investigated study progress in different higher education disciplines in terms of the approach to curriculum organisation. Her study findings indicated that measures that affect student planning behaviour, such as a pre-set degree structure, frequent examinations and a limited number of elective courses, have a positive effect on student progression in higher education (Jansen 2004, 427). This finding is also supported by a similar study on engineering students that argued that it is possible to improve students’ study progress through more efficient curriculum organisation