Student Glossary

Key UWA India systems

LMS (Learning Management System)

The LMS is your online learning platform where you can access lecture materials, assessments, announcements, and unit information.

MyCamu Student Portal

MyCamu is your primary student portal at UWA India. You can use it to:

manage your enrolment
view your class timetable
access academic records and results
check fee information and payment status
submit forms and requests
receive important announcements and updates from the University.

Tip: Check your MyCamu Student Portal regularly, as it is one of the main platforms used for academic and administrative communications throughout your studies.

Student Email

Your official UWA email account. Important information from the University, including enrolment updates, assessment information, and support services, will be sent here.

UniID and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Your UniID provides access to University systems, while Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) adds an extra layer of security to your account. Refer to Student IT Support for further information.

UWA India Service Desk

An online support service where you can submit questions to student support teams.

Understanding your course and units

Course

A structured program of study leading to an academic qualification, such as a bachelor's degree, master's degree or doctorate. A course consists of units that must be completed to graduate.

Credit points

A basic measure of study load for a unit. The total credit points you are enrolled in during a teaching period determine your study load.

Study load

Full-Time load: A standard full-time study load normally consists of 48 credit points in one academic year (24 credit points per semester – there are two standard semesters in each academic year).

Part-Time load: For domestic students, part-time enrolment is less than 36 credit points in one academic year (or less than 18 credit points in a semester).

Study plan

A summary of the units required for your course, and when they will be studied. It’s an important tool to ensure you meet prerequisites, stay on track for graduation, and enrol each year. Study plans and templates can be downloaded from the Student Advising webpage.

Unit

A unit is a component of study focused on a particular subject or topic.

Unit Outline

A document that provides essential information about a unit, including its objectives, assessment tasks, schedule, resources and expectations. View your current unit outline in the LMS (published one week before the start of the teaching period).

Unit readings

Your essential and recommended readings. You can access readings for each unit in the LMS.

Unit set

Also called a major, minor, program or specialisation. A stream of related units that help you specialise in a particular area of study or achieve specific learning outcomes in your degree plan. You must satisfy the requirements of a degree-specific major before you complete your course (for Undergraduate degrees).

Course attempt and status

Refers to the enrolment status in your course.

Completed

You have satisfied all the requirements of your course.

Discontinued

You have either withdrawn from your course, or it’s been discontinued due to lapsed enrolment or poor academic progress.

Enrolled

You’re currently enrolled and studying.

Inactive

Your course is inactive if the units you’re enrolled in haven’t started or you’re not enrolled in any units yet.

Intermit

You are currently on a period of Approved Leave (intermission) from your course.

Unconfirmed

You have an application or offer for a course and are waiting to accept or meet the conditions.

Types of units

Conversion

Units designed for postgraduate master’s students who enter a degree from a different (non-cognate) academic background or need foundational knowledge.

Core

Compulsory units within a major that must be completed to complete your major and course.

Unit rules

Corequisite

A unit that you must take simultaneously with another unit or have completed that unit previously. You can find a unit's corequisites in the UWA Handbook.

Incompatible

If the content of a unit is equivalent to or like another unit, the units are 'incompatible', meaning you can’t complete both units.

Levels

Units are assigned a Level to show the required prior knowledge or learning needed. Undergraduate units have three levels: Level 1 units are entry-level or introductory units. You can progress to Level 2 or Level 3 units as soon as you meet the prerequisites and any other unit rules.

Prerequisite

Some units require you to have prior knowledge before you can study them. This prior knowledge is known as a ‘prerequisite’. You can find a unit's prerequisites in the UWA Handbook.

Unit status

Compulsory units

These units are automatically enrolled and available in your LMS.

ACE: Academic Conduct Essentials (ACE) is an online compulsory unit that introduces you to principles of ethical scholarship and expectations for correct academic conduct at university, and you will need to complete it each time you commence a new course.

CARS: Communication and Research Skills (CARS) is an online compulsory unit that assists you in developing basic communication and research skills in an academic context.

Enrolled

You are enrolled in the unit.

Invalid/Breach

The unit has specific entry requirements (e.g., prerequisite units, pending secondary or external study results) that must be completed first. Please contact the UWA India Student Experience Team if you have questions about an invalid unit.

