Writing Angles: Popular and Professional
MMA110
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Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 1 mean?
Undergraduate Level 1
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
No
Availability: What is a Study period?
For enrolment (2012): For forward planning* (2013): What is Forward Planning?- SP1
- -
- SP3
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Duration:
13 weeks
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Fee: Fees (current and planned)
- Domestic student fee:
- $795.00 (AUD)
- International student fee:
- $1,020.00 (AUD)
Description
This writing unit is grounded in communication and has a theoretical base drawn from a mix of critical theory and cultural studies. You will develop your understanding of writing as communication through the analysis of language theories and the application of theoretical models to specific examples. You will develop advanced skills in writing across a range of genres drawing from both the professional and the popular. You will be encouraged to improve your understanding of how language works through the study and application of grammar of your own writing. You will produce a folio of writing that will include both popular and professional kinds of writing. You will work on an extended piece to further hone your skills in the craft of writing. Additionally you will also undertake a group project in order to develop team and collaborative skills.
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- develop the capability to write material for professional contexts
- understand the relationship between text and context
- develop a writing voice that is present in all work undertaken
- develop the ability to switch between formal and less formal genres
- write accurately and appropriately for genre, site, context and in terms of usage (that is, grammar)
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to writing angles |
| 2 | Genre |
| 3 | Writers & photography |
| 4 | The sign |
| 5 | The role of the reader & the dialogic imagination |
| 6 | Better sentences |
| 7 | Writing details |
| 8 | Case studies; Martin Luther King & contemporary journalism |
| 9 | Speech and writing & Derrida and deconstruction |
| 10 | Roland Barthes: Striptease |
| 11 | Codes; Narrative art & advertising OR |
| 12 | Foucault and discourse |
| 13 | Graffiti as popular resistance |
Study Resources
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Relevant Courses
This unit is not currently a requirement for any courses, but may be eligible for credit.
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
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