Hi there, my name is Davey
and I'm from the team here at Stop 1.
Today we'll be working with the University Handbook.
The Handbook's designed to hold all the information you need about your course structure
and to let you investigate and select your subjects.
It can be found at handbook.unimelb.edu.au.
First of all you'll need to find your course.
You can do that by typing the name of your course into the search bar
or if your search is more general, you can begin in one of these categories.
If you're interested in a specific field of study,
you can even browse by study area.
If you use the search bar without typing anything in you'll find everything that the University
of Melbourne has to offer.
When searching for subjects for your course,
you can narrow it down with the filters at the side of the page here .
You can also view older versions of the handbook here
and here.
It is very important to follow the structure of your degree as shown in the handbook
from the year that you've started. Here's an example.
This is the page for the 2018 Bachelor of Science.
On the left you can see a few different options.
You can click through these individually or you can select single page view to see them all at once.
The most relevant headings to us are Course structure,
Breadth requirements, Subject options ,and Majors Minors
and Specialisations.
Course structure shows you the requirements of your degree.
Breadth requirements has a link to the special breadth search engine,
letting you search for subjects that are approved as breath for your course.
Subject options will either have a link like this one
or will describe your options.
Finally the Majors Minors
and Specialisations page shows the programs of study that make your degree your own.
If you're in a graduate course this may also show the 100
and 150 point versions of your course.
Let's have a look at the subjects in the major in Agricultural Science.
In this screen, you can see the subjects that make up this Major.
You can also see when the subjects are offered
and how many credit points they're worth.
You can also see the coordinator of the major
and their contact information.
Click on a subject link to go to its page.
On the subject page it will show you all of the relevant information to that subject.
Eligibility and requirements shows the requisite subjects
or if the subject has special entry requirements.
Assessment shows the assessment tasks in general terms.
Dates and Times shows when the subject is offered,
the coordinators name, the contact hours
and all of the relevant teaching dates.
This includes the last day to self enroll,
the census date, the last date to withdraw without fail,
and when the assessment period falls.
Make sure you looking at the Handbook for the current year.
Quota information will also be displayed.
You'll know if a subject is a quota subject by the banner that appears at the top.
If you need to contact the coordinator their contact details should also be displayed.
Under further information,
you can link to related entries in the system
and also check to see if the subject is classified as a breath for you.
If your degree appears here you can do this subject as a breath.
You can also gain access to the timetable.
This page will explain what days and times the classes will be on.
Some subjects have more classes than others.
There are a couple of handy tricks to make this all a bit easier.
If you look at the bachelor of environments here,
you can see a shortened version of the course name.
This is called the course code and makes searching for courses a bit quicker
and more accurate. If you're searching for specific subjects there are a couple of tricks
you can use. If you know what the study area code is you can search for that code.
Let's try.
I want to find out what politics subjects there are.
For that, I select subjects from the type filters
and can type in the study code POLS
and then place an asterisk after it.
The Handbook will search for everything that comes before that asterisk.
This is a list of all the subjects that start with this prefix.
If you also type the subject level,
you'll be given a list of all the subjects that are at that level in that area.
The handbook is here to help, and using it you can plan your entire degree
with us. If you're still having issues feel free to contact Stop 1.
You can book appointments online, check our opening hours to drop in,
submit an online enquiry, live chat
or call us.