Units, Courses and Unit Sets

For your information, the lists of Units, Courses and Unit Sets, as currently recorded in SIMS, can be found at:

• Unit Details are available here.

• Course Details are available here.

• Unit Set Details (Majors, Minors, Programs, Research Areas of Study and Specialisations) are available here. 

Changes to Units and Courses

There are two e-mail accounts for unit and course change requests as follows:

• unitchanges@admin.uwa.edu.au
• coursechanges@admin.uwa.edu.au

These accounts have been set up to notify all necessary parties when changes come through, including SIMS Support, Student Administration and Timetable Office.

Unit Change Requests

The unit changes that can be actioned include:

• Correction of unit titles and credit points to match published rules.
• Changes to unit titles - See Changing a unit title Process.
• Cancellation of units, within the Cancellation of Units - Policy.
• Changes or addition of campuses to a unit.
• Addition of a new teaching period.
• Requests to create special units - See Creating a special unit Procedures.
• Changes to unit rules.
• Changes to the grading schema for units - See Guidelines for the Provision of Ungraded Passes and Fails.

Changing a unit's teaching period may need approval from the Chair of the Academic Board (by way of email setting out the reasons to the Deputy University Secretary). See Changing the availability of units Procedures.

Course Change Requests

The course changes that can be actioned include:

• Correction of titles and credit points required to match published rules.
• Requests to reserve new course codes as part of the creation of new courses. Course codes will be active when approved by Academic Council.
• Changes to course completion rules to match published rules.