Tertiary Enabling Program

The Tertiary Enabling Program (TEP) is a free program that helps build your academic skills, knowledge and confidence for studying at university.

TEP is for you if:

it has been a while since you last studied and feel like you now need to refresh your skills;

you did not achieve an adequate Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) or equivalent;

you have not completed other eligible qualifications that meet the minimum entry requirements for most CDU undergraduate courses.

TEP is free for Australian and New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and Humanitarian Visa holders.

You can study on-campus or externally with summer semester study options available.

During the program, you will develop the skills and strategies for managing university life and study.

You will study key areas such as:

computing for tertiary study;

academic language and learning;

foundation maths;

bioscience;

historical and contemporary issues.

Core Units(3 units) - 30cp

Compulsory Core units totalling 30 credit points as detailed below.

TEP021 Computing for Tertiary Education TEP022 Academic Language and Learning TEP023 Foundation Maths

Specialist Elective(1 unit) - 10cp

Specialist Elective unit totalling 10 credit points as detailed below.

TEP025 Bioscience TEP026 Historical and Contemporary Issues

- 40cp

Total Credit Points

To be eligible for the Tertiary Enabling Program (TEP): you must be 18 or over by the census date of the relevant semester. you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen (residing in Australia), permanent resident or Humanitarian Visa holder you must successfully complete an online writing task that will be used to determine your eligibility for entry into the program.