Managing your study workload, along with work, family and other commitments can be done with the right planning. Feedback from students has shown that the workload is manageable if you utilise all of the resources available to you and manage your time effectively.

The support options available to you are:

• Your lecturers and tutors are available to help you with any problems you may encounter throughout your subjects and degree
• The online discussion board on my.acap enables you to communicate not only with your lecturers and tutors, but also with the rest of your class. A lot of the time you will find other students are having a similar problem or that another student can answer your question.
• Academic Skills Workshops on our Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne campuses. At these workshops you'll learn important study skills such as essay writing, source acknowledgement and writing reference lists.

Term workload

No matter the mode of study, you will be enrolled in a 12 week term and your learning will be structured around these 12 weeks. Typically there are between two and four assessment tasks due in each module each term.

The study load required depends on the course that you undertake and we recommend the following:

VET courses

The workload for vocational courses varies depending on the module and course being undertaken. We recommend that for each module you undertake a minimum of:

• Three hourse of course work per week based around the learning manual, AND
• Two hours of interactive online activities such as online discussion boards and Flexible Learning Toolbox tasks, AND
• A minimum of one hour of self-study and assessment preparation

For the Bachelor of Applied Social Science and the Graduate Diploma of Counselling we recommend an average of 7.5 hours of study per module per week. This is made up of:

• One 3 hour class (on-campus students), or 3 hours of self directed learning and interaction with your educator and fellow students (flexible delivery students), AND
• A minimum of 4.5 hours per week of self-study, assessment preparation, general research and reading.

For the Master of Applied Social Science we recommend an average of 13 hours of study per module per week. This is made up of:

• One three hour class (on-campus students) or three hours of self-directed learning and interaction with your educator and fellow students (flexible delivery students), AND
• A minimum of 10 hours per week of self-study, assessment preparation and general research.

Bachelor of Psychological Science (BPsychSc)

For each unit of study we recommend an average of nine hours of study per week.

This is made up of:

• One 3 hour class (on-campus), And
• A minimum of 6 hours per week of self-study, assessment preparation, general research and reading.

Graduate Diploma of Psychological Science (GradDipPsychSc)

For each unit of study we recommend an average of nine hours of study per week.

This is made up of:

• One 3 hour class (on-campus), And
• A minimum of 6 hours per week of self-study, assessment preparation, general research and reading.

Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) BPsychSc(Hons))

Graduate Diploma of Psychology (GradDipPsych)