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Course Description Key - University of the South Pacific |
After the course code and course title, each course description shows codes to indicate the semester, mode and location in which the course is offered (refer to the key at the right). A slash (/) between two semester codes and/or mode codes and/or location codes means that all values to the left of the slash go together, as do all values to the right. Most course descriptions will indicate what prerequisites are required before registering for the course and what percentage of the course is assigned to continuous assessment and the final examination.
Key to Semester, Mode and Location Codes
Semester
I | offered in the first semester or trimester |
II | offered in the second semester or trimester |
III | offered in the third trimester (applicable only to GSB programs and postgraduate programs in Professional Accounting) |
I and II | offered in Semester I and Semester II, as a single semester course |
I/II | generally means offered on campus in Semester I and by DFL in Semester II, but it depends on values to left and right of slash in other columns |
II/I | generally means offered on campus in Semester II and by DFL in Semester I, but it depends on values to left and right of slash in other columns |
30-week | offered by distance and flexible learning as a 30-week course, beginning after week 7 in Semester I with final assessment held at the end of Semester II |
TBA | to be advised: information not available at date of publication of Calendar |
Not offered | not offered this year |
Modes of Delivery
F | offered on face to face mode with at least two hours of lectures per week and face to face tutorials during the semester of offer. |
P | offered on Print mode. These courses do not offer weekly lectures and face to face tutorials during the semester of offer. |
B | offered on blended mode and blends online and face to face delivery.Furthermore, a blended course is one where a substantial proportion of the content, that is 30-79% is delivered online. Typically uses online discussion and has some face to face interaction between student and lecturer or tutor. * also known as hybrid courses. |
O | offered as an online course where most of the content is delivered online ans typically has no face to face meetings, that is, 80% is offered in the online mode. |
Location
A | offered at Alafua Campus, Apia , Samoa |
E | offered at Emalus Campus, Port Vila, Vanuatu |
L | offered at Laucala Campus, Suva , Fiji |
C | offered through all or some USP campuses |
A/SC | offered at Alafua Campus and through selected USP campuses* |
E/SC | offered at Emalus Campus and through selected USP campuses* |
L/SC | offered at Laucala Campus and through selected USP campuses* |
*Please contact your nearest USP campus for more information regarding whether a particular course is offered there.
