Undergraduate Certificate of Spatial Science Fundamentals (UCCS) - UCertSpatScFun
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Start: | Semester 1 (February) Semester 2 (July) |
Fees: | Commonwealth supported place |
Standard duration: | 0.5 year full-time |
Program articulation: | To: ; Diploma of 精东传媒app Studies; Associate Degree of Spatial Science ; Bachelor of Spatial Science Technology; Bachelor of Spatial Science (Honours) |
Contact us
Future Australian and New Zealand students | Current students |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 269 500 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315 Email: study@usq.edu.au |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285 Email usq.support@usq.edu.au |
Program aims
This program is designed for people interested in pursuing a career as a surveyor or geospatial scientist. Students will build foundational knowledge across the broader discipline skills of surveying, digital mapping, satellite positioning, problem solving and mathematics.
Program objectives
On successful completion of this program graduates should be able to:
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utilise foundation knowledge, skills and competencies in engineering
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reflect on the nature of award-level study
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use effective communication and interpersonal skills
Australian Qualifications Framework
The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a single national, comprehensive system of qualifications offered by higher education institutions (including universities), vocational education and training institutions and secondary schools. Each AQF qualification has a set of descriptors which define the type and complexity of knowledge, skills and application of knowledge and skills that a graduate who has been awarded that qualification has attained, and the typical volume of learning associated with that qualification type.
This program is at AQF Qualification Level 05. Graduates at this level will have specialised knowledge and skills for skilled/paraprofessional work and/or further learning.
The full set of levels criteria and qualification type descriptors can be found by visiting .
Program Information Set
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:
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Admission into this short program is available to eligible Commonwealth Supported applicants, who are aged 17 years or over. USQ assumes your knowledge is equivalent to senior high school English (Units 3 & 4, C).
Program fees
Commonwealth supported place
A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of a students' higher education and students pay a , which varies depending on the courses undertaken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called .
Program structure
Students must successfully complete four compulsory core courses before they are able to graduate with the Undergraduate Certificate of Spatial Science Fundamentals.
Core courses
There are four compulsory courses:
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# | Enrolment involves the completion of an online diagnostic test to determine the appropriate mathematics course |
IT requirements
Access to an up-to-date computer is necessary. On-campus students can access appropriately equipped laboratories, but should consider acquisition of their own computer. Students should be able to access a computer with the following . All students should have access to email and the Internet via a computer running the latest versions of Internet web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. The 精东传媒app has a wireless network for on-campus students' computers. In order to take advantage of this facility and further enhance their on-campus learning environment, students should consider purchasing a notebook/laptop computer with wireless connectivity. Specialist software is required for some courses.
Articulation
Successful completion of this program will enable four courses of credit towards the Diploma of 精东传媒app Studies . It will also provide entry to, and up to four courses credit towards the Associate Degree of Spatial Science and enable students to progress to the Bachelor of Spatial Science Technology or Bachelor of Spatial Science (Honours).
Recommended enrolment pattern
Recommended enrolment pattern
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
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# | Enrolment involves the completion of an online diagnostic test to determine the appropriate mathematics course |