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This is not a course guide It doesn’t have lots of detail on credit points or academic units.

It doesn’t talk about semesters. Not because they’re not important, but because degrees are only part of what we do. A degree won’t make you successful, or a better person. It won’t even get you a job. Studying here, you’ll learn how to do these things for yourself. Because a UOW education will start conversations. It will help you figure out what to do in tough situations. It will connect you with people who care about the same things as you, people you can learn from and call your friends.

So this is not a course guide.

This is uow

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CONTENTS 4 DO WHAT YOU LOVE 16 CAMPUS LIFE

32 WOLLONGONG

34 UNI TOWN 36 ON A SHOESTRING 37 TRANSPORT

7 VITAL STATS 8 DD/MM/YY

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DIFFERENT IS HOW WE WORK BEST EXCHANGE COUNTER CULTURE LIVE / PLAY / UNWIND

WINNING AT UOW MEANS Doing better than you did yesterday.

UOW was the highest-performing public university in Australia overall for ‘domestic graduates’ in the independent Good Universities Guide 2012.

HHHHH Domestic Graduates: Generic Skills HHHHH Domestic Graduates: Overall Satisfaction HHHHH Domestic Graduates: Teaching Quality HHHHH Staff Qualifications HHHH Staff-Student Ratios Results like these are great. We love to have our hard work acknowledged—but honestly, we’d be doing what we’re doing anyway.

We’re not after ‘good’. We’re not even after ‘best’. At UOW, we do better: better than last year, better than we did before.

And we’ll keep doing that forever.

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40 CAUSE AND EFFECT G

48 STUDY OPTIONS 50 CUSTOM FIT 52 COURSE OFFERINGS

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1.do what you love 2.work hard Everything else is details

The whole world is in front of you AT UOW

Only You can decide what matters

28,673 476

103,075 1,500

total student enrolment (2011)

degrees on offer

UOW Alumni

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subjects

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people working out every day

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double degree combinations

partner universities for international exchange

litres of water in the UOW Olympic swimming pool

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450

split of men to women on-campus

of students indicated that they would recommend UOW in 2011

UOW students went on study abroad or exchange in 2011

size of UOW City to Surf team in 2011

All these little pieces come together to make UOW what it is. In 60 years we grew from a small technical college serving local needs to an international research and teaching university, and we’re growing. These days, we’re proud to say we’ve got a lot going on, but you won’t be a number. People will know your name.

Not because there’s no crowd to get lost in. Fact is, you’ll be starting the year with 11,000 other students. You’ll be here with people following a passion, paving the way for their careers, turning talent into results. That’s the UOW way.

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kilometres to UOW in Dubai

people on trains to UOW everyday

UOW founded

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kilometres to Sydney Opera House as the bird flies

UOW people catch a free bus every day

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free shuttle services to North Wollongong station each weekday

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amount that 400 cars pay for parking under the car pooling initiative

year you start at UOW

Good things don’t come easy.

At UOW we do what it takes to get results, and we’re doing amazing things.

It takes a lot to make a difference. Being sharp enough to catch breaking news every day. Being focused enough to see research through to results that are still ten years away.

Being organised enough to spend 12 months working in a team to build something incredible. Our students and graduates are pushing for their very best, 24/7.

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Andrew Moon Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of Arts Producer, ABC News 24 2011 was a huge year for world news.

Devastating tsunamis hit Japan. Floods ravaged Queensland. Libya went through a dramatic upheaval.

UOW graduate Andrew Moon works as a producer at ABC News 24’s Sydney Newsroom covering these stories round the clock every day.

“Each day the content is so different, and that’s what I love about this job. Today for instance, the carbon tax bill was passed through senate and Dr Conrad Murray was convicted of Michael Jackson’s death,” he says. “It was a huge news day.”

Navigating this kind of news environment requires someone who can think quickly and deliver results—the kind of skills you don’t get in a classroom.

“I really feel that the practical experience I got while I was doing my Bachelor of Journalism at UOW set me up to adapt here quickly. In a newsroom there is no idle time, so it was critical to hit the ground running.

Each day the content is so different, and that’s what I love about this job.

“For me the other standout was the connections I made while I was at UOW and also doing internships. Networks are invaluable in this job.”

5am – 6am Review news feeds, wire services

6am production meeting

7am – 10am Writing & researching news content

2pm morning bulletins finish, start planning for tomorrow

10am on air from our sydney studio

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powertrain team engine, drivetrain components

after all the effort put into the design, the final month is when you get to see it work.

electrical team emS, circuitry

f-sae racing team It takes a year of hard work to make a race car from scratch. But UOW Formula SAE team leader Matthew Gollasch says it’s people, not parts, that win races.

Every year, UOW students form a team to enter the Formula SAE racing competition, a global challenge that sees teams of engineers from all over the world build and drive a race car.

The UOW team has ranked in the top 10 for the last six years.

Suspension team Develop links, springs.

The project is run entirely by students, and not just mechanical engineers.

Anyone can contribute. They form sub-teams responsible for individual systems in the car: engine, suspension, brakes, body.

