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Unit of Study ENG10022 - Writing from the Edge (2017)

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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 of the major literary innovations of the 20th and 21st centuries
2 identify and use writing strategies involved in experimenting with and writing against conventional writing techniques in a variety of literary forms and genres
3 understand how issues of identity have contributed to major changes in literary and popular genres and modes of writing
4 demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which changes to technology have contributed to new writing modes and genres
5 demonstrate the ways in which the theoretical and practical premises discussed in this course have enhanced their own writing praxis.

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

  1. demonstrate an understanding of the major literary innovations of the 20th and 21st centuries
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. identify and use writing strategies involved in experimenting with and writing against conventional writing techniques in a variety of literary forms and genres
    • GA2:
  3. understand how issues of identity have contributed to major changes in literary and popular genres and modes of writing
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which changes to technology have contributed to new writing modes and genres
    • GA2:
  5. demonstrate the ways in which the theoretical and practical premises discussed in this course have enhanced their own writing praxis.
    • GA2:

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