AMU1017 · Academic literacies

Overview

This unit is designed to introduce you to the literacies required for academic study in their degree courses. Language use at university differs from 'generic' language. These differences will be explored through discussion and practice. You will engage with a variety of discipline specific resources to extend your skills in both oral and written communication. The unit focuses on the development of an argument and the critique of discipline specific literature. Research skills, essay structure and academic standards and protocols in communication are core to this unit.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Apply information literacy skills to identify and evaluate diverse discipline specific sources;
2. Apply academic standards and protocols to academic oral and written communication;
3. Present a well prepared and coherent discipline specific viewpoint;
4. Demonstrate argumentation and critical reflection in the development of an academic essay.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.