Every part is individually tested as it’s being manufactured, to ensure it will make the best contribution to the car. At the end of the year, in the final month before the race, it’s time for track testing, when the complete car is driven for the first time.

It’s an exciting time for Matthew.

“You put all this effort into the design, and you get to see it work.”

At that point, Matthew says teamwork is the big difference.

“Ultimately, a good team will make a good car. After all,” he adds, “you only get out what you put in.”

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It’s going to help people.

That’s what drives you to keep going.

Nanotechnology: Integrated hearing aids / Artificial muscles / Ultra-precise drug delivery robots / Implantable batteries

Willo grossE Bachelor of Nanotechnology Advanced Nanotechnology is a field of science that has brought us inventions such as the cochlear implant, a machine that has given people with impaired hearing the ability to understand speech.

Or what PhD candidate Willo Grosse is working on: an implanted battery that runs on the glucose in your blood. The charge it will generate is tiny, but Willo hopes it will be enough to power small devices like a pacemaker—forever.

This kind of research takes patience and perseverance, though. It will be years before a battery is ready to be implanted in a patient, and it needs the contribution of dozens of scientists like Willo.

“It’s going to help people. That’s what drives you to keep going.”

Willo has the support of her supervisor, Laureate Fellow Dr Gordon Wallace, a world leader in polymer technologies, and she is working in UOW’s new labs in North Wollongong. So she has reason to be upbeat about the future of the tiny technologies she’s helping build.

In her words, “it’s going to be huge.”

Biogels for contact lenses / Wireless medical sensors

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MAKE THE MOST connect: campus life

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Different is how we work best During and after your degree, UOW gives you opportunities to reach out to the world, across barriers of difference, distance or culture. We’ve built a community of people from all over the world and all walks of life and we’re working together to see real change.

Anita Quinn Bachelor of CommuNication and Media Studies – BACHELOR OF ARTS

Third-year politics student Anita travelled across the world and ended up confronting a problem on her own doorstep.

She went on exchange to University of Siena, Italy, at the end of her second year over summer. An avid student of politics, she found her time there fascinating. But what she also found in Italy was a country in financial dire straits, with high unemployment.

“There were huge gaps in the quality of education, and the opportunities people had.”

When she came back, Anita saw parallels with what was happening in Italy and what was happening in Australian schools. Five years ago, 86% of non-Indigenous students who started high school finished Year 12.

Only 45% of Indigenous students achieved the same.

That’s where AIME, the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience comes in, with the goal of improving education outcomes for Indigenous students.

Anita signed up, to work one-on-one with an Indigenous high school student, a process Anita found personally very rewarding.

“It was great to be doing something real, something that wasn’t big rhetoric.”

AIME works, too. In 2010, the percentage of kids in AIME who progressed from Year 9 all the way to university was eight times higher than the national average.

And it has paid dividends for Anita. She’s using the insight she gained through AIME to help pursue her goal of working in international political media. She will be working at ABC news when she graduates.

As someone who, in her words, “grew up with the ABC and SBS”, she already feels like she’s found a home. www.aimementoring.com

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MorRell Ng BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (AccountANCY)

Laura Casaceli BACHELOR OF COMMERCE / Bachelor of CommuNication and Media Studies

Laura and Morrell are part of a global community coming together to help people in Wollongong.

Laura Casaceli is a second-year commerce and communications student from Cronulla, Australia. She has pursued every chance to travel and gain experience with humanitarian organisations.

“I love education and travel. It really helps me understand people,” she says.

“My goal is to work for Amnesty in women’s rights.”

Next year on exchange to Long Beach, USA, she plans to work with Invisible Children, an organisation working to stop recruitment of child soldiers in Uganda.

Morell Ng from Hong Kong is studying accountancy and wants to put those skills to work in a non-profit organisation. Leaving his comfort zone and studying in Australia was a way to make connections with people.

“I wanted a challenge, a way to meet new people and learn to work with them,” he says. “My dream job is to create a team of people who will work on environmental sustainability.”

Through a UOW leadership program, they each volunteered to work with SCARF, an Illawarra organisation that welcomes refugee families to Australia and supports them.

SCARF is working with over 140 families in the Illawarra, many of them from Burma and six African nations. Some families have spent 15 or 20 years living in refugee camps, and they arrive with no support networks—the kind we take for granted. So SCARF also runs events to help migrants build up new social networks, like the family fun day Laura and Morrell helped organise.

At UOW we’re pursuing big goals together: protecting the environment, breaking the poverty cycle, giving everyone equal chance for health and happiness. And we’re bringing together the best, brightest and most different minds we can find to do it. unicentre.uow.edu.au/getinvolved

Michael O’Halloran Bachelor OF SCIENCE (POPULATION HEALTH)

Michael is bringing health care to the remote north of Australia, on a journey he started in UOW’s rural health club SHARP.

Michael works for the Katherine West Health Board, an Aboriginal community controlled health service. The board is the sole provider of clinical, emergency and preventative health care to mostly Indigenous people over a 162,000-square-kilometre region on the western side of the Northern Territory.

