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Academic Literacies: Learning and Communication Practice

Undergraduate | SWI-COM10006 | 2021

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Strengthen your academic practice and hone communication and research skills that you can use in the workplace. Utilise library resources. Learn how to identify the best online sources. Unpack the building blocks used to make an effective argument.

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

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Academic Literacies: Learning and Communication Practice

About this subject

  • Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:

    1. Undertake enquiry-based learning and problem solving
    2. Apply academic skills in essay writing
    3. Search for and identify appropriate sources for assignments
    4. Engage critically with academic topics, theories and debates, demonstrating logical and creative thinking and reasoning
    5. Communicate effectively with relevant audiences using spoken and written communication skills
    6. Understand the impact of social, historical and political influences on the production of knowledge.

Entry requirements

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:

  • MUR-SSK12 (Not currently available)

Others

Do not enrol into this subject if you have previously completed SSK12, as it is considered equivalent.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

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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