Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses

Once you have accepted your offer, you need to enrol in units and sign up for classes.

Plan your units

Find your course by searching for your course code (on your offer letter) in the online Handbook. Scroll down to the Structure heading to view the required units for your course. This may consist of spine units, course core units, major units and/or options units.

Take note of the unit codes and offerings of the units you want to take. You should select units for the whole calendar year.

We recommend enrolling in your course core, major units and spine units first. Start with the 100 level units if you are in an undergraduate course, these are your first-year units.  If you have any room, you can then enrol in units for your option space. 

You can choose options from a range of disciplines, excluding veterinary science, law, nursing and some chiropractic science and education units. You can use your options units to contribute towards a second major, co-major or minor if your course structure allows this.

If you are unsure which units you should be studying check out the Course Plans  page, or contact MyMurdoch Advice. Once you have a copy of your course plan (be sure to choose the correct one based on your starting semester/trimester and year), then you can use the Handbook find out more information about the individual units.

How many units to enrol in

Full-time enrolment is 12 credit points per semester, or 24 credit points per year. For trimester based courses this usually equates to a spread of 9, 6, 9 points for each trimester across the year.

An enrolment of:

• less than full-time may affect your eligibility for Centrelink and Transperth benefits or your  student visa
• more than full-time is considered overloading.

Most undergraduate degrees are a total of 72 credit points. The number of level 100 general elective units you can take is limited depending on your course structure. Check your course structure before enrolling in excessive level 100 units. 

Add a major or minor

Some courses may allow you to add a major or minor, to do this you will need to submit a written request through MyAnswers.

There are some restricted combinations which may not be possible due to enrolment and competitive admission requirements. A minor may be excluded if it is too similar to your major.

You will receive written confirmation once the second major or minor has been added. You can self-enrol in the units for the second major or minor prior to having it added to your record if it is unrestricted.