He traces this career back to his days in UOW’s rural health club, SHARP. Through the club he got involved in activities that complemented his studies in Indigenous health, including a visit to Indigenous festivals in Dubbo and Moruya.

“That festival really was the clincher for me,” recalls Michael. “There would have been more than 1,000 kids running around there, performing on stage and coming to our booth.”

“It occurred to me that many of those children would die a lot earlier than they should in a wealthy country like Australia,” Michael says, referring to the 10year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Michael has joined the ranks of people determined to address this problem.

Given the number of people affected and the extent of the changes needed to help them, Michael’s advice to anyone who would follow him is encouragingly simple.

“Health work up here is more than a job. The people you’re dealing with are your next door neighbours, the people you see in the shops and walking down the street.

“Get to know people, become active in the community. That’s when you really get to experience Australia.” www.uow.edu.au/health/sharp

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over 120 partner universities.

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Boulder, Colorado in the USA enjoys over 220cm of snowfall a year. Wollongong offers over 220 days of sunshine.

That’s not all that’s keeping psychology student Loretta Howell here, however. “I’ve never lived somewhere so warm, where you can just go and swim in the ocean every day.” While the change in surroundings has been remarkable, the learning style in Australia has also been a pleasant surprise. “It’s really up to you if you get your work done. I like that. You should be focused.” She came to UOW for a semester abroad, and is now planning to finish her Psychology degree here.

She’s one of about five hundred students who come to UOW every year for international exchange, but one of the few who stay for a whole degree. “I really fell in love with Australia. Everywhere I’ve been, all the people I’ve met have been amazing,” she explains. “I haven’t finished with Australia yet.”

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International exchange will put you in a whole new place.

UOW student Celli Lloyd spent six months living and studying at University of Colorado Boulder in his second year.

In a state where the lowest ski field is 800 metres higher than the top of Mount Kosciuszko, the avid surfer and skydiver found a whole new experience. “I love to surf. In Wollongong, after class I’ll go to the beach. In Boulder, after class in winter everyone goes snowboarding. Less than an hour after class I was on the slopes.” He was also advancing his degree in International Science, taking classes in the ethics of public healthcare, or enrolling in PhD-level coursework subjects on polymers. All when he wasn’t immersing himself in the local sports, nature, school spirit, or the American campus culture of ‘Greek Life’. “Basically, I went on exchange because I could. It’s such a brilliant opportunity, why wouldn’t I?” For more information visit www.uow.edu.au/student/exchange

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it’s all here

C ounter

C ulture

The UOW passion for doing what you love isn’t just academic. It’s in our classrooms, our library and our labs.

You’ll also find it getting lunch or a coffee from one of the many cafes, kiosks or restaurants on campus. And it’s there in our gym and sports centre, keeping fit or playing in one of over 100 competitive teams. Every time you step on campus, you’ll meet people doing what they do best.

Dave mason

Barista, Rush2 Coffee “Coffee is a culture. We have regulars from start of session all the way through to exams, you get to know people very closely.

It’s great to be a part of their lives.”

Johnny Miller

Personal Trainer, UOW RECREATION & AQUATIC CENTRE “One-on-one sessions with people are my favourite— seeing them improve, seeing life-changing results.”

Benjamin Dow

head chef, SIXTYSEVEN Dining “The menu changes nearly every day here. I love the creative freedom I have.

It’s a good feeling, when you see people enjoying your food.”

53 KILOGRAMS OF COFFEE BEANS SOLD ON CAMPUS EVERY SINGLE DAY

17 FOOD OUTLETS ON CAMPUS

40 FITNESS CLASSES A WEEK

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LIVE play UNWIND Your life as a uni student is what you make it. You’ll have more choices than ever before—what to study, where to live, how to have fun. We just happen to like our students fit, smart and happy.

First class First year Live in a UOW residence and you’ll be shoulder to shoulder with new friends from all over the world. You’ll live and learn with students from all walks of life studying everything from politics to polymers. You will be welcomed into the world of university study and have support when you need it, right down the hall. And you’ll have fun.

19 meals a week

230 new friends

Living at UOW means academic success.

UOW performance statistics show students who live in a residence pass more subjects in first year. Student leaders are in every residence 24 hours a day to help you out with everything from settling in to finding a study group.

Downtime is well taken care of, with a full calendar of social and sporting events, including iFeast, The Big Weekend Championships, Black Stump Twenty20, and the annual intercollege Ball.

Getting to and from classes is a breeze, too, since every residence is linked with UOW by the free Gong Shuttle Bus. See more of the residences or arrange to take a guided tour at: www.uow.edu.au/about/accommodation

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it’s a TEAM THING UOW Football Club team the Hippos is the most successful sporting team in UOW’s history—and with a winning streak of 69 games undefeated, they’re in the running for most successful in the world. They are NSW Champions of Champions, State League and League Cup winners, Illawarra Premiers and potential world record holders—and tryouts are open to anyone who wants to have a go.

