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Gold Coast Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  2,  3
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Melbourne N/A Session 1,  2
Online Session 1,  2 Session 2
Sydney N/A Session 1,  2

Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

6

Level of learning

Introductory

Former School/College

SCU College

Anti-requisites

BUS10699 - Business Language and Learning Skills

Unit aim

Introduces students to time management, communication skills, and reading and writing conventions within university discipline focused study. Students will develop understanding of, and skills in, digital literacies within SCU environment, a variety of academic writing genres relevant to their discipline of study, and principles and application of academic integrity.

Unit content

Topic 1: Introduction to university skills

  • Digital literacy for university study
  • Forms of communication with peers and lecturers/tutors
  • Learning theories
  • Time management
  • Reflective learning

Topic 2: Principles of Academic Integrity

  • Understanding plagiarism
  • Use of Turnitin
  • Referencing

Topic 3: Critical Reading

  • Critical thinking
  • Reading strategies
  • Reading for argument
  • Reading for evidence
  • Effective note taking

Topic 4 : Academic Writing

  • Features of academic writing
  • Skills needed to write academically
  • Report and essay writing
  • Case Studies
  • Reflective writing
  • Assignment completion steps
  • Question analysis

Topic 5 : Oral Presentations

  • Features of effective presentations
  • Body language
  • Answering questions
  • Audio-visual aids

Learning outcomes

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.

GA1: , GA2: , GA3: , GA4: , GA5: , GA6: , GA7:
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 select and apply independent learning and self-management strategies to their studies.
2 identify and use different forms of communication relevant to a discipline.
3 apply principles of academic integrity to individual and team work.

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

  1. select and apply independent learning and self-management strategies to their studies.
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
  2. identify and use different forms of communication relevant to a discipline.
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  3. apply principles of academic integrity to individual and team work.
    • GA3:

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.

  • No prescribed texts.

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.