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Choosing your courses

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  2. Information and services
  3. Manage my program
  4. Classes, timetables, and coursework

  1. Compulsory courses and elective courses
  2. Placement courses
  3. Studying courses outside your program requirements
  1. Enrolment limits
  2. Understanding mySI-net and ECPs
  3. External courses

6. External courses

At UQ, the words "in-person" and "external" refer to types of attendance at the University.

  • An in-person course may incorporate some aspects of online delivery (e.g. online lectures, options for online tutorials, online assessment) but requires students to engage in in-person learning or assessment at a UQ campus or other location at some point.
  • External courses are delivered entirely online, and students must participate online for all learning and assessment.

Some courses are offered in external mode. Students sometimes enrol in a mixture of in-person and external courses for convenience.

You can find external courses in the program and course catalogue:

  1. Search for and click on your program page
  2. Click 'Courses and requirements'
  3. Select and click individual courses. The 'Mode' column shows if a course is offered externally.

See where 'Mode' is listed on course pages

Due dates, policies and procedures are the same for external students as for in-person students.

Most material for external students is distributed online through Blackboard. In some circumstances, material may be distributed through DVD or video.

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