Team Captain Lyndsay Andrew has been with the Hippos since her first year at UOW, and says the welcoming spirit in the team is one of the reasons they’re champions.

“There’s something about the Hippos that’s like a family,” Lyndsay says. “We have girls coming here from everywhere, even overseas. You can see it on the field. When you are close, the team plays better.”

New players are welcomed to the Hippos every season, just like they are to the 20 or so other UOW teams in football, rugby league, rugby union or hockey. Or any of the dozens of casual competition sporting teams.

Lyndsay also knows what it’s like to have to leave the club she’d played with since pre-school and come to a new town for uni. “I was lucky enough to know some girls in the team before I came here.

It helped me know this team was here,” she recalls.

“The Hippos have been a big part of my life.”

24 sports 100 teams

1 shirt with your name on it

LIVE / play / UNWIND

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LIVE / play / UNWIND

180 LIVE acts on campus EACH year UNIBAR APRIL?

no excuses for being bored

TURN IT UP! That’s 180 singers, bands and DJs on stage every year. With that kind of line-up, you’d expect someone like UOW Entertainment Coordinator April West to be running the show. Someone who grew up with Australian rock and believes in local talent. Someone who’s determined to bring live music and performance to all UOW campuses.

Someone who can’t explain why she does what she does any better than: “I just love music.”

April graduated from UOW with a Bachelor of Arts in 2008. Soon after, she started working part-time for UniCentre. Now, if there’s an act performing oncampus, it has April’s fingerprints all over it.

“It’s important you connect with your peers when you’re studying. Strong bonds are vital for support when it gets tough. So we want to build a strong community here.”

“Everyone should be able to enjoy music. It doesn’t matter where you are, there’s amazing talent right on your doorsteps.”

Bands from our region are high on April’s list, with a lot of Illawarra and UOW student acts getting stage time at the University. And when a band who got a start on-campus makes it big, April is, in her words, “pretty stoked.”

“I want to give people a chance to see what I see.

It’s hard not to be proud when you see everyone at a gig smiling and having a good time. It’s amazing to think you’re affecting their experience so much.”

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welcome home connect: wollongong

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U N I T O W N WOLLONGONG KEY STATS AREA 8,524 SQ KM • COASTLINE 242 KM • AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE 22°C • POPULATION 410,148

While you’re studying, you’ll be able to live the good life. On beautiful beaches with great surf.

Enjoying a local music scene and a café culture hard to find outside a capital city. Participating in a strong and diverse sporting community.

Eating the best food from all over the world.

Wollongong makes being a student easy. It has fun when you want it and quiet when you need it. It’s affordable, easy to get around and just as close to the laidback South Coast as it is to the bustle of Sydney.

It’s also a city being shaped into something new, and UOW is a key part of that. Through developments like the Innovation Campus—a teaching, research and business park in North Wollongong—the region is being built around highly technological and international business.

The kind of business that needs skilled graduates.

The kind of graduates coming out of UOW.

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Wollongong has a lot to offer, and doesn’t ask much in return. Fun in the sun, live music, good food, theatre, keeping fit—everything can be yours on a student budget.

UNIMOVIES Biggest movie screen in Wollongong

$4

FREE trivia at the north wollongong hotel

$15 St George Illawarra Dragons/ Wollongong Hawks 80 minutes on an emotional rollercoaster.

17 Patrolled BEACHES Because everyone needs a study break.

$12 HANGDOG

Real climbing up a fake cliff; hanging out with friends.

WOLLONGONG CITY GALLERY

FREE

The best art collection in regional Australia.

FREE

Justifying all that time you spend on Wikipedia.

FREE

FREE

MT KEIRA Longer walk than you thought. Better view than you imagined.

$20 AMIGO’s

Tacos: three beef, three bean; looked smaller in the photos.

$6

PASTA NIGHT At the Fraternity Club Good food, big serves, cheap as chips.

LEE

AND ME

Home-made lemonade Grandma

couldn’t touch.

$4.50

NAN TIEN TEMPLE One of the hemisphere’s great cultural treasures.

$5 Craichouse Comedy Night out with friends on your budget?

You’re having a laugh.

TRANSPORT

Walk

Getting around Wollongong is safe, easy and cheap.

Bike

Most destinations in Wollongong are an easy walk away.

UOW is introducing lots of new bike racks for secure and convenient bike parking, and the undergrad students’ association runs free bike repair clinics.

There are lots of second-hand bikes up for sale or adoption.

Train North Wollongong station is a 15-minute walk away, or for the time-pressed, take the free shuttle bus from station to campus.

Bus Wollongong is well connected with city buses going to all its suburbs.

A free ‘city loop’ shuttle runs all day and into the night, linking UOW with the town’s hotspots.

Car UOW runs a carpooling program, so get two or more friends in your car with you and you get free parking on-campus.

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make it happen connect: graduates

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Changing things is easier when you believe in what you’re doing. It could be protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable people. It could be sharing beautiful art with an entire country. It could be showing the world’s biggest businesses how to be smart about what they do.

