Students must follow the Handbook of the year they commenced their degree. UNSW publishes a revised version of the Handbook every year, so make sure you only use the latest Handbook to choose your courses.

At UNSW, courses are identified by a four character alphabetic prefix which identifies the School or unit administering the course and a four-digit numeric suffix e.g. ECON1101 -Microeconomics 1. Coursework is a term which is commonly used with regard to postgraduate study.

A Free Elective is any course offered either within or outside UNSW Arts and Social Sciences in which the student is able to enrol. General Education.

Exclusion (Course Requirements) Exclusions are courses students are excluded from taking, generally because they have content in common with courses for which the student has previously been granted credit.