korea | High School Leaving Certificate Year 2 with Grade D |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka O level two C grades and two B grades in four academic subjects |
| Taiwan | Senior Year 2 - 65% or above in four relevant subjects |
| Thailand | Matayom GPA 2.5 in academic subjects |
| Turkey | Devlet Lise Diplomasi/State high school diploma - Grade 2 in three subjects and Grade 3 in two subjects |
| Venezuela | Bachiller with 14 in four relevant subjects |
| Vietnam | Year 11 - GPA 7.5 |
| UAE | Secondary school certificate Year 12 - 75% in relevant subjects |
| UK O Level/IGSCE/GCSE | Two B grades and two C grades in four relevant subjects |
| USA | Completion of Year 11 with B/80- 89/3.0 in four relevant academic subjects OR pass General Equivalency Diploma (GED) |
*Please note these entry requirements are pending approval at Academic Senate and may be subject to change.
English Language Proficiency
Applicants whose previous study has not been in English are required to demonstrate their ability by results of an approved test.
- UTASAccess Level 5: 60% (no individual score less than 50%)
- IELTS - minimum overall band 5.5 with no score below 5.0
- TOEFL (iBT) - 52 with a minimum writing score not less than 14
- PTE Academic 42 with no score lower than 36
- A Level Results
- GCE '0' level English - C6
- India - CBSE/CISCE English - B
- SPM/STPM English C
- Successful completion of secondary studies in Singapore
- Matriculation (TCE) English as a Second Language - good pass
- GCSE/iGCSE - C
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
2022 Total Course Fee (international students): $20,800 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $20,800 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
- Domestic
- 1300 363 864
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
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