Users of this policy need to be aware of the Trade Practices Act which can be found at:
http://www.legal.murdoch.edu.au/common/tradepractices.html

1.

It is in the University's interest to ensure that its undergraduate offerings (majors and minors) are both academically coherent and distinct.

2.

This means that two majors or two minors should specify their structures, allowing for the exercise of choice among course electives, to ensure that the minimum difference between each major/minor complies with policy.

Major:

In undergraduate level courses, a major is a prescribed, academically coherent grouping of units approved by Academic Council, and which prescribes at least 24 Part II points and at most 12 Part I points. Specific approval must be granted by Academic Council to prescribe more than 12 Part I points). A primary major is the major associated with the course.

Where units can be counted towards the requirements of two majors, the structure (core units plus specified elective units) at Part II level must ensure that at least 12 Part II points from each major cannot be counted towards the other, assuming that the choice of specified elective units has minimised this difference.

A Faculty can put forward a case to Academic Council to argue that two or more of its majors meet the principle of academic coherence and distinctiveness while being less than 12 points different.

To ensure maximum transparency for students, in the case where a major either does or may (depending upon the choice of electives) include too few points of difference for a student to complete a double major with one or more other majors then students must be advised in the text of the Handbook description and other publicity that they are not allowed to enrol in the double major.

Minor:

In undergraduate-level courses, a minor is a prescribed, academically coherent grouping of units that requires completion of fewer points than a major. A minor can be within or outside the area of a student's major and has the purpose of specialisation or diversification.

A minor has a points value of between 11 and 19 points, including no more than 9 Part I points and at least 8 Part II points. At least 6 Part II points of a minor cannot be counted towards a major or another minor.