Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour | Study Period 1 | N/A |
| Gold Coast | Study Period 1 | N/A |
| Lismore | Study Period 1 | N/A |
| Online | Study Period 3,4,5 | N/A |
Unit description
Introduces students to the culture of academic enquiry. The skills developed in this unit focus on self management and critical thinking, academic reading, writing, and academic integrity.
Unit content
Managing self and growth mindset
Finding, evaluating, critically analysing texts
The culture of writing in a university context
The culture of learning in a university context including awareness of academic integrity
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apply self management strategies to learning and studying | Lifelong learning | ||||||
| 2 | Read and comprehend written texts including quantitative aspects | Communication and social skills | ||||||
| 3 | Apply awareness of academic integrity in assessment tasks | Ethical practice | ||||||
| 4 | Demonstrate writing in a university context | Communication and social skills | ||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Apply self management strategies to learning and studying
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- Read and comprehend written texts including quantitative aspects
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- Apply awareness of academic integrity in assessment tasks
- GA3: Ethical practice
- Demonstrate writing in a university context
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Workshop on-site 3 hours (Twice each week for 6 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Quiz | 20% |
| 1 annotated bibliography 1 essay plan | 35% |
| Essay | 45% |
| Teaching method |
| Workshop on-site 3 hours (Twice each week for 6 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Quiz | 20% |
| 1 annotated bibliography 1 essay plan | 35% |
| Essay | 45% |
| Teaching method |
| Workshop on-site 3 hours (Twice each week for 6 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Quiz | 20% |
| 1 annotated bibliography 1 essay plan | 35% |
| Essay | 45% |
| Teaching method |
| Workshop online 1 hour (Once each week for 6 weeks) |
| Tutorial online 2 hours (Twice each week for 6 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Quiz | 20% |
| 1 annotated bibliography 1 essay plan | 35% |
| Essay | 45% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.
Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1
Fee paying courses
For POSTGRADUATE or UNDERGRADUATE full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.