to clear things up for everyone and shane86, i apologise for not replying but i had alot of readings i had to get through.
uws has two internal transfers, 1 is called application for transfer and the other is the GICTS [Guaranteed Internal Course Transfer Scheme].
the former is for people doing say B Bus in management and they wanted to go into B Bus Info systems, then this is the one you should choose for transfer. this is for related course if you get what i mean, another is B Eng civil and someone wanted to go in B Eng Computer. the smae degree but trying to transfer into different majors.
the second one is for cross school transfer if thats the right meaning. i was in B Tech and wanted to get into B Bus, this is thje appropriate form to use.
yes them ladies arent very helpful when it comes to this becasue the words are always jumbled. i had to look it up myself in the book before i went to them and pointed what i wanted to do.
anyway, hope this helps bears_den and hopefully clear things up for you Shane86.
EDIT: opps i forgot about GICTS
yes like others have said you need a better than credit average. as long as its better than gpa 5.01 its guaranteed. GICTS is good for transfers as its earlier and doesnt cost a thing. but remember its internal not exteranl. some guy asked if he could do the GICTS way to transfer to usyd and the ladies were like umm no, its internal.
if you want to transfer, get as high marks as possible, the least you could do is 3 c and i d.
the second year thingo....depends if you do the cores of the degree you want to get into. i was in B Tech, and after first sem i wanted to transfer so i did the cores of B Bus in the second semester so i could gain exemption [academic credit]. if you are doing units of this degree and its not in the degree you want to get into, then it can become electives, but you still have to do first year subjects of the new degee.
also note that most uws degrees have the 10 unit 100 levels only rule. so you also have to count if you exceed this rule, then you are screwed.
hope this helps.