UTS strongly supports the right of all people who wish to undertake a course at our university to pursue their goals and achieve their personal potential. We welcome prospective students with disabilities, and students from diverse social, economic and cultural backgrounds.
What are inherent requirements?
An inherent requirement is an academic or non-academic requirement that is essential to the successful completion of a course.
Inherent requirements statements have been developed for UTS courses to support current and prospective students' decision making. These statements specify the inherent requirements of each course for student assessment and progression.
The framework for inherent requirements is based on six groups of tasks that will be required as part of a course:
Legal and Behavioural Requirements;
Communication Tasks – verbal; written; non-verbal;
Knowledge Tasks (Cognitive/Intellectual) – literacy; numeracy; knowledge and information;
Observation Tasks (Sensory) – visual; auditory; tactile;
Practical Tasks (Physical) – gross and fine motor requirements; and
Sustainable Performance.
Inclusive learning environments
UTS is committed to making reasonable adjustments to teaching and learning, assessment, practice experiences and other activities to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or chronic health conditions, can fully participate in their course.
Read more about inherent requirements as they relate to inclusive learning environments.
Inherent requirements directory
While some UTS courses have specific inherent requirements, most courses are grouped by their course area or faculty and have shared inherent requirements.
Expand the sections below to find the inherent requirements statements of each UTS course.
Business
All UTS Business School courses share the same inherent requirements.
Statement: Inherent requirements - UTS Business School (PDF, 305KB)
Communication
| Courses | Statement |
|---|---|
| Bachelor of Communication (excluding Media Arts and Production) | Inherent requirements - Bachelor of Communication (excluding Media Arts and Production) (PDF, 141.02KB) |
Bachelor of Music and Sound Design Bachelor Communication (Media Arts and Production) Bachelor Communication (Journalism) Bachelor of Animation Production | Inherent requirements - Bachelor of Music and Sound Design, B Comm (Media Arts and Production), B Comm (Journalism), B Animation Production (PDF, 136.94KB) |
Design, Architecture and Building
All UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building courses share the same inherent requirements.
Statement: Inherent requirements - DAB (PDF, 142.33KB)
Education
| courses | statement |
|---|---|
| All courses | Inherent requirements - School of Education (PDF, 383.25KB) |
BABEd (Primary and Secondary) Bachelor of Education Futures Master of Teaching in Primary Education MTeach (Primary) Mteach (Secondary) | Inherent requirements - BABEd, BEdMTeach, MTeach (PDF, 2.39MB) |
Graduate Certificate in TESOL and Applied Linguistics Graduate Diploma in TESOL and Applied Linguistics Masters in TESOL and Applied Linguistics | Inherent requirements - TESOL and Applied Linguistics (PDF, 213.74KB) |
Engineering and Information Technology
All UTS Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology courses share the same inherent requirements.
Statement: Inherent requirements - FEIT (PDF, 136.79KB)
Health and Graduate School of Health
Faculty of Health courses
| courses | statement |
|---|---|
Undergraduate - Midwifery Bachelor of Midwifery Bachelor of Midwifery Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation | Inherent requirements - Midwifery UG courses (PDF, 440.91KB) |
| Bachelor of Nursing | Inherent requirements |
| Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology | Inherent requirements – Clinical Exercise Physiology (PDF, 261KB) |
Graduate School of Health courses
| courses | statement |
|---|---|
Bachelor of Psychology Bachelor of Psychology with Bachelor of Criminology Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) Graduate Diploma in Psychology Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced) | Inherent requirements - GSH UG Psychology, OPM, Psychology (PDF, 131.07KB) |
Master of Pharmacy Master of Pharmacy (International) | Inherent requirements - Pharmacy (PDF, 172KB) |
| Master of Orthoptics | Inherent requirements - Orthoptics (PDF, 153KB) |
| Master of Clinical Psychology | Inherent requirements - Clinical Psychology (PDF, 157KB) |
| Master of Physiotherapy | Inherent requirements - Physiotherapy (PDF, 153KB) |
| Master of Genetic Counselling | Inherent requirements - Genetic Counselling (PDF, 167KB) |
| Master of Speech Pathology | Inherent requirements - Speech Pathology (PDF, 172KB) |
International Studies and Social Sciences
| courses | statement |
|---|---|
Bachelor of International Studies Diploma in Languages | Inherent requirements - BIS and Diploma in Languages (PDF, 249.08KB) |
Bachelor of Global Studies Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment Bachelor of Criminology | Inherent requirements - BGlobalStudies, BSus&Env, BCrim (PDF, 216.82KB) |
Law
All UTS Faculty of Law courses share the same inherent requirements.
Statement: Inherent requirements - Faculty of Law (PDF, 156.15 KB)
Science
| courses | statement |
|---|---|
Bachelor of Advanced Science Bachelor of Medical Science Bachelor of Biomedical Science Bachelor of Biotechnology Bachelor of Science with majors in Medical Science, Biomedical Science and Biotechnology Masters of Science Masters of Medical Biotechnology Masters of Biomedical Engineering | Inherent requirements - Medical, Biomedical and Biotechnology Sciences (PDF, 248.07KB) |
Bachelor of Environmental Biology Bachelor of Marine Biology | Inherent requirements - Environmental Sciences (PDF, 219.38KB) |
Transdisciplinary Innovation
All Creative Intelligence and Innovation courses, Analytics and Data Science courses, and other TD School courses share the same inherent requirements.
Statement: Inherent requirements - TD School (PDF, 119.48KB)