Enrolment activity

Advanced standing/Credit transfer

Apply for credit for units you've completed in a previous course, either at UWA India or another institution.

Approved Leave

If you need to take some time off from your studies, you can apply for approved leave for a semester/trimester or a whole year.

Cross-institutional

Students can apply to study a unit at another tertiary institution for credit towards their UWA degree. Please contact the UWA India Student Experience Team to discuss your eligibility and available options.

Enrolment

Adding a unit(s) for the upcoming or current academic year. You may also hear the term ‘re-enrolment’ which is any enrolment that happens after your first semester.

Special Approval

Apply for a rule waiver for course or unit rules. Examples: enrol in a unit late, enrol in a unit without meeting the prerequisite, overload in a semester, or exceed the standard total points for your degree.

Transfer

Moving from one undergraduate course to another. Please contact the UWA India Student Experience Team to discuss your eligibility and available options.

Withdraw

To officially leave a unit or your course. Different dates will determine how this may impact your fees and grades.

Important academic dates

Visit Important Dates for specific academic dates.

Academic withdrawal date

The date by which you must withdraw from a unit of study to avoid a fail grade. If you’re still enrolled in the unit but don’t attend classes or submit assignments, the unit will be recorded as a fail on your academic transcript.

Census date

The date on which you become financially liable for any units you are enrolled in for a given teaching period. Each teaching period has its own census date.

Orientation Week (O-Week)

Orientation Week is a chance for you to learn about the campus and university life. A welcome program before classes begin that helps you become familiar with the campus, services, and student life.

Study Break

A week during the semester when there are no classes, so you can review study material, work on assessments and prepare for upcoming tests and exams.

Teaching week

A week during the semester when classes are held.

Vacation

A designated holiday period within the academic year when classes are not held.

Your timetable

Your MyCamu Student Portal is used to manage your class times (lectures, tutorials, labs, etc.) for units in the current semester/trimester.

Classes

Classes are your contact hours for a unit. There are different kinds of classes a unit might include.

Laboratory (lab)

A practical, hands-on environment where you conduct experiments, tests or practice skills related to your field of study.

Lecture

Large formal classes that provide overviews of unit material, run by a lecturer. Lectures are often recorded for you to re-watch later.

Seminar

A class focused on a specific topic, designed to encourage your critical thinking, independent research and teamwork while allowing you to explore the subject in more detail.

Tutorial

Also known as a ‘tute’, this is a small group discussion led by a tutor that focuses on a unit's weekly topic.

Workshop

An interactive session where you engage in practical activities, discussions or exercises related to a specific topic or skill. It’s designed to provide hands-on learning and foster collaboration among participants.

Studying and libraries

Echo360

Records and stores lectures, allowing you to watch them online in your own time. Access lecture recordings for units in the LMS.

OneSearch

Use OneSearch to find books, journal articles, databases and other library resources, and get easy access to UWA’s academic materials and digital collections.

Referencing

Referencing shows where you have used ideas or information created by another person in your work. Need help with referencing and using sources? Visit the Referencing webpage.

Turnitin

An electronic text-matching system that compares words in your assignment against a database of sources to detect plagiarism. View these helpful guides.

Exams and assessments

Assessment

How your unit is evaluated (how you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of a unit). Different types of assessments may be used. The assessment types for your unit can be found in the UWA Handbook. Assessment types include:

End-of-semester/mid-semester exam: A formal test that you take to show your knowledge or ability in a particular unit.

Dissertation/thesis: A long research project, often for an honours, master's or doctoral degree, involving original research that contributes new knowledge to your field of study.

Group assignment: A project that you and your peers work together to complete. It involves sharing responsibilities, collaborating on ideas and combining each person's strengths to achieve a common goal.

Group presentation: A presentation where a team of students works together to present a topic, with each member contributing to different parts of the presentation.

Individual assignment: An assessment you complete independently, typically to demonstrate your understanding of a specific topic or concept.

Individual presentation: A presentation where you showcase your research, ideas and findings on a specific topic.

In-class/online test/quiz: A brief assessment used to evaluate your knowledge on specific topics, usually through multiple-choice, true/false or short-answer questions.

Laboratory assessment: An evaluation used to test your understanding and practical skills in a laboratory setting.

Participation: Actively engaging in class.

Results and progression

Academic progression

Academic progression is an assessment of your academic performance.

