Excelsia College: Championing professional leaders for the future
David Samuel, International Marketing Consultant, Excelsia College Sri Lanka Office
With almost 200 higher education colleges across Australia alone, making the right choice can be an overwhelming and daunting decision. Thankfully, Excelsia College exists to provide quality Higher Education courses to hundreds of domestic and international students from across the globe, including students from Sri Lanka.
Having a strong educational ethos firmly built into its foundations, Excelsia College believes each student who walks through it’s doors is a unique individual who requires their own tailored approach of care and support to help unlock their full potential and flourish in their chosen profession. With multireligious prayer rooms and culturally diverse staff, students from all backgrounds are made to feel welcomed and included on campus.
Excelsia College is a Higher Education Provider registered with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, approved to offer FEE-HELP, Youth Allowance, Austudy and Abstudy, and registered to offer courses to international students (CRICOS Provider Code 02664K). Excelsia College is an affiliate of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and a member of the Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA).
Excelsia offer a range of Bachelors, Masters and PhD programs for international students and we are still encourage students to apply for forthcoming intake in July and September 2020 as well as for Feb 2021. We offer Bachelor / Master in Music, Associate Degree in Music, Bachelor in Dramatic Arts, Bachelor of Screen Production, Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, Master of Counselling, Graduate Diploma in Counselling, Bachelor of Management and Entrepreneurship, MBA, MBA Research and Doctor of Philosophy (Organisational Leadership). We are proud of the fact one of the only or few in Australia in the private higher education space to have a PhD in offer for international students. With self- accrediting authority, the college’s world class academics are constantly designing the newest courses to fit the needs of today’s students.
Offering courses from Bachelor’ and Master Research, all the way through to their prestigious PhD program, students are mentored in intimate classes by an elite team of industry professionals and internationally recognised lecturers. As one of very few Higher Education Colleges to offer a Master of Research with options of progressing into a Phd, Excelsia’s aim of achieving University status by 2025 is imminent. This is an exciting new step in Excelsia’s 35-year journey of excellence in the Australian higher education sector.
In the QILT survey 2019, Excelsia College outperformed most national universities and private higher education providers in Australia and have highlighted some of Excelsia’s achievements (under graduate) below.
Student Overall Experience 84.5% compared with National average of 78.9% · Skills Development 86.1% compared to National average of 81.3% · Teaching Practices 91.7% compared to National average of 81.3% · Interaction with Staff and Students 77.6% compared with National average of 63.4% · Support Services 84.1% compared to National average of 73.7%
The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (BECE) is designed to equip teachers with the knowledge, skills and understanding to provide quality early childhood education and care. The course supports students to build a deep, reflexive understanding of the child, child development, early childhood contexts, educational issues, theories and considerations, and the diverse needs of children, from birth to five years of age. A continuing shortage of well qualified staff in the early childhood sector is an important motivation for the necessity and provision of this course. The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education Degree which has accreditation of ACEQA https://www.acecqa.gov.au/ and assessed by AITSL https://www.aitsl.edu.au/.
By choosing Excelsia College / Sydney Film School, students will join a community that has diverse roots but is united in a passion for filmmaking. Sydney Film School was founded 13 years ago out of a desire to create a practical filmmaking experience focusing on the skills that are required for a successful career in the global film industry. Located alongside International Screen Academy in Waterloo, it is situated in a purpose built facility with world-class equipment available to students.
The Master of Counselling, a Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) and Australian Counselling Association (ACA) accredited program, aims to develop essential clinical competencies, foster reflective awareness and provide a sound theoretical foundation for a career as a professional counsellor. The degree which integrates contemporary counselling theory, research and practice, contextualised within a Christian worldview and a mental health framework, develops counsellors who understand the personal, cultural, relational, psychological, social and spiritual domains of human experience and functioning; who are professionally and ethically informed; who will be sensitive to the diversity and uniqueness of individuals, families, and communities; and who will value and promote the dignity, potential and well-being of all people.
The Bachelor of Management and Entrepreneurship develops in students’ management and entrepreneurship knowledge, providing students with a solid grounding in enterprise creation and management. It will therefore appeal to students likely to (i) help run and manage their family business; (ii) start their own business independently or as spin-offs from the family business; or (iii) be working for, do business with or consult to family businesses or small to medium entrepreneurial enterprises. In the second and third years, students will continue to develop knowledge and skills and also apply these
specifically in management and entrepreneurship contexts. Students will also select elective units, the range of which offers students opportunity to develop skills relevant to their personal and/or professional interests in a particular business discipline, such as marketing, human resource management, accounting or organisational leadership, governance and change.
Excelsia College MBA is on “Leadership and Social Responsibility”. The program is designed to develop students leadership skills as well as knowledge of ethical and socially responsible practices within organisations. It can help students become a business leader that seeks to make a difference in the world by doing the right thing as it is good for business. Reasons to choose this program: Globally recognised qualification, focus on leadership and social responsibility, relevant curriculum – where lessons can be immediately applied and opportunity to study alongside students from other cultures
Located in Sydney’s Macquarie Park Business District, Excelsia College is positioned perfectly between two major Sydney train stations with regular major bus lines stopping just outside the campus and free on site parking to all current students. Only 20 minutes travel from Sydney’s world famous Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House, incoming international students are treated to a harbor cruise in their first semester, helping them become better acquainted with Australia’s biggest city and it’s key tourist attractions.
Excelsia College is sympathetic to not only the scholastic, but emotional needs of their international students and as such have implemented their brand new Student Support Centre. Providing free on campus counselling, academic support and a college chaplain, Excelsia ensures all students, both domestic and international, feel supported and encouraged whilst pursuing their studies.
Please contact David Samuel, International Marketing Consultant, Excelsia College Sri Lanka Office – Email: david.samuel@exclesia.edu.au for support and enrolment.
Please browse www.excelsia.edu.au for further information and course details.
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