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Unit of Study EDU10449 - Issues and Enquiry in Arts and Business (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    Enabling Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    0

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    SCU College

  • Pre-requisites

    be admitted to course: 2307160 Preparing for Success at SCU program

  • Enrolment information

    For more information about this course email: successprogram@scu.edu.au or phone 02 6620 3194. This is a non-award unit.

Unit description

Explores the nature of issues and are introduced to the critical enquiry methods required in the context of Arts and Business Studies. Students will learn how to write a report and communicate their explanations and conclusions.

Unit content

The unit consists of ten topics:

  1. Academic tribes and academic enquiry in Arts and Business
  2. Introduction to critical thinking: what is an argument?
  3. Framing issues in media texts
  4. Sustainability: introduction, background principles and perspectives
  5. Unsustainable development and ways of living
  6. Approaches to Sustainability in Arts and Business
  7. Promoting Sustainability
  8. Initiatives: description and Discussion
  9. Report intensive – recommendations and conclusions
  10. Executive summaries and editing

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 1,  2 Session 2
Gold Coast Session 1,  2,  3 N/A
Lismore Session 1,  2,  3 Session 2,  3
Online Session 1,  2,  3 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 define the concept of an issue within the context of Arts or Business studies
2 use diverse perspectives to undertake and manage guided research and enquiry
3 use diverse perspectives to explain an issue
4 communicate conclusions/recommendations about the issue using academic conventions within Arts or Business studies.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. define the concept of an issue within the context of Arts or Business studies
    • GA4:
  2. use diverse perspectives to undertake and manage guided research and enquiry
    • GA6:
  3. use diverse perspectives to explain an issue
    • GA6:
  4. communicate conclusions/recommendations about the issue using academic conventions within Arts or Business studies.
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

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Prescribed Texts
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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.