University Preparation Course
Year 11/12 and Year 12 Programs
Our school has partnered with Edith Cowan University (ECU) to offer students a university pathway through the UniPrep Schools Program. It is offered to our Year 11 students to complete over two years, and to our Year 12 students to complete in their final year of senior school.
The UniPrep Schools Program contains four academically-rigorous units:
- Future Ready Skills;
- Academic Literacies;
- Society and Cultural Studies; and
- Mathematics
Students complete all four units over two years (in Years 11 and 12) or in one year (Year 12). On successful completion of those units and graduation, students can then apply for most of ECU’s undergraduate degrees (excluding courses with specialist entry requirements).
This Program complements other senior school studies by helping students to further develop their academic skills and integrates university experiences, including attending tailored open days at ECU.
UniPrep Schools is an endorsed program that provides up to one-unit equivalent (C grade) for each of the four units successfully completed. It offers a skills-focused university pathway that prepares students for the requirements of undertaking a university degree.
Future Ready Skills
University students require a broad range of communication, study, digital technology, and independent learning skills. In this unit, students will learn professional and academic skills that will support their current and future studies. This unit promotes independent and collaborative learning techniques designed to prepare students for successful undergraduate level study.
Academic Literacies
This unit develops strong academic reading, research and writing skills, which are essential for students commencing their undergraduate studies at university. Students are introduced to academic writing through a step-by-step process, with a focus on sentence, paragraph, and essay structures, leading to the completion of an academic essay. Students will learn how to plan and structure an essay by analysing an essay question; critically evaluating and appropriately citing sources of information; actively reading academic literature; and using paraphrasing, summarising and synthesising skills to integrate the ideas of other authors into their own texts.
Society and Cultural Studies
Study within the humanities aims to create an understanding of what it means to be human in today’s society by developing awareness of culture, society and personal identity. This unit introduces key concepts within the humanities and provides a framework for students proceeding to undergraduate courses which include studies in the humanities. Students are required to select and complete an essay in a field of academic study in the humanities best suited to their intended undergraduate course.
Mathematics
This unit provides a foundation for students to demonstrate the basic mathematical concepts and techniques required for study at university (excluding undergraduate degrees that have specific mathematics prerequisite). The focus is on applying these concepts and techniques to develop problem solving skills applicable to everyday life.
