Recommended Full Academic Load at Exchange Universities for Full UWA Credit (June 2015) This following table is a guide for Faculty course advisers and students about the points or required to achieve the equivalent of a standard full load at the UWA per semester. It is based on historical approvals and is continually updated so should not be used as a predictor of future credit arrangements. This information is primarily for Undergraduate students. Loads may vary for Postgraduate students. Please note that the host universities use different terminology to that used at UWA. Units may be called the following: Courses, Modules, Subjects, and Papers. Points may be called the following: Units, Credits, Credit Hours, ECTS (European Credit Transfer System). Austria Unit Value Full Load Requirements Per Semester Vienna, of Each course is worth 2, 3, 4 or 6 ECTS points Law - All other Faculties 30 ECTS Vienna of Each course is normally worth 4 or 6 ECTS points. Economics & Business Administration Belgium Ghent Brazil Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) Canada Alberta, of Please check the Ghent Homepage link on Global Studio British Columbia, Courses are normally worth 3 of Calgary, of Courses are normally worth 3 Carleton 2.5 units Dalhousie Each unit is worth 1 credit 5 HEC Montreal Each unit is worth 3 Masters students:12 Laval Courses are normally worth 3 12 McGill Courses are worth 3 or 4 Engineering -18 Law 12 McMaster 5 courses per semester depending on credit value of each. Montreal, of Courses are normally worth 3. 12 Ottawa, of Each course is normally worth 3. Queen s Each course is worth 3-4 (Education and Engineering and Applied Sciences unit value may vary.) Arts & Science - Education - 15 Engineering & Applied Science - 5 courses Law - Commerce - 5 courses Simon Fraser Each course is worth 3, 4 or 5 Toronto, of Each course is worth 0.5 5 courses (2.5
Waterloo, of Western Ontario, of Chile Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile China Beijing Language and Culture Chinese of Mining Technology Fudan Harbin Institute of Technology Nanjing Peking (HSCB Business School) Renmin Shanghai Jiao Tong Tsinghua Science and Technology China Zhejiang ) 5 courses (2.5 units) is considered a full course load, 3 courses is 2.5 units the minimum Each course is normally worth 0.5 units (points) Each course is worth 0.5 5 courses (2.5 ) Courses are worth 5 or 10. 16 20 16 OR Intensive Chinese Language Program Intensive Chinese Language Program: Includes Chinese Course, Reading Comprehension, Speaking and Listening. (Students are placed into the appropriate language course after an interview upon arrival.) 40 10 4 units 19 (nonlanguage students) Denmark Aarhus Each unit is normally worth 10 ECTS points. Copenhagen Business School Each unit is normally worth 7.5 ECTS points. Copenhagen, of Each unit is normally worth 10 or 15 ECTS points. Technical of Denmark Finland Aalto School of Business Helsinki, of Each unit is normally worth 5 or 10 ECTS points Each unit is normally worth 6 ECTS points. France Charles de Gaulle (Lille III) Students to study 4 courses, including one course 'French for foreigners'. Minimum 18 ECTS EPSCI-ESSEC BBA Each course is normally worth 3 to 10 ECTS points. Business School ESC Dijon Bourgogne Each course is normally worth 4, 5 or 9 ECTS points. Grenoble, of Jean Moulin Lyon 3 Courses normally range from 3-6 ECTS points. Limoges, of Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I) Paul Cézanne Pierre and Marie Curie, of 1 credit = 0.8 of a UWA point 30 is FT Each course is normally worth 3 to 6 ECTS points. Each course is normally worth 3 or 6 ECTS points. 5 to 7 courses per semester. 30 Sciences Po Grenoble Courses can vary from 2 to 8 ECTS points each. points
French as a foreign language class (8 ECTS) is required for exchange students Sciences Po Lille Each course is normally worth 5 ECTS or 4 ECTS Sciences Po Paris Each course is normally worth 4, 5 or 9 ECTS points. Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III) Germany Albert-Ludwigs, Freiburg Eberhard-Karls, Tubingen Free Berlin Heinrich Heine Humboldt Ludwig-Maximilian, Munich Passau, of RWTH Aachen Stuttgart - 6 Week Program WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management Hong Kong Chinese of Hong Kong (CUHK) Each course is normally worth 3 to 10 ECTS points. Each course is worth 3, 4 or 6 ECTS. 4 to 6 courses depending on course point/credit value 13.5 ECTS per German winter semester Full semester requires 4 courses 2 courses = 12 points for UWA City of Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic Each course is worth 3 points. Hong Kong, of Each course is normally worth 6 points 30 points Ireland College Dublin Each course is normally worth 6 ECTS Israel Tel Aviv 3 academic per course Italy Bocconi Each course is worth 6 points Bologna, Universty of Ferrara, of Politecnico di Milano Catholic of the For 1 st semester 15 ECTS points plus the Intensive and Sacred Heart Semester Italian Course. 2 nd Semester points. Each course is worth 5, 6 or 8 ECTS points. Universita' Degli Studi Di Ferrara Japan Chuo Language Students: Take 8 x language class per week plus at least 2 cross-cultural units. Other students: Minimum of 7 academic classes per week. Kansai Gaidai Students take a placement test upon arrival. 4 units 4 courses Kobe Most are 2 each. Language Students: Take 6 x 90 minute language classes per week plus at least 1 crosscultural unit. Other Students: 14 per semester. Kwansei Gakuin 10 11 Nagoya