It could be anything under the sun, and figuring that out is one of the best parts of being a UOW graduate.

GLENN BARKLEY CURATOR, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SYDNEY ALISON EWART LAWYER, AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION NABIL NAGHDY TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIST, GOOGLE AUSTRALIA UOW VIEWBOOK 41

GLENN BARKLEY Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts and Design) CURATOR, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SYDNEY

Passion should inform everything you do. If it doesn’t, you’re probably doing the wrong thing.

When Glenn Barkley studied art at UOW, he didn’t imagine he would find a career as a curator—certainly not in one of the country’s most eminent galleries, Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA).

Now, on the eve of revealing a significant collection in the MCA’s new wing, he says he can’t see himself anywhere else.

Glenn stands in front of Sydney artist Keg De Souza’s Impossible Utopia in an empty-shop-turned gallery.

When the MCA closed to complete a $53 million upgrade, it opened a number of pop-up and public galleries like this.

There’s something irrepressible about art.

Working as one of three curators in Australia’s eminent contemporary art gallery is a big responsibility, but there’s raw excitement in the way Glenn talks about his work at the Museum.

“I’m a fan, a real fan,” he enthuses. “I can go to a gallery and tell you about the collection from the point of view of a curator, about the connections between the art, why they might be together. But there’s certainly a lot of art I love and can’t tell you why.”

“My expectations about what art is are challenged all the time.”

Reinterpreting and investigating art are key to what he does. Is a technically traditional painting contemporary art? “At the MCA, we want to expand the idea and definition of contemporary art.”

it doesn’t reveal itself all at once. I’d come in the afternoon, spend my break looking at it. I’d think it was a shame that no one else was there, it was such a beautiful piece of art.”

In talking to the Visitor Services Officers—the people who help visitors around the gallery—he found he wasn’t as alone as he thought. “They told me this was actually one of the most popular rooms in the museum. Absolutely everyone was going in there.

The audience, the public, is sophisticated. They’re smart.

They are ready to understand and appreciate art.”

Glenn says he is fortunate to work in a relatively small team where he can build close working relationships.

“I’m very lucky to work with friends. There are good curators at the MCA, good registrars, a great Director.”

“And the install crew at the MCA are amazing,” he says of the team responsible for physically placing the artworks in the museum space. “They’re proud of what they do, you can see it in the level of detail in their work. Many of them also work as artists, so they respect the work—they love art too.”

This quality and passion is essential for success, in Glenn’s opinion. “Those artists and curators who get to the top have that belief. That’s how they get there.

In my experience, anyone who gets to a high level in their field is consumed by their work.”

“Passion should inform everything you do. If it doesn’t, you’re probably doing the wrong thing.”

He recalls one installation, a series of large colourful geometric abstractions. “It’s a fairly aloof kind of art,

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ALISON EWART Bachelor of Arts – Bachelor of Laws LAWYER, AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, SYDNEY

When the High Court handed down their decision, I thought: this is what it’s all about.

“Contributing to society, ‘giving back’: it sounds like a cliché, but I always knew in my heart that that’s what I wanted to do with my life,” UOW graduate Alison Ewart confides. Standing in the halls of the Australian Human Rights Commission, it’s easy to take her seriously.

“Without doubt the biggest achievement in my career to date was contributing to the Commission’s submissions in our intervention in the High Court’s consideration of the agreement between Australia and Malaysia regarding the treatment of asylum seekers.”

After graduating from UOW, Alison earned a place in a corporate law firm in Sydney, but found herself drifting away from traditional corporate law to pro bono work.

Her experiences in this area fuelled her interest in human rights law—and drove her to a career with the Australian Human Rights Commission, where she now works as an Associate to the President and Human Rights Commissioner.

The agreement proposed that the Australian Government would swap ‘unprocessed’ asylum seekers for ‘processed’ people waiting in Malaysia.

Alison’s role in the Commission sees her helping to uphold the rights of children, refugees and asylum seekers, and protecting people from institutional violence and discrimination. This work often entails making complex legal and policy recommendations on matters of human rights abuse. The work is hard, and requires the expertise of lawyers, barristers and other professionals.

“I feel like the combination of studies in law and politics provided me with the skills and knowledge necessary to work well in this area.”

“Legal training provides the analytical and research skills to determine what the law is,” she says. “The study of politics provides a firm understanding of why our society has the laws it does and how change might be brought about. Each area of study informs the other and together, they provide a solid foundation for work in the area of law and policy, whether specifically in human rights or otherwise.”

“The Commission has the authority to seek leave of the court to intervene in proceedings involving human rights issues,” Alison explains. “In this case due to our significant concerns about the human rights of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Australia.”

The High Court’s decision effectively invalidated the so-called ‘Malaysia solution’.

“When the High Court handed down their decision, I thought: this is what it’s all about,” she says of the decision that effectively ensured children seeking asylum in Australia would have proper protection under the law.

“Although I played just a small part in the process, I was proud and privileged to have done so.”

Reflecting on her work, Alison remains level-headed.

