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I agree with everything you’ve said David. I can understand that with a Masters or PhD course, they’re keen to keep pass rates up and will actively weed out the wheat from the chaff, although if you’re qualifying for these, you’re probably in the “wheat” category already.
As you say, they’re about making money, and given that even the “lowly” Grad Cert of Science (Astronomy) is more than $11k for a purely online course you’d think they’d be rolling out the red carpet for applicants. Nobody’s going to fork over that sort of money unless they’re serious about completing it, and have done their due diligence before stumping up the cash. Hopefully Swinburne are a bit more receptive during real-time phone correspondence rather than their standard and somewhat disheartening email responses.
Leon, the “standard entry” requirement is (allegedly) any Bachelor’s degree, but non-standard entry can be attempted via the following:
“Applicants with relevant astronomy or astronomy-related experience* (minimum of three years) will be considered for entry.” I don’t know if your specific circumstances would give you some prospects for applying, but there certainly seems to be a pathway other than a Bachelor’s degree.
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