Senior Astronomy is designed to be an online, highly flexible and highly challenging subject for students with an interest in Maths and Physics. Begin the course at any time of the year, and study on the holidays, weekends, or fit Senior Astronomy into any subject line. Our students have access to a range of Help and Support technologies that connect you to our facilitators using a Live Text Chat, Video Conferencing, Integrated Checkpoints, Q&A Forums or Email. Along with a certificate of completion, our students are credited with 2 QCE credit points at the time of course completion. Several leading Australian tertiary institutions are recognising our well established courses through their scholarship programs. Students interested in developing their higher order thinking skills can apply now and begin studying.

Note that the fee is charged once only per course. The course can be studied across multiple year levels with no additional charges.

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Students will learn how to quantitatively model and apply the laws of physics to a wide range of astronomy related topics which will empower them as rational and creative thinkers, engaging them in the acquisition of knowledge and the development and understanding of the physical aspects of astronomy through active processes of scientific investigation and research.

Students can enrol at any time throughout the year.

A work-rate schedule is issued to students to assist them in keeping on-track to finish in one year.

Senior Astronomy is recommended for Yr 11 students who have achieved high grades in Yr 10 mathematics (advanced) and science. It is desirable for students to be studying Mathematics B (QLD) or equivalent and Senior Physics concurrently with Senior Astronomy. The course can be delivered to talented Yr 10 students as an accelerated curriculum option for mathematics and science.

Have you completed Senior Astronomy and are ready to continue extending your higher order thinking skills in Maths and Physics? Senior Astrophysics follows on from Senior Astronomy in the same online, always available, start anytime format. Enjoy the same access to our innovative student support systems which connect you to our facilitators quickly and easily. Along with a Certificate of Completion endorsed by University of Southern Queensland, our students are credited with 2 QCE credit points at the time of course completion. All Senior Astrophysics students with a level of achievement above a C standard have been offered at least one scholarship at a leading Australian University. Content in Senior Astrophysics is also taught in 1st year Physics courses in Australian Universities. Students who have completed Senior Astronomy and meet the prerequisites can enrol now.

Note that the fee is charged once only per course. TSAA will issue invoices directly to parents, schools do not need to collect fees on behalf of TSAA. The course can be studied across multiple year levels with no additional charges.

* Schools affiliated with The Learning Place

Students will learn how to quantitatively model and apply the laws of physics to a wide range of astronomy related topics which will empower them as rational and creative thinkers, engaging them in the acquisition of knowledge and the development and understanding of the physical aspects of astronomy through active processes of scientific investigation and research.​​

Students can enrol at any time throughout the year.

A work-rate schedule is issued to students to assist them in keeping on-track to finish in one year.

Senior Astrophysics is recommended for Yr. 12 or Yr. 11 Accelerated students who have successfully completed the Senior Astronomy course. It is desirable for students to be studying Mathematics B & C (QLD) or equivalent and Senior Physics concurrently with Senior Astrophysics. The concepts covered in this course are primarily mathematically based and can be quite challenging. Please refer to the Unit Content descriptors by clicking on the link on the right.

Interested in taking your computing and problem-solving skills to the next level? Senior Coding is an online course that can be started and studied at any time. Study over the weekend, school holidays or fit Senior Coding into any subject line around your other school based subjects. Our students have access to a range of Help and Support technologies that connect you to our facilitators using a Live Text Chat, Video Conferencing, Integrated Checkpoints, Q&A Forums or Email. Along with a certificate of completion, our students are credited with 2 QCE credit points at the time of course completion. Several leading Australian tertiary institutions are recognising our well established courses through their scholarship programs. Senior students, and highly capable Yr 10 students developing their computing and problem solving abilities can enquire.

Note that the fee is charged once only per course. The course can be studied across multiple year levels with no additional charges.

