The accordions below set out the AQF criteria for knowledge, skills and application at each level used in Australian higher education, alongside the Charles Sturt course types at that level.
Graduates at this level will have technical and theoretical knowledge in a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.
Graduates at this level will have a broad range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, judgement and defined responsibility in known or changing contexts and within broad but established parameters.
Graduates at this level will have broad theoretical and technical knowledge of a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.
Graduates at this level will have a broad range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, judgement and defined responsibility:
Graduates at this level will have broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge with depth in one or more disciplines or areas of practice.
Graduates at this level will have well-developed cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement and responsibility:
Graduates at this level will have advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in one or more disciplines or areas of practice.
Graduates at this level will have advanced cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner or learner.
Graduates at this level will have advanced and integrated understanding of a complex body of knowledge in one or more disciplines or areas of practice.
Graduates at this level will have expert, specialised cognitive and technical skills in a body of knowledge or practice to independently:
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, expert judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner or learner.
Graduates at this level will have systemic and critical understanding of a substantial and complex body of knowledge at the frontier of a discipline or area of professional practice.
Graduates at this level will have expert, specialised cognitive, technical and research skills in a discipline area to independently and systematically:
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, authoritative judgement, adaptability and responsibility as an expert and leading practitioner or scholar.