“The reality is, sometimes laws and policies are made that infringe upon the rights of people, particularly those in our most vulnerable communities.”

“Sometimes these impacts are overt and at others they are more subtle. It’s for that reason that the work of the Australian Human Rights Commission is so important.”

NABIL NAGHDY Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIST, GOOGLE AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY

People here are independent thinkers who love what they do and it shows in the work they produce.

Googling yourself is all in a day’s work for UOW graduate Nabil Naghdy.

“We do it to test how the latest algorithms are working,” he explains, almost convincingly.

“I work on strategy for technology and telco clients including Microsoft and Apple. I recommend a strategy that draws on Google technologies and products like search, YouTube, Google Plus and so on. My favourite thing about what I do is getting results, knowing what I am working on is having an impact for my clients.

“A typical day starts with me looking at the market and analysing industry news and best practise strategy, often from the US. Then we come up with a plan of how it can be applied here.”

Nabil is passionate about the benefits that the National Broadband Network (NBN) will bring to business in Australia. “We are currently behind the rest of the world in technology development and one of the main reasons is our internet speed.”

“If workforces can easily do business with organisations in other countries, there is no reason for talented minds

to leave country areas. I think we will start to see economic hubs moving away from capital cities. The NBN is really a long term investment for this country and will change the way that businesses operate.”

This kind of large-scale lateral thinking is part of being a technology strategist, but Nabil says it also reflects the Google culture. “People here are independent thinkers who love what they do and it shows in the work they produce.”

And it’s this independent thinking that started at UOW for Nabil. “The one-on-one time I had with my teachers developed the way I approach problems and it’s a skill that has set me up well for being part of this team.”

After Nabil graduated from a Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering at UOW, he never compromised in his quest to work for Google.

He applied for several jobs there, all the time knowing that it was where he wanted to work.

“You could say I’ve been persistent about working here,” he adds. In the end, it sounds like this commitment was worth it. “Working here has exceeded all my expectations.”

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learn your way connect: study options

It’s not just what you learn that counts, it’s how you learn it. What you know at the end of your degree is just a head start. It’s the ability to keep learning for the rest of your life that will put you in the career you want and keep you there. UOW offers options at every stage of your university experience, from application to graduation. You’ll always have the chance to learn the way you learn best.

SELECTIVE Entry

Scholarships & Grants

We recognise excellence.

We support people who want to learn.

At UOW we are looking for passionate students who enjoy learning, who want to excel in their studies and their career.

Scholarships and grants are just a part of our commitment to student equity and our recognition of academic excellence across all areas of study.

That’s why we offer UOW Selective Entry to students who demonstrate academic strength in HSC subjects relevant to their future university studies. This program gives eligible students the chance to secure a place at UOW before the HSC final exams even start.

It recognises and rewards high-achieving students with appropriate skills and academic strengths with a place in the course that best suits them.

Our scholarships cover academic achievement, work integrated opportunities, Indigenous opportunities, sporting excellence, awards specific to certain faculties and degrees, and community and corporate sponsorships. It’s possible to hold more than one scholarship.

Each year, UOW’s EdStart grants are provided to a thousand undergraduate domestic students every year.

selective.uow.edu.au

www.uow.edu.au/about/scholarships

UOW CAREERS

Alternative Admissions

We get you ready for what happens next.

If you have a dream, we’ll get you there.

The award-winning UOW Careers centre provides free programs that will teach you professional and job-seeking skills to get you in the workforce as soon as possible.

Sometimes the standard pathways to university aren’t available. We run a number of alternative admissions programs to make sure you have the chance you deserve.

Programs like Univative Illawarra will see you master one of the most important employment skills: working in a team.

You will join a mixed team of students from all faculties at UOW and work to complete a real business brief for a company in our community.

STEP to UOW is a free pathway program for recent HSC students who experienced hardship or disadvantage during their senior school years.

Interview workshops will teach you how to put your best foot forward, and the Speed Interview event will let you test those skills in practice job interviews with UOW alumni.

Woolyungah Indigenous Centre’s Alternative Admissions Program is available to all Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students seeking entry to UOW. UOW College provides bridging courses to students who didn’t reach the ATAR required for entry into UOW.

www.uow.edu.au/careers

www.uow.edu.au/future/specialaccess

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Our degrees give you options for how you want to learn.

They also reflect the needs of future employers, paving the way for a specialist career with up-to-the-minute knowledge and recognised methods.

UOW degrees will connect you with your passion, your talents, and your career.

Whatever the destination, we know there are different ways to get there.

DOUBLE DEGREES

BACHELOR DEGREES

UOW offers a diverse selection of double degree programs.

They let you complete two separate Bachelor degrees simultaneously, in less time than if you studied them one after the other.

Standard Bachelor degrees offer you many options to specialise and combine interests.

Double degrees are very well suited for you if you want the broadest possible career options; or if you want the blend of skills necessary for certain niche careers. They also let you pursue interests so diverse it would be impossible to study them in any single degree.

