Credit points? (1 Viewer)

[zeek]

I've been looking through the USyd guide for courses and it says that for sciences you need to have 48 credit points. What are credit points? are they kinda like units in the HSC? Do i have to worry about it now? if so, what is each subjects value in terms of credit points?

thanks

 

[tennille]

Credit points are pretty much equivalent to the amount of units you do for your HSC. The standard amount of credit points for full-time students is 24 for each semester. Most subjects are worth 6 credit points, therefore having about 4 subjects per semester. However, with science degrees at usyd, 6 credit points of first year maths per semester is compulsory. First year maths subjects are only worth 3 credit points, so you must do two maths subjects, meaning you need to do five subjects in first year to make it up to 24 credit points.