Choosing Main and Sub-Courses and Planning Your Studies

How main and sub-courses are selected

The supplied 2026 guidance includes the following selection patterns. In one version, students select one main course from the Science academic group and one sub-course from the Science academic group or another academic group. Another 2026 statement specifies one sub-course from the Information System Design academic group or another academic group. The supplied information does not establish which of these sub-course descriptions applies in every case.

For the Mechanical Engineering academic group, students select one main course from the Mechanical Engineering academic group and one sub-course from the Mechanical Engineering academic group or another academic group.

For the 2025 guidance concerning the Architecture and Urban Environment academic group, students select one main course from that academic group and one sub-course from that academic group or another academic group. A separate 2025 statement says that one academic group and one sub-course from the Information System Design academic group or another academic group are selected; the available page fragment does not identify the target of the first selection.

Planning courses in the Mechanical Engineering model

In the 2026 Mechanical Engineering curriculum model, students decide their main and sub-courses when they enter the second year. Plan your courses by comparing the subject groups in the course allocation table, the course codes attached to specialist courses, and the progression requirements table. The course code on a specialist course indicates the course to which it belongs.

Planning courses in the Electronic and Information Engineering model

In the 2026 Electronic and Information Engineering curriculum model, students decide their main and sub-courses when they enter the second year. Subjects offered by the academic group are classified as common academic-group subjects or specialist course subjects. Specialist course subjects carry a course code indicating the course to which they belong. Use the course allocation table and the progression requirements table when planning your courses.

Planning courses in the 2025 Mechanical Engineering model

In the 2025 Mechanical Engineering curriculum model, students decide their main and sub-courses when they enter the second year. Subjects offered by the academic group are classified as common academic-group subjects or specialist course subjects, and specialist course subjects carry a course code indicating the course to which they belong. Plan your courses by referring to the subject groups in the course allocation table and the progression requirements table.