Many of the University's courses can be undertaken on a part-time basis*. If you wish to change to part-time study, the first thing you need to do is to talk to your course coordinator, who will be able to advise which units you should continue studying and which units you will be able to pick up at a later date.
Once you know which units you are going to continue in, make sure you change your enrolment to reflect your new study load by dropping the units that you can do later. This can be done through mySC. To avoid incurring a debt for the units you are not going to be studying, you need to drop these by the census date for that teaching period.
Reducing your study load can impact on your eligibility to continue to receive Centrelink benefits while you study. To be considered a full-time student you must be studying at least 75% of a full-time load – 45 credit points or 0.375 EFTSL in a semester (100% full-time load is 60 credit points or 0.500 EFTSL in a semester). As a general rule, reducing your enrolment from four units to three units will mean no change to your current benefits.
If you would like further information, contact your Student HQ for assistance.
* International students are required to enrol in a full load in order to complete their course within the duration of their visa. In exceptional circumstances a reduced load may be approved, but this may only be done with approval by Student HQ.