I found the course in and of itself was good, however the thing that does need to be changed is the name. As already mentioned, get rid of the word "advanced". It gives the wrong impression. For example, I was an advanced diver at 9 dives. A person with only 9 dives is not an advanced diver. I know I was not.
I would like to see the course re-attached to the OW course as I think this is where it belongs. All of my OW course was sitting on the bottom at 20' doing skills. We did the skills but no diving. Put OW and AOW together and you do the skills, then you do some diving where you learn how to use those skills.
I would like to see the course re-attached to the OW course as I think this is where it belongs. All of my OW course was sitting on the bottom at 20' doing skills. We did the skills but no diving. Put OW and AOW together and you do the skills, then you do some diving where you learn how to use those skills.