Contents
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1. Courses 2
1.1. Course Matching: Introduction 4
1.2. Course Matching: International Studies 5
1.3. Course Matching: Law 6
1.4. Course Matching: How To Simple Match 7
Step 9a. Searching for Specific courses: 10
Step 9b. Searching for Generic courses: 11
Step 9c. Searching for General Ed courses: 11
1.5. Course Matching: Examples of Complex Matches 13
1.6. Course Matching: How To Complex Match 16
Step 9a: Selecting specific UNSW course/s: 20
Step 9b. Searching for Generic Courses: 20
Step 9c. Searching for General Ed courses: 21
You now need to make a study plan for each of your six preferences.
Why do I need to do this?
You must do this to demonstrate that you have sufficiently investigated your study options at
the partner universities and that all six options have courses that you are able to take for the
semester you wish to attend and that will contribute to your UNSW program.
How do I do this?
• Read through the instructions in this tutorial.
• Use the resources in the "Course Matching Resources" to assist in choosing courses.
• We recommend making a rough guide in word/ excel/ a notebook before inputting the
information in endeavour.
Step 1 - Think about courses you need to do on exchange that will contribute to
your UNSW program.
• Tip: Check your degree structure and what courses you would be taking if
you completed the semester at UNSW. You need to find courses at partner
universities that will match these courses.
• It’s important to map out your courses for exchange to plan your degree to
graduate on time. Once you have done so, and you are still unsure, you may
want to talk to your Faculty about the UNSW courses you wish to study on
exchange.
Step 2 - Determine what constitutes a full-time load at the overseas university.
• See “Partner University – Full Time Course Load” spreadsheet in the
Resource Tools section of the Student Exchange Moodle tutorial.
Step 3 - Research courses at the partner university. Check the university’s course
catalogue.
• Tip: Google search the name of the university + course list.
• Partner University: Handbook links.
• Read through overseas uni handbook (course catalog) and try to find
equivalents to UNSW courses. Use keyword searches if available.
• Make sure you are checking the correct semester at the overseas uni. E.g.,
if you are going to the northern hemisphere, their "Semester 1" will usually
begin in September (Fall), and "Semester 2" in January (Winter/Spring).
Step 4 - Match the foreign courses with UNSW equivalents
• All the courses you take overseas must be matched with a UNSW equivalent.
• For elective and general education course matches please use the generic
course matching codes if a specific UNSW course equivalent cannot be
found. See “Generic Course Matching Codes” spreadsheet in the Resource
Tools – Course Matching Resources section of the Student Exchange
Moodle tutorial.
Step 5 - Input this information to endeavour
• Click through for instructions
• At UNSW we study three/two courses per term at 6uoc each.
• Partner Universities will differ on course credits, normal full-time load, and how many
courses you will take per semester.
• It is important for you to research what is normally studied at your 6 preferences to
make sure you get 18-24 UoC credited back.
• A lot of useful information is available in the Course Matching Resources.
There are two types of course match that you can do through endeavour:
Simple (one-for-one) match:
• When one course at the partner university is matched to one course at UNSW.
• This works well when the normal full-time load at the partner university is four courses.
E.g.: PSY100 at University X = PSYC1001 at UNSW
Complex Match:
When one or more courses is matched to one or more courses at UNSW. There are a few
scenarios when this could happen:
• The partner university full time load is more than four courses. You may be required to
match two courses to equal one at UNSW.
• The partner university full time load is fewer than four courses. You may be required to
match one overseas course for two at UNSW.
• The course content of a required course at UNSW is spread over more than one course
at the partner university. You may be required to match two overseas courses to the core
plus an elective at UNSW.
While entering course matches on Endeavour, please use the complex match option rather
than the single match option as it allows you to match a full-time load at the partner university
to a full-time load at UNSW.
You do not need to match overseas courses with specific UNSW courses; instead, you will be
using a generic course code BINSXXXX to match to a full-time load at the partner university.
Please refer to the ‘Full-time workload’ section in the ‘Bachelor of International studies’ section
of the Student Exchange Moodle tutorial for the full-time load requirements for Bachelor of
International Studies students at your selected partner universities.
