Information about University of Queensland subjects and new course offerings in 1999 will be available to prospective students, parents, teachers and careers advisers at TSXPO 1998.
TSXPO will be at the John Reid Pavilion, RNA Showgrounds, Bowen Hills on Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12 from 10 am to 4 pm.
University Academic Registrar Neville Lamb said the University of Queensland offered the State's widest range of high quality courses, with more than 4000 subjects.
Mr Lamb said the University was unique in Queensland providing degrees in disciplines such as medicine and surgery, pharmacy, veterinary science, dentistry, oral health, physiotherapy, speech pathology, and mining, minerals and materials engineering. The University's arts and science degrees offered a wide selection of discipline areas for students. Both these courses remained popular with first-year students.
"TSXPO is a good opportunity for people to sample the range and depth of University of Queensland courses available, and to ask questions about everything including accommodation, admissions, course content, quotas and special facilities," he said.
This year the University of Queensland display will include a special section on UQ Ipswich, a vibrant new campus opening in February 1999 with state-of-the-art technology.
"People can obtain information about new course offerings in 1999, including the bachelor of business (communication), bachelor of business (leisure management), bachelor of contemporary studies, bachelor of electronic commerce, bachelor of environmental management, bachelor of environmental science, bachelor of information environments, and bachelor of psychological science," Mr Lamb said.
"We will have staff from each of the University's faculties to answer specific questions and there will be information about University colleges, and UQ Sport."
The display program will be complemented with career talks at 11.30am on July 11, and 2.30pm on July 12. University Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Trevor Grigg will discuss the new UQ Ipswich campus at TSXPO on July 12 at noon.
Mr Lamb said the University was experiencing strong demand for its range of dual degree programs, one of the most comprehensive of any Australian university.
"Dual degrees are increasingly popular because they give people two areas of specialisation and consequently better employment prospects," he said.
"They take one year longer than the longest component of either degree. For example, it normally takes four years to do a law degree, and three years to do an arts degree full time, but a dual Arts/Laws degree takes five years."
Mr Lamb said TSXPO also provided the chance for students to talk to staff if they were not sure about their first course preferences.
For further information about the University, contact UQ Courses and Admissions, (telephone 07 3365 2203), or visit the University's Courses and Careers Day at the St Lucia campus on August 2, or the open day at the University's Gatton College campus on August 30.
