Clemente Canberra, a free-of-charge university program offered by the St
Vincent de Paul Society in partnership with the Australian Catholic
University, is now enrolling students into the two mainstream Clemente
university programs for Semester II, 2013, the Certificate in Liberal
Studies Program and the Pathways (bridging) Program. Please see details
below.
Students must be 18 or over, and priority is given to those who have
suffered marginalisation and/or major setback in their life caused by mental
illness, disability, addiction, unemployment, homelessness, family
breakdown, and other such disadvantage.
All Clemente Canberra Programs are free-of-charge except we ask that
students provide their own pen and exercise book/paper for taking notes. We
also ask that the students get themselves to and from the Australian
Catholic University in Watson. Tuition, morning tea, lunch, study materials,
textbooks and so on, are all provided free-of-charge by the St Vincent de
Paul Society.
There are only 25 places available on each of the two programs and as a
significant number of people have already enrolled, it is important that
prospective students, or their representative, contact the Clemente Canberra
Coordinator, Robyn Keech, as soon as possible.
Mobile: 0418 714 835
Email: robyn.keech@svdp-cg.org.au
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THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
The Certificate Program runs for the full 12 weeks of the university
semester. Students in this program are fully-enrolled university students at
the Australian Catholic University.
To graduate with a Certificate in Liberal Studies students must complete
four units of study. Since we study one unit per semester, it will take two
years to complete the Certificate.
The units offered in the Certificate Program are all humanities subjects:
Literature, History, Art, Drama, Communication, Ethics, Media, Philosophy,
Australian Studies, Politics, Nutrition, Sociology, and so on. The unit of
study for Semester II, 2013 is HIST106: Australian Indigenous Peoples - Past
& Present.
We meet on Friday of each of the 12 teaching weeks of the semester. We
commence with morning tea at 10am, followed by class from 10.30 - 12.30,
followed by lunch from 12.30 - 1.30. Students are expected to attend the
1-hour tutorial session after lunch from 1.15 - 2.15. Certificate students
are free to leave after the tutorial.
There is formal assessment in the Certificate Program and students are
expected to submit all assignments on time and to complete all class work,
homework and reading, as directed by the lecture in charge of the unit.
THE PATHWAYS PROGRAM
Like the Certificate Program, the Pathways Program (a bridging program) runs
for the full 12 weeks of the university semester. It is a little more
relaxed than the Certificate Program and is for those people who are not
quite ready to become a fully-enrolled Certificate student.
In this program we study Learning for Today & Tomorrow (I) in Semester 1 and
Learning for Today & Tomorrow (II) in Semester 2.
The Pathways Program helps students to develop the various generic skills
needed to be a successful student in the Certificate Program. Some Pathways
students go on to study in the Certificate Program but others choose to stay
in Pathways for some time.
We meet on Friday of each of the 12 teaching weeks of the semester. We
commence with morning tea at 10am, followed by class from 10.30 - 12.30,
followed by lunch. Students are free to leave after lunch.
There is no formal assessment in the Pathways Program but students are
expected to complete all class work and homework and to participate in all
activities, as directed by the Pathways lecturer.
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Every effort is made to match all Clemente students with a volunteer mentor
(Learning Partner) from the wider community. Learning Partners are required
to have a university degree or similar (or be currently studying towards a
degree or similar) and it is their job to assist the student with their
assignments and other activities associated with study, and to provide
encouragement as needed. It would be expected that students meet with their
Learning Partner, out of class, for about 1 hour per week.
Students who withdraw from, or do not successfully complete, two consecutive
units of study in the Certificate Program are required to meet with the
Clemente Coordinator to discuss their progress. Successful participation in
the Pathways Program for at least one semester may be required before
returning to the Certificate Program.
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