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Unit of Study EDU72100 - Postgraduate Preparation (2019)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    24

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Intermediate

  • Former School/College

    SCU College

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Builds on students' existing English language abilities in reading, writing, speaking and listening to develop skills to prepare students for Masters’ level studies. Students will engage in a range of in-class activities which use current digital, academic and information literacies within the context of future studies.

Unit content

Upper-Intermediate English forms and functions enabling Master’s level study at SCU (with 6.5 entry), covering:

  • A range of grammar structures and vocabulary appropriate to academic discourse
  • A range of discourse markers and cohesive structures appropriate to academic discourse
  • Maintaining conversations and giving presentations
  • Listening to and reading academic texts for information
  • Academic writing genres (reports, essays, discussion boards)
  • Academic integrity practices: text ownership and authorship
  • Digital literacy practices: understanding, using, and communicating with multimedia technology

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Session1,3,2
Session1,3,2
Lismore
Session3
Session3

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 Demonstrate an understanding and control of a range of spoken and written academic texts.
2 Use a range of academic vocabulary and grammatical structures to communicate ideas in speech and writing.
3 Demonstrate an understanding of text ownership and authorship practices at university through appropriate use of academic integrity practices.
4 Sustain academic communicative exchanges with other speakers of English.
5 Demonstrate digital literacy practices including the use of similarity detection tools.

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

  1. Demonstrate an understanding and control of a range of spoken and written academic texts.
    • GA6:
  2. Use a range of academic vocabulary and grammatical structures to communicate ideas in speech and writing.
    • GA6:
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of text ownership and authorship practices at university through appropriate use of academic integrity practices.
    • GA2:
  4. Sustain academic communicative exchanges with other speakers of English.
    • GA6:
  5. Demonstrate digital literacy practices including the use of similarity detection tools.
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.