5Definitions

5 Definitions

In these Guidelines:

accelerator program course has the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

Act means the Social Security Act 1991; articulated course means a course of education (other than an honours course or a masters qualifying course) comprising 2 or more courses of education that, when linked, result in a successful student receiving an award separate from the awards received for the component courses; level for a course, has the same meaning as it has in relation to that course, or in relation to a course of that kind, in subsection 569H (8A) (9), (10), (11) or (12) of the Act, as applicable; long course means a course of education that has a standard minimum length of longer than 1 year, but does not include an honours course or a masters course; masters qualifying course means an intermediate course required to be completed before a person commences study for a masters degree; semester subject means a subject that has a standard minimum length equal to 1 semester; short course means a course of education that has a standard minimum length of less than 1 year, but does not include an honours course, a masters qualifying course or a masters course;

standard minimum length, for a course, means the period of time taken to complete the course by a student who completes successive stages of the course:

(a) without intervals of absence; and

(b) without a study workload higher than the normal amount of full‑time study, within the meaning of subsection 541B(2) of the Act, for the course.

Youth Allowance Activity Agreement means an administrative agreement between a person and the Secretary known as a Youth Allowance Activity Agreement.

Note: A number of terms used in these Guidelines are defined in the Act (see subsection 23(1)), including:

educational institution; and Secretary.