Question on fees for international students in AU?

Question

Hi, there!

I E-mailed an Australian university to get an answer for this question, but I got some unrelated answers two or three times ):

Okay, there is an Associate Degree in Business and Commerce via online studying I could be interested in. The degree encompasses 16 units spread over two years as full time studying. The Web-site for this university states that the "full international fee" is AUD 21,200 . But what do they mean by this? Is this for a full year or for the full degree meaning two years?

The most important consideration for me is knowing the fee per unit. So, if "full fee" means only 1 year, the price per unit is AUD 2,650 (AUD 21,200 divided by 8 units per year). However, if the "full fee" means 2 years, the price per unit is AUD 1,325 (AUD 21,200 divided by 16 units for the whole two years). What of these assumptions is correct?

Thanks very much,

CAL "Makberto"

P.S.: Just for the record and to be as precise as possible: I am talking about Monash, online studying via Internet for a non-Australian (international) and not via traditional brick-and-mortar studying, and this degree is very far from being a Master's since it is an Associate's (Pre-Bachelor). Thanks!

Answer 1

I am a local Australian student and your second assumption sounds right to me, it would probably be for two years because $1,325 per unit sounds about what I pay

Answer 2

It would be AUD21,200 per year i suspect. Universities generally only list the price of the course for that present year, and generally not the full duration. Also, international students are full-fee paying students and pay a higher rate than local full-fee paying students, so, AUD 21200 would probably be per year.

Answer 3

$21,200 is around average for one year of graduate study for an international student.