Macquarie

Sources

• Bachelor of Arts, Macquarie University Handbook 2026 https://coursehandbook.mq.edu.au/2026/courses/C000004

  Model elements: the Bachelor of Arts has 240 credit points and a full time duration of 3 years.

  The course structure includes a 160 credit point Core Zone and an 80 credit point Flexible Zone.

  The Flexible Zone can be used to enrol in any Undergraduate unit for which the student meets the requisites, or to complete a second major or minor(s). This supports programChoice 4 and courseChoice 3 within Macquarie.

• Bachelor of Environment, Macquarie University Handbook 2026 https://coursehandbook.mq.edu.au/2026/courses/C000003

  Model elements: the Bachelor of Environment also has 240 credit points, a full time duration of 3 years, a 160 credit point Core Zone and an 80 credit point Flexible Zone.

  The handbook again states that the Flexible Zone may be used for any Undergraduate unit meeting requisites, a second major or minor(s).

  A second example from another field reduces the risk that the flexible zone and second major are only a Bachelor of Arts exception.

• Bachelor of Clinical Science, Macquarie University Handbook 2026 https://coursehandbook.mq.edu.au/2026/courses/C000020

  Model elements: the Bachelor of Clinical Science is a fast-tracked course with 240 credit points and a full time duration of 2 years.

  Even in this accelerated health sciences programme, the handbook shows an 80 credit point Flexible Zone.

  The source sets the lower duration bound for the card.

• Bachelor of Laws https://www.mq.edu.au/study/find-a-course/courses/bachelor-of-laws

  Model elements: Macquarie lists the Bachelor of Laws as a 320 credit point course with a full time duration of 4 years.

  The published course structure includes a Core Zone and an 80 credit point Flexible Zone.

  The source sets the upper bound that I could verify from official public undergraduate coursework text.

• Recognition of Prior Learning Policy https://policies.mq.edu.au/document/view.php?id=151

  Model elements: current students may apply for Recognition of Prior Learning during their course, before approved outbound mobility including study abroad, exchange or study tour, and before approved concurrent study at another Australian university.

  The policy states that credit may be granted within a course, including specified credit, unspecified credit for the flexible zone and block credit.

  Strict cross-registration review: this source does not prove ordinary selection of individual external courses that can be credited into the degree record. It remains mobility or transfer context, while courseChoice is lowered to 3 based on verified broad internal electives, Flexible Zone, free courses or cross-faculty choice inside the university.

• Macquarie University Annual Report 2023 https://www.mq.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1302952/Macquarie-University-Annual-Report-2023.pdf

  The official Annual Report 2023, in the Enrolments by program level 2023 table, reports 32,057 students in Bachelor degrees including honours and 1,127 students in Other undergraduate degrees.

  The undergraduateEnrollment total sums both undergraduate rows, totaling 33,184 students. The bachelor field stores only Bachelor degrees including honours. The specialist degree level does not apply to the Australian model.