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Writing: From Manuscript to the Digital Age

Undergraduate | MAQ-ENGX2031 | 2020

Previously MAQ-ENGX231

Course information for 2020 intake

Consider the changes writing as a practice, craft and function has gone through in history. Discuss the evolution of how we receive texts. Think about how reading will continue to evolve in the digital age.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
18 weeks

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Writing: From Manuscript to the Digital Age

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to: 

    1. Analyse a range of historical, cultural and material contexts of the production and consumption of written text
    2. Investigate and discuss technologies of writing and their impact on writing and reading practices
    3. Evaluate different forms of writing in the context of their experience and environment
    4. Appraise their own reading and writing practices
    5. Acquire and apply skills appropriate to various forms of writing

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • MAQ-ENGX231-Writing: From Manuscript to the Digital Age (no longer available)

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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What to study next?

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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UndergraduateMAQ-ART-DEG

Bachelor of Arts

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