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Information about undergraduate degrees is currently located located in Study at Victoria > Programmes and courses > Undergraduates > Individual degree listings.

  • The ‘Undergraduate degree information’ piece of WIP2 work proposes to research user needs (completed), then review and improve the content on each degree page. Some technical improvements are included in the overall solution.
  • This piece of work does not include postgrad 'degree' information, which should be reviewed when postgrad needs are considered in Phase 3 of WIP2.
Interrelationships
  • This piece of work must be carried out in consultation with the BAU team - and particularly, with reference to IA decisions relevant to the area.
  • Wider conversations have been started to address the difficulties that secondary students have with our terminology: decisions out of that will be highly relevant to this piece of work.
  • This work has WIP2 interrelationships with Topics and Course information.

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  • Undergraduate degree pages are the primary online source of information about each of Victoria’s undergraduate ‘programmes’. They support the work of student liaison officers by advisors by providing prospective undergrad students with understandable information about relevant programmes, enabling the prospective student to select the degree that is most suited to them.
  • In combination with topic pages, undergraduate degree pages aim to increase new enrolments.

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Content

Description

Answers the question:

‘Talk to us’

  1. Get help with degree planning. Contacts for student liaison officer; contacts for faculty advisor. May be in a contact block?
  2. Come to an open day or information evening

How can I get help or advice to work this out?

Intro (description metadata field)

Overview. Short and snappy. No more than 2-3 sentences.160 characters.  

Why would I enrol in this degree?

About the degree

Informational. May include video.

  • What is unique about the degree?
  • How does it
work? Is this a good fit for me? (Explore interests, drivers, motivations, goals
  • work?

Also consider including:

  • Workload/level of expertise required to pass (if relevant) - realistic advice without putting people off. (Talk to school about what to say and how to say it.)
  • Requirements for professional registration
or
  • /affiliation (or
similar) - if relevant
  • cover in 'Further study' section below).
  • Facts about where you can study it (eg, Auckland?), whether it’s available via distance learning.

What are the interesting features of this degree? What do I need to note?

Degree requirements

Duration
Points

Courses (core, mandatory, electives). Needs to show the degree over its duration (not just the first year).

Transferring students: contact us for course planning advice.

Degree examples?

What would I study? What are the course options? How would I put it together?

Degree options

Majors, minors, conjoint, double. May flow on from info above.

Link to ‘Planning your degree’ and other related pages in the section.

What are the options for putting my degree together?

Entry requirements

Notes:

  • Reading about the entry requirements is the ‘next step’ in a typical pathway after reading about the degree requirements and options.
  • Provide detail Detail on entry requirements that are specific to the degree. For general requirements, link to the admissions section in ‘Study at Victoria’. 
  • If there is a selection process into year 2, make this very clear early in the information. Detail the requirements and deadlines. 

Try to also include:

  • Useful school subjectsRealistic advice about workload and difficulty - without ‘putting people off’
  • Recommended preparation (if relevant). What pre-work could I do?
 


Links

  • Admissions section in ‘Study at Victoria’. Make sure they can access info on deadlines for applying.

What are the entry requirements?

Other content areas

Is this a good option for me? Human aspect of the decision. Eg: You might be interested in this if you enjoyed xxx subjects at school / like these activities / think in this way / have this learning style / are this type of person (eg, want to make a difference to others). Link to careers info (or bring some careers info in here

?

)
  • Facts about where you can study it, whether it’s available via distance learning etc.

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    Further study

    • Postgrad options (or may be links)
    • Specific mention of any PG study needed to become professionally registered or similar.

     

     

    Marketing contentThe pages are primarily informational. However, they may include small amounts of marketing content, such as short student testimonials or snippets from future degree marketing campaigns. This is optional. 

    Call to action / big links

    Talk to us (see contact block above) - includes come to an open day or info evening

    Apply/enrol

     

    Secondary links

    Scholarships

    Fees

    Areas Explore areas of study and related careers (pathway back link to Topics)

     

     

     

    Content approach

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