Study Periods 2008
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Study periods will operate in accordance with the tables below and units must be administered within those study period.
Within this document:
- “Standard study period” means Semester 1 and Semester 2;
- “Non-standard study period” means Summer A, Summer B, Autumn, Winter, Spring A, Spring B, Research A, Research B, Research C and Research D Terms;
- “International trimesters” are also classed as non-standard study periods and are only used for off-shore programs.
Domestic non-research study periods
|
Semester |
Code |
Earliest Commencing Date |
Latest Commencing Date |
Latest Finishing Date* |
Census Date** |
|
Summer Term A |
200805 |
26 November 2007 |
13 January 2008 |
1 February 2008 |
14 January 2008 |
|
Summer Term B |
200815 |
14 January 2008 |
10 February 2008 |
22 February 2008 |
11 February 2008 |
|
Semester 1 |
200830 |
11 February 2008 |
30 March 2008 |
20 June 2008 |
31 March 2008 |
|
Autumn Term |
200835 |
31 March 2008 |
20 April 2008 |
6 June 2008 |
21 April 2008 |
|
Winter Term |
200845 |
21 April 2008 |
22 June 2008 |
25 July 2008 |
23 June 2008 |
|
Semester 2 |
200860 |
23 June 2008 |
30 August 2008 |
22 November 2008 |
31 August 2008 |
|
Spring Term A |
200865 |
31 August 2008 |
5 October 2008 |
31 October 2008 |
6 October 2008 |
|
Spring Term B |
200875 |
6 October 2008 |
23 November 2008 |
31 December 2008 |
24 November 2008 |
*See also Section 8.4 below.
**Section 169-25 (2) of the Higher Education Support Act states that a unit of study's census date must be "...not less than 20% of the way through the period during which the unit is undertaken". DEST has advised that "...period during which the unit is undertaken" means not just the actual teaching period, but the full period of the Term/Semester, ie including the mid term break, study week and examination period.
Research higher degree terms
|
Semester |
Code |
Commencing – Finishing Dates |
Census Date* |
|
Research A Term |
200817 |
2 January 2008 to 30 March 2008 |
11 February 2008 |
|
Research B Term |
200837 |
31 March to 27 June 2008 |
23 June 2008 |
|
Research C Term |
200857 |
30 June 2008 to 30 September 2008 |
31 August 2008 |
|
Research D Term |
200877 |
1 October 2008 to 31 December 2008 |
24 November 2008 |
International (offshore) trimesters
|
Semester |
Code |
Commencing – Finishing Dates |
Census date* |
|
Trimester 2 |
200832 |
23 November 2007 to 23 May 2008 |
31 March 2008 |
|
Trimester 3 |
200852 |
1 April 2008 to 28 August 2008 |
23 June 2008 |
|
Trimester 1 (2008/2009) |
200872 |
1 September 2008 to 31 December 2008 |
24 November 2008 |