If you have been given special permission to transfer back the number of UOC other than 48 or
24, you can select another BINSxxx code that corresponds to the required number of UOC. To
search for all BINSxxxx codes, enter BINS* in the code field and click 'find' button.
If you have an International Business major, and you are applying for a year-long exchange,
please use a generic code BINS0030 that is worth 30 UOC in the complex match. The
additional 18 UOC will be for your International Business electives.
While entering three course matches for 18 UoC Business electives as part of your Business
major, please use the single match option as it allows you to match overseas courses with
specific UNSW MGMT courses; or for electives, the MGMT generic course matching code.
If you are going on exchange to study Law, you are required to complete the steps for a
Complex Match and use generic UNSW codes LAWSxxxx or JURDxxxx for matching overseas
Law elective courses. Please do not use a single match.
You do not need to match overseas courses with specific UNSW courses; instead, you will be
using a generic course code LAWSXXXX or JURDXXXX to match to a full-time load at the
partner university, 24 UoC for a half year exchange, and 48 UoC for a full year exchange.
If completing a specific Prescribed Elective or LAWS 2270 ‘Law in the Global Context’ course
with your Law elective courses overseas, complete a complex match as below.
This page will instruct you on how to input a Simple Course Match into endeavour.
Step 1. Make sure you have selected six partner universities in Application > Exchange.
Note: If you change your preferences after you add courses, simply change the preferences and
the courses will remain attached to the university.
Step 2. Enter the Faculty(ies) or Department(s) at each university where you are planning to
take courses.
Step 3. Under Courses > Preference 1, click on “Add Course” to add the courses you are
planning to take at your first university preference.
Step 4. Enter the course code, name, credits, and total number of hours for each course you
are adding and then click on “Return”.
Note: If you cannot find the course hours, please estimate at 150 per course
Step 5. Once you have entered a full-time load for your Preference 1, it is time to start adding
UNSW matches. Under Courses > Preference 1 click on “Add Match”.
Step 6. Under the Select from your foreign courses section, click on the Drop-Down menu to
select from the list of courses you added on Step 3.
Step 7. Click on the course you would like to match.
Step 8. Under the Find a UNSW course to match it section, click on “Search”.
Step 9. Search for a UNSW course to match. There are three options with instructions below:
a. Specific Course:
• You may need to match your overseas course to a specific UNSW course. This is usually
the case if you need to do core courses overseas.
b. Generic Course:
• You can also match overseas courses to generic UNSW courses.
• These are subjects that are not actually taught at UNSW but that can count towards your
degree requirements.
• For example, COMM6106 corresponds to 6uoc Level 1 in Business. If you have a Level 1
Commerce elective in your degree, you can choose this “dummy” code rather than
matching the overseas course to a specific UNSW course. This will make your course
selection more flexible.
• You can find a list of the generic course codes in the Course Matching Resources
• You can check with your faculty whether a generic code is right for you.
c. General Education:
• If you have space in your degree for General Education, you may be able to take them on
exchange.
• Gen Eds on exchange can be any course that is outside your faculty.
• You do not need to find an equivalent for a general education course that runs here.
Step 9a.1. Under the Specific tab, type in the course code, name, or a keyword in search box.
Click on “Find”.
Step 9a.2. Select the course.
Step 9a.3. On the bottom of the window, click on “Use”.
Step 9b.1. Under the Generic tab, type in the course code, name, or a keyword in search box.
Click on “Find”.
Step 9b.2. Select the course.
Step 9b.3. On the bottom of the window, click on “Use”.
Step 9c.1. All students should use the code GENZ2000, this includes Engineering students.
Please disregard the following pop-up on Endeavour.
Step 9c.1. Under the Specific tab, type in the course code, and click "Find”.
Step 9c.2. Select the course.
Step 9c.3. On the bottom of the window, click on “Use”.
Step 10.
• repeat steps 1 to 9 for all six university preferences.
• we will use your study plan to assess whether you are an eligible applicant for your
exchange preferences.
• your faculty will assess your course matches after you are nominated.
Making complex matches can sometimes be very useful but it can also be complicated.
Below are a few helpful examples of possible complex matches.
