Are you a Year 10, 11 or 12 student wanting a taste of university life, or simply want to get a head start on your future career?
Head Start is a transition program for Year 10, 11 and 12 students to study first-year uni subjects while still at high school. Join us in university life studying and preparing for your future. Head Start works for you, towards your UniSQ degree. You’ll be expanding your knowledge, developing your academic skills and interacting with university staff and students. Experience all the benefits of student life at UniSQ as well as gain a head start in your career.
What Can I Study?
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Semester 2 2023 |
Semester 3 2022 |
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Aesthetics for Interactive Systems |
Production Management |
Persuasive Communication: Presenting Yourself and Your Ideas |
| Â Editing Lab 1 |
Digital Composition |
Introduction to Creative and Critical Thinking |
| Â Guitar Skills |
Introduction to Creative and Critical Thinking |
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Persuasive Communication: Presenting Yourself and Your Ideas |
Making Theatre History 2 |
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Perspectives in Visual Arts: Movements, Moments and Events |
Introduction to Television Practice |
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Making Theatre History 1: Classic Plays in Context |
Artists and Their Studio Practice |
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Introduction to Radio Production |
Graphic Design and Digital Art Practice |
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Graphic Design and Digital Art Practice |
Motion Design | |
| Location Production 1 | 3D Modelling Studio | |
| Animation Practice | Cinematic Language | |
| Scriptwriting | Musical Contexts: Popular Music | |
| Decoding Music | Sound Design for Production | |
| Popular Songwriting | Innovation in Art, Architecture, New Media and Design | |
| Visual Storytelling | Â |
Student Experience
As a Head Start student you will be given the opportunity to experience University life while still in Years 10, 11 or 12. This program will allow you to work alongside other students and develop your creative art knowledge and skills and practice.
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USQ Music Students – Showcase Performance ‘Something in the Water’
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USQ Theatre Student Performance – Enoch
USQ Television Broadcast Project
USQ Theatre Students – Rehearsal
USQ Visual Arts – Student Experience Ursula de Kretser
Why Choose Head Start?
Save Money
The first course you undertake through the Head Start Program is free. If you choose to undertake additional courses those courses will incur a discount.
Gain QCE Points
For every Head Start course you successfully complete you will receive two points towards your Queensland Certification of Education (QCE).
University Credit
Since every Head Start course is an accredited University unit, if you enrol in a degree following the completion of your secondary studies you will have fewer courses to complete to obtain your degree.
Experience
As you will undertake each Head Start alongside other University students you will develop a greater understanding of how to approach your tertiary studies following graduation while also developing life-long connections with your peers all before completing year 12!
Direct Entry
Completion of a USQ Head Start course will provide the opportunity for direct entry into a related USQ degree (if the degree pre-requisites are met).
Head Start Graduation
Hear from some of our Head Start Graduates about why they chose to complete a USQ Head Start Course. If you would like further information on the program, don’t hesitate to contact us at headstart@unisq.edu.au