* Schools affiliated with The Learning Place

Programming is relevant to both computing professionals and individuals who wish to be more than end-users. The topics in the course will allow students to learn programming using Python, but should also develop skills transferrable to other languages, paradigms and contexts. The course is appropriate for students wishing to have only a single exposure to programming, but is also sufficient for students intending to complete further programming instruction.

This course covers foundational programming knowledge (including language syntax and facilities) as well as strategies which allow programmers to apply such knowledge to solve programming problems. Students will learn to analyse and comprehend existing programs and create solutions to programming problems by generating programs which apply programming strategies covered in the course.

On completion of the course students will be able to:

1. demonstrate understanding of the programming language knowledge covered in the course by comprehending code in existing programs;
2. apply programming language knowledge covered in the course to generate programs;
3. comprehend programming strategies covered in the course by analysing programs which demonstrate such strategies;
4. create solutions to programming problems by generating programs which apply programming strategies covered in the course;
5. demonstrate problem solving in the context of programming through designing, debugging, implementing and testing

Students can enrol at any time throughout the year.

A work-rate schedule is issued to students to assist them in keeping on-track to finish in one year.

Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century! (Harvard Business Review) – interested? Start here with OCAS. Data Science Applications is an online course that can be started and studied at any time. Study over the weekend, school holidays or fit Data Science Applications into any subject line around your other school based subjects. Our students have access to a range of Help and Support technologies that connect you to our facilitators using a Live Text Chat, Video Conferencing, Integrated Checkpoints, Q&A Forums or Email. Along with a certificate of completion, our students are credited with 2 QCE credit points at the time of course completion. Several leading Australian tertiary institutions are recognising our well established courses through their scholarship programs. Senior students, and highly capable Yr. 10 students wishing to develop their statistical analysis and problem solving abilities can enquire.

Note that the fee is charged once only per course. The course can be studied across multiple year levels with no additional charges.

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Data science is a "concept to unify statistics, data analysis and their related methods" in order to "understand and analyse actual phenomena" with data. It employs techniques and theories drawn from many fields within the broad areas of mathematics, statistics, information science, and computer science, in particular from the subdomains of machine learning, classification, cluster analysis, data mining, databases and visualisation.

This course gives you the opportunity to gain skills in the newly emerging field of Data Science (otherwise known as Big Data). A dynamic and increasingly progressive field, Big Data focuses on understanding and overcoming the challenges associated with capturing, storing, transferring, searching, sorting and interpreting large amounts of data.

Successful data scientists possess a strong business sense, coupled with an aptitude for statistics, programming and an ability to communicate findings to corporate leaders in order to influence how their organisation approaches a business challenge.

This course will help you develop the important skills data scientists need, such as:

• high attention to detail
• ability to analyse and provide solutions to problems
• strong written and verbal communication
• solid foundation in computer science and data analysis.

Students can enrol at any time throughout the year.

A work-rate schedule is issued to students to assist them in keeping on-track to finish in one year.

Fisheries Resilience for the Future introduces students to the biological and management issues, and the emerging technologies critical to maintaining the world’s fish stocks into the future. Most fish use a variety of habitats, and even different parts of the world, over their life-histories. Understanding how they use these habitats, and the connections between them, is the key to maintaining resilient fish stocks into the next century.

Note that the fee is charged once only per course. The course can be studied across multiple year levels with no additional charges.

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This course will explore the diverse life-histories of exploited fisheries species, the cutting-edge technologies needed to uncover their details, and the key management strategies employed to ensure resilience at a whole-of-life-history scale.

Modules in this course:

Students studying Fisheries Resilience for the Future will explore technologies associated to:

• Acoustic tracking to detail movements and migrations;
• Aging of fish from their otoliths;
• Extraction of environmental histories from otolith microchemistry;
• Stable isotope analysis to define food webs;
• eDNA and metabarcoding used to assess aquatic biodiversity.

Students can enrol at any time throughout the year.

A work-rate schedule is issued to students to assist them in keeping on-track to finish in one year.