Undergraduate USA-SSK10-2022
Tertiary Learning Strategies
Commit to following the academic writing process. Cover everything from managing information to submitting your essay. Enhance your formal writing skills. Reference texts to support your arguments. Pick up techniques for compiling a bibliography.
$874 $2,875
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
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Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 29 Aug 2022
- 28 Nov 2022
QS RANKING 2022
20
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
23
Subject details
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- plan and manage their study
- read and comprehend texts appropriate to undergraduate study
- access and use effectively, a range of resources related to their study
- recognise and apply academic conventions required for written assignments.
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- Organisation of materials and time
- Writing
- Managing information
- Referencing
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
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Word
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Get a great start to your study. In this subject you are presented with knowledge and generic skills relevant to studying at a tertiary level. The subject leads you through a staged process from submission of a brief non-academic writing task, through to completion of a researched and referenced academic essay. Along the way, you learn how to develop your formal writing skills, read and interpret academic texts and use library and internet resources to research and support academic arguments. You also learn ways to organise your time and resources, approaches to assignment writing, how to relate reference material to assigned writing, protocols of in-text referencing (Harvard/Author-Date) and techniques for compiling a bibliography. At the completion of this subject, you should be able to plan and manage your study, read and comprehend texts appropriate to undergraduate study, access and use a range of resources and recognise and apply academic conventions required for written assignments.
This subject is part of the Business Pathway.
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- Annotated Bibliography (2000 words) (40%)
- Reflective essay (800 words) (20%)
- Essay (1500 words) (40%)
Current study term: 29 May 22 to 28 Aug 22
Tertiary Learning Strategies, A Custom Edition, 2nd ed. (also available as an eBook, ISBN: 9780655702559)
Judith Dwyer, et al.
ISBN 9780655702542
Recommended Only
Next study term: 28 Aug 22 to 27 Nov 22
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