Distance Education Offers and Acceptance
- Read all information carefully prior to accepting your Offer of Admission and familiarise yourself with the necessary policies, forms and fees.
- Accepting your Offer of Admission
- Online Course Structures and the Subject Availability List
- What happens after you return your Acceptance of Offer?
- What do you need to do next?
- Deferring an Offer of Admission
- Declining an Offer of Admission
- Contact Details and further information
Read all information carefully prior to accepting your Offer of Admission and familiarise yourself with the following policies, forms and fees.
Detailed course descriptions are available at: http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/
Information on Charles Sturt University's teaching and assessment methods are available on our website at: http://www.csu.edu.au/division/internat/courses/teaching_methods.htm
Charles Sturt University's regulations covering admission and enrolment are available on our website at: http://www.csu.edu.au/acad_sec/regulations.htm
Other Charles Sturt University policies are available upon written request.
Required forms and policy:
- Student Administration Office Enrolment Information for Distance Education Students [.pdf]
- Student Identification Card Form
- 2010 Schedule of Additional University Fees and Charges
- Research Higher Degree students are required to access and read the probation conditions for their course available at : www.csu.edu.au/research/higher_degrees/candidature
Accepting your Offer of Admission
1. Complete both sides of the Enrolment form including:
- Check and update your personal details if necessary.
- Complete the disability information.
- Add an Examination Centre from the list in the Student Enrolment Information booklet.
- Check and if necessary, amend the subjects pre-printed on the Enrolment form for 2010 (instructions for accessing your course structure and the subject availability list are included below):
- The usual part-time distance enrolment is two subjects per session. If the subjects listed are incomplete (ie there are less than 2 subjects for each session), if you can only study one subject at a time or are receiving credit for previous study, amend the subjects listed as necessary after consulting your online course structure.
- If you applied for full-time study (and your course is offered full-time by distance education), please compare the subjects on your Enrolment Form to the full-time distance education enrolment pattern in the course structure and if necessary add the additional subjects to your Enrolment Form.
- Check the online Subject Availability List to make sure that any subjects you add to the Enrolment form are offered in the relevant session.
- Check for Residential School requirements by consulting your online course structure
- Add your next of kin details on the back of the form.
- Sign the declaration on the back of the form.
2. Complete the Student ID Card form and attach your passport-sized photograph (please write your name and student number on the back of the photo before attaching it to the form).
3. If you have been made a Commonwealth Supported (HECS) offer (indicated on your offer letter), complete the Request for Commonwealth support and HECS-HELP form (even if you intend to pay your subject fees upfront or your employer is paying your fees) after reading the HECS-HELP booklet [.pdf].
OR
If you have been made a Tuition Fee-Paying Offer (indicated on your offer letter) (not Commonwealth Supported HECS) and wish to defer your fees (to be repaid through the taxation system) complete the Request for FEE-HELP assistance form after reading the FEE-HELP Booklet [.pdf], if you are eligible.
4. If you are interested in transition subjects to help you prepare for study at CSU, complete the Application for Study Link form. Study Link subject information is available online at http://www.csu.edu.au/student/studylink/index.htm. If you are liable for Study Link subject fees you need to include payment with the form.
5. Detach, sign and date the acceptance section of your Offer Letter and attach it to the back of your enrolment papers.
6. Post all of your completed forms to your Administrative Campus ( printed in Section 4 of your Enrolment form and the addresses are listed in the table below) making sure you include the following:
- Enrolment form (both sides completed)
- Student ID Card form
- HECS-HELP form for Commonwealth Supported students (compulsory) OR optional FEE-HELP form for Tuition Fee-Paying students (as outlined in Section 3 above).
- Acceptance of Offer slip
- Application for Study Link form (if applicable)
| Send acceptances to Albury, Goulburn or Manly Campus courses to: | Student Administration Office Charles Sturt University PO Box 1268 ALBURY NSW 2640 Ph: 02 6051 6811 |
| Send acceptances to Bathurst, Dubbo or Canberra Campus courses to: | Student Administration Office Charles Sturt University Private Bag 7 BATHURST NSW 2795 Ph: 02 6338 4318 |
| Send acceptances to Orange Campus courses to:> | Student Administration Office Charles Sturt University PO Box 883 ORANGE NSW 2800 Ph: 02 6365 7002 |
| Send acceptances to Wagga Wagga Campus courses to: | Student Administration Office Charles Sturt University Locked Bag 588 WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2678 Ph: 02 6933 2240 |
All forms must reach the University by the date specified on the acceptance section of the offer letter, or the offer may lapse.
