Australian Correspondence School
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Contact Person: Administration
Postal Address: PO Box 2092
Nerang MC, QLD 4211
Street Address: Space 209, Eastside Building, 232 Robina Town Centre Drive, Queensland 4226 (Entrance off Waterfront Building). Appointment required if visiting.
Phone: 07 55621088
Fax: 07 55621099
Email: admin@acs.edu.au
Website: http://www.acs.edu.au
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Industry Category
Distance Education
Other
University/Higher Education
Vocational Education & Training
Qualifications offered
Career Development / Leisure Studies
Certificates I - IV
Diploma / Advanced Diploma
Vocational Areas
Business
Community Services
Complementary Health
General Education
Health and Fitness
Horticulture
Hospitality
Information Technology
Rural Industries
The Arts
Tourism
Short Courses
Business
English Language
Hospitality
Information Technology & Computer Skills
Sport
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Introduction: ACS offers practical education by self paced correspondence study, emphasising what is relevant to "real life". Courses cater for the hobbyist through to advanced diploma level. ACS offers outstanding student support services via phone, email etc. Students are our priority.
Our pollicies and procedures are aimed at providing each student with the best possible education available at their chosen level. We make every attempt to assist students quickly and appropriately so they can successfully pursue their studies and achieve their goals.
History/Special Features: Education Philosophy
We believe that by providing a different education to mainsatream vocational colleges and universities, we are able to differentiate our graduates and give them real life advantages over graduates from more traditional institutions.
These differences however must be (and are) persued without compromising academic excellence in any way whatsoever.
In principle we tend to favour experiential learning and problem based learning rather than CBT (Competency Based Training).
We believe learning is more important than assessment. For us, assessment should be provided more to enhance the learning experience, and less to rank students,
More Than a School
The school and its tutors have always been active in industry. We believe strongly that maintaining an awareness of current information and trends enables us to keep our course notes and services to students up to date and relevant. When you study with this school you are learning from people who are doing what you are studying on a daily basis.
Staff come from varied backgrounds: with both teaching and hands on vocational experience (including ex university, vocational college and training staff; research academics, etc). Courses cover e learning or traditional studies; flexible education options for career (jobs), self improvement, professional development, life skills or general adult education.
Location: Studies can be carried out any where in the world at the privacy of the students own home.
ACS provides the highest level of support possible. Students can:
-Talk directly with tutors by phone.
-Fax or email questions and quickly receive a phone call, email or fax back.
-Access additional notes whenever needed from an educational database of more than 350,000 pages and 15 million words.
-Borrow videos (free if you pick them up, a small handling charge via mail in Australia).
-Visit our office to use the library or make an appointment with a tutor.
-Use the mail order bookshop to get a wide range of excellent books.
-A unique 'students only' website that includes a chatroom, forums, student directory, assignment submissions and more
Student Numbers & Staff: Approx 3500 students currently and 45 staff members.
A key philosophy of the school, since its establishment, has been that tutors should not only be tertiary qualified, but also actively working in the industry. This allows the student to gain the benefits of the tutors "professional" experiences and up-to-date knowledge of their industry. All tutors:
-Hold a tertiary qualification (diploma or degree).
-Have a minimum of 5 years of industry experience.
-Hold an appropriate training skills qualification.
-Are still working in industry (at least part time).
Faculties/Fields of Study: *Agriculture courses *Permaculture, Organics and self sufficency *General Horticulture *Home gardening *Amenity Horticulture (Nursey, Sports turf management, Landscaping) *Production Horticulture (Propagation, Hydroponics, Crops etc) *Specialist plant courses (Herbs, Roses, Proteas etc) *Environmental Studies (Marine Studies, Ecology, Ecotourisim) *Hospitality and Tourisim * Recreation, Health & Fitnes *Psychology & Counselling * Computing / Information Technology *Business, Management & Marketing *Writing and communications *Education and research (Train the trainer, instructional skills, research projects) *Photography *Online Training - www.acseduonline.com *
Check out our courses online http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/default.aspx
Short Courses: Agriculture, Horticulture, Business, Management, Marketing, Health Science, Psychology, Counselling, IT, Environment, Bookkeeping, Financial, Fitness and Leisure, Arts, Media, Writing, Photography, Hospitality, Sales, Journalism, Pet Care, Nutrition, Web Design,
For Horticulture short courses, check http://www.hortcourses.com/courses/product_listings.aspx?catid=Short+Courses
English Language Courses: We do not provide English Language courses.
Admission Requirements: Entry requirement is as follows:
-Short courses (ie: Any course below 150hrs duration) - Anyone can enrol, there are no formal pre-requisites, though year 10 or equivilent is preferable in most instances
-Certificates & Advanced Certificates - See each course, usually Year 10, 11 or equivalent, or mature age
-Diplomas & Advanced Diplomas - Year 12 or Mature age.
Enrolment Procedures: Enrol online at www.acs.edu.au or contact the school for an enrolment form to be sent with our FREE 88 page handbook - anywhere in the world.
Tuition Fees: INTRODUCTION
There are two easy ways to enrol in any of our courses:
Option 1 - Enrol through our online Shopping Cart
With each course description, you will find an 'Enrol Now' box.. This will display all of the payment plans and learning methods available for the course; just follow the prompts to enrol. To view courses, have a look at our Course List.
Option 2 - Enrol via Post, Fax or E-mail
To find out the current fees and how to enrol for any ACS Distance Education course do the following:
Note the course code listed at the end of the course you are interested in (this will be either S1, S2, S3, S4, CT, AC, PA, DI or AD). For advice on course planning, please contact the school.
Look up that particular course code in the Fees Schedule and decide which Payment Plan suits you best.
To enrol via Post or Fax: Print off and fill in the enrolment form (enrolment form download) and send it to the school with your payment.
To enrol via secure submission: the enrolment form is available in an online format, where you fill in the details and submit them to ACS through a 128-bit SSL secured connection. To access the online enrolment form, click here.
Payment should either be in full, or as a part payment as set out in the Fee Schedule. Fees can be paid by Cheque, Money Order, Visa, Bankcard, Mastercard, American Express, or direct bank transfer (email the school for more details).
No graduate tax applies to our courses as we are a privately run college.
http://www.acs.edu.au/enrolment/fees.aspx
Accomodation Facilities & Costs: We do not provide any accomodation. Students enrol for our courses via distance education and study at their own home
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