Unit of Study COMM1004 A Culture of Enquiry (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

SCU College
Placement

No

Unit description

The unit develops students’ understanding of the university culture of scholarship whilst developing their critical thinking and information literacy skills. Students will explore the nature of knowledge, including their own biases and limitations, developing an understanding of how information can be presented and interpreted in relation to a range of real-world, contemporary issues.

Unit content

Critical Thinking: epistemology or how we know, what we know
Academic Communication: group work
Critical Thinking: frames & biases
Information Literacy: current, relevant, authoritative sources
Information Literacy: interpreting data
Academic Integrity: text ownership & authorship

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term1,3,5	Term1,3,5
Melbourne	N/A	Term1,3,5
Online	Term1,3,5	Term1,5
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby	N/A	Term3
Perth	N/A	Term1,3,5
Sydney	N/A	Term1,3,5

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Identify how students know what they know; and identify frames, heuristics and biases.

Working in groups

Identify relevant sources for university study and demonstrate an understanding of text ownership and authorship

Interpret visually represented data

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Critical review	40%
Short written response	40%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Critical review	40%
Short written response	40%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Critical review	40%
Short written response	40%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Critical review	40%
Short written response	40%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Critical review	40%
Short written response	40%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Critical review	40%
Short written response	40%

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Texts

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