As the September 30 QTAC deadline looms, The University of Queensland has announced it is expanding its range of offerings for 2009 with new Arts and Education programs at the St Lucia campus.
UQ Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) Professor Debbie Terry said many Year 12 and mature-aged students were currently making big decisions about where and when to study next year.
“It’s helpful for students to know that at UQ, you will have access to some of Australia’s best teachers as recognised in Australian Teaching and Learning Council awards.”
Professor Terry said Arts and Education had long been areas of high student demand.
UQ’s new Education programs in 2009 included the four-year Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Bachelor of Education (Middle Years of Schooling).
“Our Primary Education degree allows graduates to teach Prep to year 7, while the Middle Years of Schooling degree focuses on the crucial developmental years 4 – 9,” she said.
“Our well established Secondary Education degrees offer specialised subject areas including Arts, Business Management, Commerce, Music or Science.
“People who already have a degree can become a teacher with just one year of full-time study by enrolling in one of our Graduate Diplomas in Education.”
Professor Terry said UQ also had the State’s largest Arts program and the most comprehensive range of options from which students could choose to suit many different careers.
An attractive UQ initiative for 2009 was the Bachelor of Creative Arts.
“Students enrolling in the Bachelor of Creative Arts can study one of the practice-based majors — Drama, Music, and Writing,” she said.
“They can also study majors in the interpretation of creative works — Art History, English, English Literature, Film and Television Studies, Media Studies and Popular Music.”
Students completing the Bachelor of Creative Arts program will acquire skills in understanding how human beings use art to make meaning.
Professor Terry said Bachelor of Creative Arts graduates developed skills and knowledge specific to the courses they studied but also know how to communicate well, to think critically, and to apply these and other more general skills in many different jobs and careers.
The University offers several dual degrees in Arts and Education, with greater course options in 2009.
For enquiries about UQ programs and applications, please call UQ Student Admissions on (07) 3365 2203 or visit: www.uq.edu.au/study/QTAC or www.uq.edu.au/education or www.uq.edu.au/arts
The UQ Student Recruitment team will be conducting free campus tours during the Queensland and New South Wales mid-semester holidays from Monday, September 22 to Friday, October 10.
The guided tours at the St Lucia and Ipswich campuses will give students a closer look at university life, chance to ask questions, talk to current students and see the facilities first-hand. UQ information packs are provided for all visitors.
Register online at www.uq.edu.au/study/QTAC
Media: Jan King 0413 601 248.