Good standing: You have made, or are making, satisfactory progress in your course.

Probation/Restrict 18: You haven’t made satisfactory progress in your course and have been placed on probation. Your enrolment is restricted to a maximum of three units (18 credit points) for next semester.

Suspended: You’ve been suspended from your course and will not be permitted to continue in the course next semester.

Excluded: You’ve failed to make satisfactory progress and have been excluded from your course.

Expulsion: You’ve been expelled from the University.

Showcause: You’ve failed to make satisfactory progress. As a result, a progress status of Suspension or Exclusion has been approved by your School.

Unconsidered: Your course progress status is under consideration by the School Board of Examiners.

Appeal or review

UWA students can review and appeal an assessment outcome, a final grade or mark, progress status and certain other academic decisions. Visit Reviews and Appeals for more information.

Grade

In addition to receiving a mark for completed units, you also receive a grade. A grade is a letter code which corresponds with the mark received for a unit.

CR: Credit – mark between 60 and 69%
D: Distinction – mark between 70 and 79%
DE: Deferred Examination Granted – you’ve been granted a deferred exam
FN: Fail Due to Non-Completion – no mark, counts as zero toward WAM and GPA
FS: Failed Supplementary – you fail a supplementary assessment; original mark counts toward WAM, zero toward GPA
HD: High Distinction – mark between 80 and 100%
N: Fail – mark between 0–44%
N+: Fail – mark between 45 and 49%
NA: Not available – result not available yet
P: Pass – mark between 50 and 59%
PS: Passed Supplementary – no mark; counts as 50 toward WAM, GPA value of 4
SG: Supplementary Examination Granted
UF: Ungraded Fail – no mark; doesn’t affect WAM, counts as zero toward GPA
UP: Ungraded Pass – no mark; doesn’t affect WAM or GPA
WD: Withdrawn without penalty – appears on formal record but doesn’t affect WAM or GPA
WH: Withheld – your grade has been withheld. Check your student email for further information.
WP: Withdrawn early – appears in Camu but not on formal documents

Grade Point Average (GPA)

The Grade Point Average (GPA) is a numerical representation of the average grade you achieve across the units you complete in your course, calculated on a scale from 0 to 7.

Mark

A numerical grade (or score) between 0 and 100 for a unit you’ve completed. These marks contribute to your WAM.

Supplementary Assessment (SG)

If you failed a unit, you might be eligible for a supplementary assessment. Supplementary assessments are automatically granted during the release of results. View the University Policy on Assessment (UP15/5).

Weighted Average Mark (WAM)

The Weighted Average Mark (WAM) is a calculation of the average mark you achieve across the units you complete in your course.

Fees and scholarships

Remission of fees

If you can't continue your studies after the Census date, you may be able to apply for a remission of tuition fees, either as a refund or as a credit applied to a future teaching period. Fee remission is approved in accordance with the UWA India Student Fees Policy (UP26/6).

Scholarships

UWA India offers a variety of scholarships. Visit Scholarships for more information.

Tuition fee

Your study fees depend on several factors, including the type of course, your residency status, and whether you are studying full-time or part-time.

Extra-curricular and co-curricular

Exchange

Eligible students may have the opportunity to study overseas at another university as part of your UWA degree. Exchange, sometimes referred to as ‘Global Learning’, can be undertaken for a short-term program, a semester or a year.

Internships

Some courses may include internship opportunities, allowing you to gain practical work experience and develop industry skills. Internships can be part of a degree program or pursued independently, depending on your course and eligibility.

Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

In selected courses, Work Integrated Learning opportunities may be available, offering placements or internships with host organisations across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

Support services

Academic skills support

The range of services and resources available to help students achieve their academic goals. This may include learning support, academic skills development, study resources, and access to LinkedIn Learning. Visit Academic Support for more information.

Exceptional Variation of Assessment (EVA)

Provides accommodations if your studies are impacted by exceptional circumstances. Visit Exceptional Variation of Assessment for more information.

UniAccess – accessibility support

Get support for your mental health, disability, or any issues affecting your studies, and request help with campus access, exam arrangements and more. Visit Accessibility Support for more information.

Wellbeing support

Services available to assist students with their mental, emotional, physical and social wellbeing. Support may include counselling and accessibility and disability support. Visit Wellbeing Support for more information.