Awards of Credit

  1. The award of credits through APEL.C is in the form of credit transfer where it does not involve the transfer of grades. However, the credits awarded for the course will be counted towards the total credit requirements for graduation.
  2. The maximum percentage of credit transfer is 30% of the total graduating credits of a specific programme of study. This percentage is in addition to the credit transfer provision based on the existing formal credit transfer policy. The maximum credit transfer allowed through APEL.C at the various MQF is illustrated below:

Maximum credit transfer allowed through APEL.C at the various MQF levels.

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3. Credits awarded through APEL.C can be transferred automatically to another programme in UNIMAS if the course for which the credits have been awarded through APEL.C has the same learning outcomes.
4. The credits awarded must be equivalent to the credit value of the course applied for APEL.C. Award of partial credits will not be allowed.
5. Credits awarded for a course are only applicable to the specific course applied for. Credits are not automatically applicable to prerequisites (if any) of the specific course.
6.Assessment for credit award should be carried out separately for each course, for example, Assessment for the Accounting I course should be made separately with Accounting II.
7. APEL.C is applicable for all courses including industrial training and practicum (based on the suitability of the field) except for final year project – based courses and dissertations.
8. For Executive Diploma programmes, the provision of 30 credits based on 3 years’ work experience as prescribed in the Standards: Executive Diploma is to be assessed using the APEL.C instrument.