Availabilities:

2024 unit offering information will be available in November 2023

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:
1Read and comprehend written texts including quantitative aspects
2Apply awareness of academic integrity in assessment tasks
3Demonstrate writing in a university context

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

  1. Read and comprehend written texts including quantitative aspects
  2. Apply awareness of academic integrity in assessment tasks
  3. Demonstrate writing in a university context

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the teaching period.

Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.

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.

+