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Non-Award MUR-EQU084-2022
Knowledge in the Sciences: Tackling Global Challenges
Explore global challenges, and the role of the sciences in helping humanity to meet them. While you get ready to tackle study with this FlexiTrack course, you’ll also further develop your academic skills including presentation and report creation.
$400 $0
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Required
Start dates
- 11 Jul 2022
- 19 Sep 2022
QS RANKING 2022
27
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
30
Subject details
At the completion of this subject students will be able to have:
- study skills such as time management and organisation and interpersonal communication
- academic skills including:, numeracy, critical thinking, analysing, report writing information seeking and management, and use of learning technologies (e.g. computers and libraries)
- conceptual understandings of: knowledge in the sciences
- attributes that promote success at university such as persistence, self-management and commitment.
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- Study Skills
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
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Enrolment in FlexiTrack enabling degree and completion of, or joint enrolment with, Learning EQU081 Uni Style and EQU082, Knowledge in the Social Sciences: Understanding Social Change. English competence as per Murdoch University policy is a prerequisite requirement of this subject.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Need ability to record video and voice (this can be the inbuilt camera and microphone of their computer).
Knowledge in the Sciences: Tackling Global Challenges is the fourth subject in the FlexiTrack preparation course that qualifies you to apply directly for any undergraduate degree at Murdoch University that has an indicative ATAR of 70 or less. This subject is made up of a series of engaging topics introducing students to how knowledge is created in the sciences, exploring global challenges. Through this journey students build on academic skills such as numeracy and report writing.
Please Note: This subject is only available for Domestic Students.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
- Reflective Blog (10%)
- Report Draft and Referencing (20%)
- Calculating the Mean and Graphing (10%)
- Scientific report (1500 words) (30%)
- Module Reflective Video Learning Journal (5 minutes in total) (30%)
Current study term: 10 Jul 22 to 16 Sep 22
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Next study term: 18 Sep 22 to 25 Nov 22
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