1. A single foreign course matching multiple UNSW courses:
You may use this kind of complex matching if one course at the overseas university is
equivalent to more than one course at UNSW.
Example: At Uppsala University in Sweden, 2FK033 Mass Media and Contemporary Armed Conflict is
worth 15 credits (ECTS) and has a total of 200 hours. As the full-time load at this university is 30
credits (ECTS), the above course amounts to half of a full-time load and may be matched to two UNSW
courses. This course has been previously approved, for example, as a combination of UNSW’s
ARTS3091 Advanced Media Issues and ARTS3093 Media Power. In this case, the content of the course
at Uppsala University also roughly matches the content of ARTS3091 and ARTS3093 combined.
Uppsala Course Load UNSW courses Load
2FK033 Mass Media and Contemporary ARTS3091 Advanced Media Issues 6 UoC
15ECTS
Armed Conflict
ARTS3093 Media Power 6 UoC
2. Multiple foreign courses matching a single UNSW course:
You may also use complex matches if the UNSW course you need to take is made up of 2 or
more foreign courses.
Example: At the University of Michigan, PSYCH 347 Perception and PSYCH 240 Introduction to
Cognitive Psychology would equal PSYC2071 Perception and Cognition at UNSW. A student wishing to
transfer PSYC2071 back from the University of Michigan would thus need to complete both PSYCH
347 and PSYCH 240.
Michigan courses Load UNSW course Load
PSYCH 347 Perception 4 credits
PSYCH 240 Introduction to Cognitive PSYC2071 Perception and Cognition 6 UoC
4 credits
Psychology
3. Multiple foreign courses matching multiple UNSW courses:
You can match 2 or more overseas course to 2 or more UNSW courses.
Example: At most universities in the UK the full-time load is 60 credits. At some universities, like the
University of Nottingham, most courses are worth 10 credits. However, a 10-credit course in the UK has
usually 100 hours (including face-to-face and individual study hours), whilst at UNSW each
6 UoC course has usually 150 hours. Some Faculties may therefore be unwilling to approve a 100-
credit Nottingham course for a 6 UoC UNSW course. Students may match 3 x 100-credits Nottingham
courses to 2 x 6 UoC UNSW courses (half a Nottingham full-time load = half a UNSW full-time load).
This is usually easier to do using generic UNSW courses.
Nottingham courses and load Total Load UNSW courses Total Load
LUBS2400 Intl Economic
Environment (100 credits) ECON7106 6 UoC Level 1 Econ
Option
LUBS3011 Contemporary issues in 30 credits and 12 UoC and
Econ Growth (100 credits) 300 hours 300 hours
ECON7206 6 UoC Level 2 Econ
LUBS 2410 Small Business Growth Option
(100 credits)
Please note that this type of complex match means that a student must do those EXACT three
courses at Nottingham to get credit for the two ECON courses above. If, for example,
LUBS2400 is no longer available when the student arrives at Nottingham, they will need to get
a new match approved with the exact three courses that they are doing. If the student simply
changes from LUBS2400 to another course without getting it approved in a new set of
courses, NONE of the UNSW courses in the set will be transferred.
4. Full time load for Full time load
In this case you would be matching a full-time load at the overseas university for a full-time
load at UNSW (24 UoC). Students can use this match type if the course load and structure at
the overseas university is significantly different to that at UNSW.
Example: At most universities in the UK the full-time load is 60 credits. However, at some universities,
like the University of Edinburgh, most courses are worth 20 credits. A student going to Edinburgh
would then need to do only 3 courses to meet the Edinburgh full-time load. If this student makes
simple matches (1 course at Edinburgh = 1 course at UNSW) they would only transfer 3 courses
(18 UoC) back to UNSW. This student would then need to make a complex match where 60 credits at
Edinburgh = 24uoc at UNSW.
Edinburgh courses and load Full-time UNSW courses and load Full-time
load load
Innovation and Entrepreneurship MGMT2010 Innovation and Ent.