Oita Okayama Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific Ritsumeikan Each course is normally worth 2 points 8 courses 14 18 12 Sophia 12 points per semester Language course: 8 points (Students take a placement test upon arrival.) Non-language courses: 4 points 12 points (language + non-language course) Korea Sogang Each course is normally worth 3 19 Korea Each course is normally worth 3 Seoul National Malaysia Non-language courses normally worth 3-4 or Korean language course plus 1 cross-cultural course (minimum 3 credit points) Science 20 5 units Malaysia Netherlands Vrije Each course is normally worth 6 ECTS points. Radboud, Nijmegen College Each course is normally worth 5 ECTS points. Maastricht and Maastricht Tilburg Each course is normally 6 ECTS Utrecht and Utrecht School of Economics New Zealand Otago, of Approximately 3 papers 60 points Norway Bergen College Bergen, of Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) Norwegian of Life Sciences (UMB) Norwegian of Science & Technology (NTNU) Oslo, of Stavanger, of Singapore Nanyang Technological National of Singapore Singapore Management Spain Comillas Pontifical Each course is worth 5-15 ECTS points Most courses are worth 7.5 ECTS points Most courses are worth 4 or 5 AUs 4-6 modules depending on course point/credit value Most modules have 4 modular Each course is worth 0.5 or 1.0 credit 20 AUs (Academic Units) 20 Modular Credits (16 for Law students) 4 Credit points per semester 24 ECTS
Sweden Lund Most courses are worth 7.5 or 15 ECTS Mälardalen Most courses are worth 7.5 or 15 ECTS Stockholm Courses are worth 7.5, 15 or points Uppsala Courses are worth 7.5, 15 or points Switzerland St. Gallen, of 1 ECTS = 30 course working hours of Zurich Università Della Svizzera Italiana United Kingdom Aberdeen, of Units worth between 5 and 15 ECTS each 60 Credits Bath, of Each course is normally worth 6 points each Bristol, of Cardiff Durham Essex, of Each course is normally worth 10 or 20 points 4-5 courses per semester 2 Bristol credit points = 1 ECTS credit points Exeter Most courses are worth each Glasgow, of Most courses are worth 10, 20 or 30 points International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle Leeds, of Leicester, of Semester programs - The normal load is 5 courses per term. Short-term programs eg. Law Spring Program. The program requires enrolment in 3 courses of 3 points each. (The 3 courses in the Law Spring program are equivalent to 12 UWA points. Most courses are worth 10, 20, 30 points 2 Leicester credit points = 1 ECTS credit points 15 units (full semester programs) 3 courses (9 units -short term programs) Loughborough, of Manchester, of Students should take 10 credit courses per semester. 60 per semester Manchester Business School 120 MBS 60 MBS per semester 60 per semester Nottingham, of Courses are worth 10 or 20 Queen Mary, of London Royal Holloway of London Sheffield, of Modules are usually worth Courses are allocated a value of 0.5 CU, (half unit) although some are given a CU value of 1.0 (whole unit). O.5 CU = 7.5 ECTS / 1 CU = 15 ECTS Most courses are worth 10, 20, 30 points 2-6 modules per semester Modules can vary from 10, 15 20 each / 2 CU Southampton, / of 30ECTS Sussex, Modules can vary from 10, 15 20,30 each College London York, of USA Courses are allocated a value of 0.5 CU, (half unit) although some are given a CU value of 1.0 (whole unit). O.5 CU = 7.5 ECTS / 1 CU = 15 ECTS / 2 CU Arizona, of Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours Auburn 16
Bellarmine Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours Boston College Course normally worth 3 or 4 (12 for graduates and Science Students) Colorado State 16 credit hours Illinois at Urbana- Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours 14 credit hours Champaign, of Indiana Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 Iowa State Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours (undergraduates) 12 (graduates) Kansas State Maryland, of 16 credit hours Montana State Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours (All faculties except ALVA) 12 credit hours (ALVA Only) Montana, of Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours 16 credit hours New Mexico, of Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours (undergraduate) 9 credit hours (graduate) North Carolina State Notre Dame, of Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours Otterbein Courses are normally worth 4 credit hours 16 Pacific Oregon 16 credit hours 12 for architecture 9 for Graduate Business ALVA: 19 credit hours ARTS: 17 credit hours BUS: 19 credit hours ECM: 19 credit hours Science: 18 credit hours 16 Penn State Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours hours Purdue Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours hours Pennsylvania, of Each course is normally worth 1 credit unit 4 CU Presbyterian College Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours 16 credit hours South Dakota, of State of New Each course is normally worth 3 credit hours York at Brockport Texas at Austin, Courses range from 2 to 5 credit hours of Vermont, of Courses are normally worth 3 or 4 credit hours Washington, of Courses range from 2 to 5 credit hours 26 credit hours over 2 quarters = 24 UWA points. 45 credit hours over three UW quarters (excluding Summer) = 48 UWA points. Willamette Courses range from 1 to 0.5 credit hours 4