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| Students will be tutored by UNSW academic Richard Buckland (http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2007/oct/Buckland.html). | Students will be tutored by UNSW academic Richard Buckland (http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2007/oct/Buckland.html). The course is designed to be stimulating, challenging, and lots of fun. |
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| This course is not an HSC subject substitution, but a genuine university computing course with the same content, assignments, and exam as taken by first-year Computing, Science, and Engineering students at UNSW. Students who subsequently enrol in a UNSW degree will receive formal credit for the course. | This course is not an HSC subject substitution, but a genuine university computing course with the same content, assignments, and exam as taken by first-year Computing, Science, and Engineering students at UNSW. Students who subsequently enrol in a UNSW degree will receive credit for the course. |
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## rebecca dam industrial arts head teacher ## andrew fuller mathematics ## brian webb science |
UNSW High School Computing
Subject - University Computing Course for High School Students
To - Mathematics Head Teacher, Computing Head Teacher, Director of Studies
Do you have an outstanding student with a strong interest in computing or mathematics?
In 2009 UNSW is offering a first-year university level course in computing for talented high school students. Students will be tutored by UNSW academic Richard Buckland (http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2007/oct/Buckland.html). The course is designed to be stimulating, challenging, and lots of fun.
This course is not an HSC subject substitution, but a genuine university computing course with the same content, assignments, and exam as taken by first-year Computing, Science, and Engineering students at UNSW. Students who subsequently enrol in a UNSW degree will receive credit for the course.
Details:
- For students in Year 11 in 2009 (Year 10 and 12 applications will be considered if there are sufficient places and HSC studies allow the time)
- No previous programming experience is required, mathematical insight is useful.
- UNSW does not charge fees for this course. Any associated costs will not be covered by UNSW (transport to/from UNSW, etc). Students who do not have access to a computer at home will be given access to UNSW computers.
- Students attend weekly tutorial classes at UNSW, held Wednesday 4:30-7:00pm on the dates below.
Lectures will be viewed weekly via YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/unswelearning) or iTunes.
- Students who obtain 85 or higher in the course automatically qualify for the elite computing program on entry to UNSW.
- Passing this course is regarded as strong evidence of aptitude for those intending to apply for UNSW entry via the FEAS interview process.
- Guardian's permission must be obtained. UNSW will not be responsible for the students outside of class time and have limited liability during class time.
- Other UNSW policies apply (rules about cheating, copying assignments, etc)
To Apply: Email Brad Hall (bradh@cse.unsw.edu.au) with: Name: Email: Mobile: A one paragraph reference from your current or former mathematics teacher: A short statement (less than 200 words) on why you want to take this course:
Provisional Class dates (held at UNSW): March 11th March 18th March 25th April 1st April 8th April 22nd April 29th May 6th May 13th May 20th May 27th June 3rd