Online Course Structures and the Subject Availablility List
Before adding subjects to your enrolment form you should check your course structure at www.csu.edu.au/handbook/handbook10 (then follow the selection options to locate your course) where you will find the course requirements and a recommended enrolment pattern. Once you know which subjects you want to add to your enrolment form, you need to check whether they are available in the session you want to study them by searching the online Subject Availability List at www.my.csu.edu.au (select the Quick Link Subject Info then Subject Availability) as some subjects are offered once a year while others are offered more frequently.
The Subject Availability List allows you to search for subjects by subject code prefix, year, session or mode of study. To search for a particular subject, select the subject code prefix (eg ACC) from the drop down menu then add the number which completes the subject code (eg 100 to search for ACC100). On the next line you can select the year, term ID (30, 60 and 90) and mode (usually distance). You should leave the campus as the default option. Once you have entered your search criteria, select Get Subject Availability and you will receive a list of all subjects which meet your criteria. You can then select the subject code hyperlink to look at a description of the subject and the Campus Timetable Link for residential school dates (if applicable) before adding the subject to your enrolment form.
What happens after you return your Acceptance of Offer?
You will receive a welcome message in your eBox (accessed from the top of your personalised area of www.my.csu.edu.au) with links to other areas of the CSU website. The University now assumes that you will have ongoing access to an internet connected computer capable of communicating with CSU online systems. You will receive official communications, such as HECS/FEE-HELP Commonwealth Assistance Notices, invoices, examination notices, results notices, re-enrolment information etc via your eBox.
Your Student ID card and distance education study materials will be sent before the start of session.
| Session Code | Session Name | Session Dates | Census (Withdrawal) Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201030 | Session 1, 2010 | 1 March – 18 June 2010 | 26 March 2010 |
| 201060 | Session 2, 2010 | 12 July – 29 October 2010 | 6 August 2010 |
| 201090 | Session 3, 2010 | 15 November – 11 February 2011 | 3 December 2010 |
What do you need to do next?
You need to check your enrolment online at www.my.csu.edu.au (select the Quick Link Personal Info then Transcript to your acceptance has been received and your subject enrolment has been correctly added for the year. You willneed to enrol online for future sessions and Studnet Administraion will send you an eBox message each October asking you to enrol for following year.
If you experience problems once you are enrolled you should contact your Student Liaison Officer who may be able to advise you of options you had not considered. If you find you cannot study in one or more subjects you have enrolled in, you will need to do either of the following depending on whether your request is before or after the session census date:
- Before the session census date (refer to the table above) - Delete your enrolment online and confirm by checking your transcript. If you delete all of your enrolment for a particular session, you will also need to apply online for an approved leave of absence at via the Online Administraion Office . Some restrictions may apply to leave of absense requests in your first session of study - please refer to your Student Liaison Officer.
- After the session census date (refer to table above) - Complete an Application for Withdrawal Census date available at http://www.csu.edu.au/forms/current.htm and send with supporting documentation to your Student Liaison Officer. Grades will be recorded for the subjects and you will still have to pay the subject fees.
Deferring an Offer of Admission
Applicants can request to have their offer deferred to a future intake. You should complete the deferment of offer form below and return it to your Administrative Campus. Please note that deferments will be subject to the course being available in the future intake requested.
- Deferment of offer form [.pdf]
Declining an Offer of Admission
If you wish to decline this offer, please advise the CSU Admissions Office by email to admissions@csu.edu.au or by letter to Locked Bag 676 Wagga Wagga NSW 2678.
Contact details and further information
Contact details for your Course Coordinator and Student Liaison Officer are listed on the 'Welcome Letter' included with your Offer of Admission. Please retain these details together with the Student Administration Enrolment Information booklet for future reference.