Rule SAC057: EFTS value of courses - calculating one year courses exceeding 120 credits

Type:

Rule or condition

When a tertiary education organisation (TEO) delivers a qualification in one year and the credits exceed 120, the TEO must calculate the courses' Equivalent Full-Time Student (EFTS) factors using the total actual credits (not 120).

 

Example:

The following is provided as an example, and is not part of the Rule:

For a qualification with a total of 135 credits and an EFTS value of one unit, the EFTS factors of the courses in the qualification are calculated as:

Courses	Credits	Qualification EFTS value	Course EFTS factor
1	60	1.0	60 / 135 x 1.0 = 0.4444
2	60	1.0	60 / 135 x 1.0 = 0.4444
3	15	1.0	15 / 135 x 1.0 = 0.1111
	Credits = 135		EFTS value = 1.0

If the example qualification had been approved with an EFTS value of 1.125 EFTS (an exception to the 1 EFTS per year limit) the same calculation would be used, but substituting 1.125 EFTS for 1 EFTS.