Example degrees: Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of International Studies Bachelor of Laws – Bachelor of Information Technology Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Science

The greatest advantage of standard Bachelor programs is their flexibility. They offer you a wide range of majors, to specialise your studies. Many also offer the option of undertaking a double major, or a broad range of elective subjects, so you can essentially custom-build your own qualification.

Example degrees: Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Public Health

DEAN’S SCHOLAR Dean’s scholar degrees are similar to Advanced degrees, with many ways for high-achievers to excel. They are built on standard Bachelor degrees and so are available in many of the same study areas. They offer research and major projects that adapt to your interests and strengths, as well as the ability to accelerate your degree. They also give you the chance to be paired with an academic mentor in the faculty. Their normal length is three years, and Dean’s Scholars often progress to an Honours year, where they can continue high-level work in their area of interest.

SPECIALIST DEGREES

ADVANCED DEGREES

Specialist degrees are highly prescribed. They provide less flexibility for you to tailor your program of study, but offer a higher level of mastery in the given study area.

Because of this, specialist degrees are generally longer than regular Bachelor programs, but also attract a high level of professional accreditation.

Advanced degrees are highly responsive to your interests, with many options to tailor your work to your specific interest.

A feature common to all Advanced degrees is a major research component, where you get to choose the topic based on your skills and interests. You may have the chance to undertake individual research projects, or work with teams undertaking high-level investigations—or both.

These degrees are often necessary for specialised professional careers, and suitable for anyone who wishes to pursue their interest to the highest level.

Example degrees:

Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Nursing Bachelor of Nanotechnology Bachelor of Laws

ENGINEERING SCHOLARS Similar to the Dean’s Scholar program, the Bachelor of Engineering (Scholar) is for high-achieving students with good mathematics ability.

Advanced degrees are recognised as superior qualifications and identify you as a skilled independent worker. If you choose to pursue the research focus further, they are ideal qualifications for commercial or government research positions, as well as careers in academia.

These degrees also include an integral Honours year.

Example degrees: Bachelor of Biotechnology Advanced Bachelor of Science Advanced Bachelor of Medical and Health Sciences Advanced

HONOURS Honours distinguishes a graduate as a high achiever, and they are recognised as a qualification above and beyond a Bachelor degree. Honours programs are often built around a research project. As well as being integrated into Advanced and some specialist degrees, an additional one-year Honours program can be added to most Bachelor degrees.

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Degree choices Many of these degrees can be combined into a double degree. Check uow.edu.au for more information.

STUDY AREA

DEGREE OPTIONS

ATAR

DURATION

Bachelor of Business

70

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Economics and Finance

80

3 yrs

Bachelor of Information Technology (e-Business) / DS 75/ 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance / DS

82 / 93

4 yrs

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Bachelor of Arts (Employment Relations) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Business Information Systems / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Business Innovation) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (International Economics) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Quantitative Analysis in Economics) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Economics and Finance

80

3 yrs

BUSINESS & COMMERCE

EVENT AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Bachelor of Commerce (Event Management)

72

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Hospitality Management)

72

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Tourism Management)

72

3 yrs

MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT

Bachelor of Commerce (Human Resource Management) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (International Business) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Management) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Public Relations) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce (Supply Chain Management) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

ACTING AND THEATRE

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Theatre) / DS

75 / 90

3 yrs

Bachelor of Performance

N/A*

3 yrs

ART AND DESIGN

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Graphic Design) / DS

75 / 90

3 yrs

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts & Graphic Design) / DS

75 / 90

3 yrs

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) / DS

75 / 90

3 yrs

Bachelor of Digital Media

75

3 yrs

CREATIVE WRITING

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing) / DS

75 / 90

3 yrs

CREATIVE ARTS

* Entry by separate application, interview and/or audition.

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KEY: Adv Advanced Degree DS Dean’s Scholar (additional selection criteria apply) S Engineering Scholars Program, see pages 50 & 51

STUDY AREA

DEGREE OPTIONS

ATAR

DURATION

EARLY YEARS

Bachelor of Education – The Early Years / DS

72 / 90

4 yrs

PRIMARY

Bachelor of Primary Education / DS

78 / 90

4 yrs

Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary)

N/A

SECONDARY

Bachelor of Mathematics Education / DS

75 / 90

4 yrs

Bachelor of Physical and Health Education / DS

77 / 90

4 yrs

Bachelor of Science Education / DS

75 / 90

4 yrs

Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary)

N/A

Bachelor of Engineering (Flexible Entry) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil & Environmental) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil & Mining) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Materials) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Mining & Environmental) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Nanotechnology / Adv

85 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Materials)

75

3 yrs

EDUCATION

1 yr

1 yr

ENGINEERING

COMPUTER, ELECTRICAL AND

Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) / DS

78 / 93

4 yrs

TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) / DS

78 / 93

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications) / DS

78 / 93

4 yrs

HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY

Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Asia – Pacific Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Australian Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Community, Culture & Environment) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (English Language & Linguistics) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (English Literatures) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (European Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Gender Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (History) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Information Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Media and Cultural Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Politics) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Postcolonial Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Resource & Environmental Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Science, Technology & Society) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (War and Society) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of International Studies / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

