Availabilities:
Location | Domestic | International |
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Gold Coast | Session 1, 2, 3 | Session 1, 2, 3 |
Lismore | Session 1, 2, 3 | Session 1, 2, 3 |
Melbourne | N/A | Session 1, 2, 3 |
Online | Session 1, 2, 3 | Session 3 |
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Enga | N/A | Session 2 |
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby | N/A | Session 2 |
Perth | N/A | Session 2, 3 |
Sydney | N/A | Session 1, 2, 3 |
Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Unit aim
Introduces students to learning skills for university study, 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
Introduction to academic and learning skills
Principles of academic Integrity
Critical reading
Academic writing
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.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | 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 work. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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apply independent learning and self-management strategies to their studies.
- GA3:
- GA5:
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identify and use different forms of communication relevant to a discipline.
- GA3:
- GA6:
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apply principles of academic integrity to individual work.
- GA3:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.