OPEN ACCESS COLLEGE Domestic enabling programs offered by USQ Open Access College Tertiary Preparation Program (TPP) – open to all Tertiary Preparation for People of NESB/CALD (English for Academic Purposes Program (EAPP)) Tertiary Preparation Program Intensive Pathway (TPPIP) – restricted to Year 12 secondary school leavers
OPEN ACCESS COLLEGE Tertiary Preparation Program (TPP) Modes of offering: Distance education Online CD Print (rapidly becoming the exceptional mode) On-campus Fraser Coast/Maryborough Springfield/Ipswich Stanthorpe (QCWT) Toowoomba Correctional centres throughout Australia
CORE COMPONENT career guidance + study-management skills + communication skills + maths skills Tertiary Preparation Program (TPP) Content & Structure OPTIONAL COURSESL advanced maths (3 courses) humanities (under development) general science preparatory physics PRELIMINARY COURSES (if needed)
OPEN ACCESS COLLEGE Tertiary Preparation Program (TPP) Pathway Entry requirements - minimum age 18 years Core courses successfully completed (+ advanced maths course(s) if required by Faculty) Direct entry to USQ undergraduate program
OPEN ACCESS COLLEGE Tertiary Preparation for People of NESB/ CALD Background (EAP) Mode of offering: On-campus at Toowoomba Structure & Content: English for Academic Purposes Program (EAPP) Studying at University Academic English Skills Communication Processes Applied Communications (Mathematics) (3 levels if required)
OPEN ACCESS COLLEGE Tertiary Preparation Program Intensive Pathway (TPPIP) Mode of offering Distance education + Two Intensive Residential Schools Online + Print + 2 X two week residential schools (December and January) Roll out of Program 2012/13 – 25 students (Toowoomba campus only) 2013/14 – 45 students (Toowoomba campus only) 2014/15 – target 180 students (Toowoomba; Fraser Coast/Maryborough; Springfield/Ipswich)
OPEN ACCESS COLLEGE Tertiary Preparation Program Intensive Pathway (TPPIP) Pathway Entry requirements – secondary students completing year 12; non-OP eligible or unlikely to achieve OP score for QTAC entry to University Successful completion of TPP core course + maths course (+ advanced TPP maths course(s) if required by Faculty) Direct entry to USQ undergraduate program
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