STUDY AREA

DEGREE OPTIONS

ATAR

DURATION

Bachelor of Arts (Mandarin) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Mandarin for Character Background Students) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (French) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Italian) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Japanese) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts (Spanish) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

LANGUAGES

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS

Bachelor of Business Information Systems / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Computer Science (Digital Systems Security) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Computer Science (Multimedia & Game Development) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Computer Science (Enterprise Systems Development) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Engineering) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) / DS

78 / 93

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) / DS

78 / 93

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic) / S

78 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications) / DS

78 / 93

4 yrs

Bachelor of Information Technology (e-Business) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Information Technology (Social Policy) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Information Technology (Network Design & Management) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Information Technology (Web Design & Development) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Mathematics (Mathematics/Applied Statistics) / Adv

75 / 90

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Mathematics Education / DS

75 / 90

4 yrs

Bachelor of Medical Mathematics / DS

85 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance / DS

82 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Arts – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

Bachelor of Business Information Systems – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

Bachelor of Commerce – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

Bachelor of Communication & Media Studies – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

Bachelor of Computer Science – Bachelor of Laws

90

6 yrs

Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

Bachelor of Engineering – Bachelor of Laws

90

6 yrs

Bachelor of Information Technology – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

Bachelor of International Studies – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

Bachelor of Laws

90

4 yrs

Bachelor of Laws (Graduates only)

N/A

Bachelor of Mathematics – Bachelor of Laws

90

5.5 yrs

Bachelor of Science – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Psychology) – Bachelor of Laws

90

5 yrs

MATHEMATICS

LAW

3 yrs

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS AND JOURNALISM

Bachelor of Arts (Media and Cultural Studies) / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Communication & Media Studies / DS

75 / 93

3 yrs

Bachelor of Digital Media

75

3 yrs

Bachelor of Journalism

75

3 yrs

KEY: Adv Advanced Degree DS Dean’s Scholar (additional selection criteria apply) S Engineering Scholars Program, see pages 50 & 51

STUDY AREA

DEGREE OPTIONS

ATAR

DURATION

MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES

Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)

75

3 yrs

Bachelor of Exercise Science and Rehabilitation

94

4 yrs

Bachelor of Health Science in Indigenous Health Studies

70

3 yrs

Bachelor of Medical Biotechnology / Adv

85 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Nutrition & Dietetics

93

4 yrs

Bachelor of Psychology

92

4 yrs

Bachelor of Public Health

75

3 yrs

Bachelor of Public Health Nutrition

75

3 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Exercise Science)

78

3 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Nutrition)

78

3 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Psychology)

78

3 yrs

NURSING

Bachelor of Nursing / Adv

70 / 80

MEDICAL SCIENCE

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (Graduates only)

N/A

Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry / Adv

85 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Medical & Health Sciences / Adv

82 / N/A†

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Medical and Radiation Physics / Adv

80 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Medical Biotechnology)

75

3 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Medicinal Chemistry)

75

3 yrs

EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Bachelor of Environmental Science / Adv

85 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Environment) / Adv

75 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Geology) / Adv

75 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Geosciences) / Adv

75 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Human Geography) / Adv

75 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Land & Heritage Management) / Adv

75 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography) / Adv

75 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

INTERNATIONAL

International Bachelor of Science

95

LIFE SCIENCE

Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences) / Adv

75 / 95

Bachelor of Conservation Biology / Adv

85 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Marine Science / Adv

85 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Conservation Biology)

75

3 yrs

MOLECULAR SCIENCE

Bachelor of Medical Biotechnology / Adv

85 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry / Adv

85 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Nanotechnology / Adv

85 / 95

4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) / Adv

75 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Medical Biotechnology)

75

3 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Medicinal Chemistry)

75

3 yrs

Bachelor of Science (Nanotechnology)

75

3 yrs

PHYSICS

Bachelor of Medical and Radiation Physics / Adv

80 / 95

Bachelor of Science (Nuclear Science & Technology)

75

Bachelor of Science (Physics) / Adv

75 / 95

3 yrs / 4 yrs

4 yrs

SCIENCE

4 yrs

3 yrs / 4 yrs

3 yrs / 4 yrs 3 yrs 3 yrs / 4 yrs

† Additional selection criteria apply.

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Knowledge is not final, it is provisional and open to constant reinterpretation.

There is no last word.

Professor Ken McKinnon UOW Vice-Chancellor 1981 – 1995

LEARN MORE This book is a tiny piece of who we are and what we do. We can offer you over 150 undergraduate degrees, and combinations of double degrees, majors and minors in the thousands. We’re here to help you find the one that’s right for you. www.uow.edu.au/future Call 1300 367 869 facebook.com/uowfuture uniadvice@uow.edu.au

The University of Wollongong attempts to ensure the information contained in this publication is correct at the time of production (January 2012); however, sections may be amended without notice by the University in response to changing circumstances or for any other reason.

Check with the University at the time of application/enrolment for any updated information. UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG CRICOS: 00102E