(20 credits) (6 UoC)
Greek Language (10 credits) GENZ3500 12 UoC of General
60 credits 24 UoC
Latin Language (10 credits) Education
Africa in World Politics (20 credits) POLS6306 6 UoC Level 3 Politics
or IR
Please note that this type of complex match requires a student to complete the EXACT set of
courses above at Edinburgh to get credit for the set of UNSW courses above. If, for example,
Africa in World Politics is no longer available when the student arrives at Edinburgh, they will
need to get a new match approved with the exact courses that they are doing. If the student
simply changes from Africa in World Politics to another course without getting it approved in a
new set of courses, NONE of the UNSW courses in the set will be transferred.
Using complex matches is more useful for students going to certain universities or countries
but may be used by any student if necessary.
This page will instruct you on how to input a Complex Course Match into endeavour.
Step 1. Make sure you have selected six partner universities in Application > Exchange.
Note: If you decide to change your preferences after you have added courses, simply change the
preferences in the "Application" tab and the courses will remain attached to the university
Step 2. Enter the Faculty(ies) or Department(s) at each university where you are planning to
take courses.
Step 3. Under Courses > Preference 1, click on “Add Course” to add the courses you are
planning to take at your first university preference.
Step 4. Enter the course code, name, and total number of hours for each course you are
adding and then click on “Return”.
Note: If you cannot find the course hours, please estimate at 600 per full time load. i.e., If three
courses are required for a full-time load, then each course will be 200 hours.
Step 5. Once you have entered a full-time load for your Preference 1, it is time to start adding
your complex matches.
Under Courses > Preference 1 click on “Add Match” and then on “Complex”.
Step 6: Select the foreign course or the set of foreign courses that you wish to match.
Under the Courses tab and the Select a set of foreign courses section click on “Add”.
Step 7: Click on the Drop-Down menu to select from the list of foreign courses you added on
Step 3.
Click on the course you wish to use and then click on “Use”.
If you wish to add a set of 2 or more foreign courses, repeat this step to add additional
courses.
Step 8: Under the Find a set of UNSW courses section click on “Add”.
Step 9. Search for a UNSW course or courses to match.
You can repeat this step as many times as necessary to add multiple UNSW courses.
There are three options with instructions below:
a. Specific Course:
• You may need to match your overseas course to a specific UNSW course. This is usually
the case if you need to do core courses overseas.
b. Generic Course:
• You can also match overseas courses to generic UNSW courses.
• These are subjects that are not actually taught at UNSW but that can count towards your
degree requirements.
• For example, COMM6106 corresponds to 6uoc Level 1 in Business. If you have a Level 1
Commerce elective in your degree, you can choose this “dummy” code rather than
matching the overseas course to a specific UNSW course. This will make your course
selection more flexible.
• You can find a list of the generic course codes in the Course Matching Resources
• You can check with your faculty whether a generic code is right for you.
c. General Education:
• If you have space in your degree for General Education, you may be able to take them on
exchange.
• Gen Eds on exchange can be any course that is outside your faculty.
• You do not need to find an equivalent for a general education course that runs here.
Step 9a.1. Under the Specific tab, type in the course code, name, or a keyword in search box.
Click on “Find”.
Step 9a.2. Select the course.
Step 9a.3. On the bottom of the window, click on “Use”.
Step 9b.1. Under the Generic tab, type in the course code, name, or a keyword in search box.
Click on “Find”.
Step 9b.2. Select the course.
Step 9b.3. On the bottom of the window, click on “Use”.
If you wish to add a set of 2 or more UNSW courses, repeat this step to add additional
courses.
Step 9c.1. Under the General Ed tab, review which code is right for you.
Note: All students (except Arts & Media/Humanities & Languages/Social Sciences students)
should use the code GENZ2000. Please disregard the advice on Endeavour as below!
Arts & Media/Humanities & Languages/Social Sciences students will use REGS0603 instead).
Step 9c.1. Under the Specific tab, type in the course code, and click "Find”.
Step 9c.2. Select the course.
Step 9c.3. On the bottom of the window, click on “Use”.
Step 10.
• continue making Simple or Complex matches until you have a full-time load matched.
• we will use your study plan to assess whether you are an eligible applicant for your
exchange preferences.
• your faculty will assess your course matches after you are nominated.