| Prefix | Discipline | School | 
| ANY | Anthropology | School of Political and Social Inquiry | 
| APY | Psychology (Caulfield) | Department of Psychology - Science Faculty | 
| ARY | Archaeology | School of History and Women's Studies | 
| ASN | Asian studies | School of Asian Languages and Studies | 
| AUS | Australian studies | School of Political and Social Inquiry | 
| BHS | Behavioural Studies | School of Public Policy | 
| CHI | Chinese | School of Asian Languages and Studies | 
| CLS | Comparative literature/ cultural studies | School of Literary, Visual and Cultural Studies | 
| COS | Comparative societies | School of Political and Social Inquiry | 
| CRT | Critical theory | School of Literary, Visual and Cultural Studies | 
| DTS | Drama and theatre studies | School of Performance Studies | 
| EIU | English in use | School of Literary, Visual and Cultural Studies | 
| ENH | English literature | School of Literary, Visual and Cultural Studies | 
| EUR | European studies | School of European Languages and Cultures | 
| FRN | French studies | School of European Languages and Cultures | 
| GES | Geography and environmental science | School of Geography and Environmental Science | 
| GRN | German | School of European Languages and Cultures | 
| GSC | This prefix is used for all subjects offered by the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences at the Gippsland campus - regardless of discipline | School of Humanities Communications and Social Sciences - Gippsland | 
| HSY | History | School of History and Women's Studies | 
| INM | Indonesian | School of Asian Languages and Studies | 
| INS | Indonesian studies | School of Asian Languages and Studies | 
| INT | International studies | School of Political and Social Inquiry/School of History and Women's Studies/School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences | 
| ITA | Italian studies | School of European Languages and Cultures | 
| JPL | Japanese | School of Asian Languages and Studies | 
| JPS | Japanese studies | School of Asian Languages and Studies | 
| JWC | Jewish civilisation/Hebrew | School of History and Women's Studies | 
| KOR | Korean | School of Asian Languages and Studies | 
| KOS | Korean studies | School of Asian Languages and Studies | 
| KRS | Koorie studies | See page 4 | 
| LIN | Linguistics | School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Bioethics | 
| MGR | Modern Greek | School of European Languages and Cultures | 
| MUS | Music | School of Performance Studies | 
| PCE | Police studies | School of Public Policy | 
| PCY | Policy studies | School of Public Policy | 
| PER | Performing arts | School of Performance Studies | 
| PHL | Philosophy | School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Bioethics | 
| PLT | Politics | School of Political and Social Inquiry | 
| PSY | Psychology (Clayton) | Department of Psychology - Science Faculty | 
| RLT | Religion and theology | School of History and Women's Studies | 
| RSS | Russian studies | School of European Languages and Culture | 
| RUS | Russian | School of European Languages and Cultures | 
| SCY | Sociology | School of Political and Social Inquiry | 
| SLA | Polish studies/Slavic studies | School of European Languages and Cultures | 
| SPN | Spanish/Hispanic studies | School of European Languages and Cultures | 
| SWK | Social work | School of Public Policy | 
| THS | Thai studies | School of Asian Languages and Studies | 
| UKR | Ukrainian | School of European Languages and Cultures | 
| VSA | Visual arts | School of Literary, Visual and Cultural Studies | 
| WEL | Human services | School of Public Policy | 
| WMN | Women's studies | School of History and Women's Studies |