JM are doing Cert III in Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane like they used to now... Melbourne is running June 30 - July 11, a terribly convenient time considering the VCE
etc...
BHT has a reasonable reputation... The
VCA course I imagine is much like what NIDA offer... Have you looked at what it takes to get in...
Wollongong Uni I think do stuff with it too. WAAPA over in Perth can be added to the list from memory as well...
But in reality, the opinion of my previous employer, from experience, was that even the JM course, which is probably the best in terms of hands on, doesn't necessarily leave graduates with the
practical skills they need. Perhaps you might be better to seek a traineeship, I know my
current company has a trainee as do many of the others up here, so presumably someone in Melbourne will take you on... Heck, our Melbourne office might... Basically you get a Cert III and a year of real world experience and the government foots the bill for the Cert III. THEN, you can decide whether you want to go on to further study and if so, in what subdiscipline... It also means you haven't blown 11 or 12 k on a course you don't like...
Since I'm just over a week from uni exams, chances are I won't be on here much over the next week or two, unless I am working hard to up my marks in procrastination... You've got my email
address... (Others wanting to be included or reading this at some later date, contact me via PM or email.) Heck, I probably won't be around much until late July because of World Youth Day...
And an afterthought... Americans have a
bit of a habit of degree inflating, so their advice on degrees and such should not be relied upon... I mean in Australia, the title of Professor is not easy to obtain, whereas in the US, all one needs to do is tutor a class it seems...
