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Unit Summary
Unit type
Enabling Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Unit aim
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 nine topics:
- Issues and academic enquiry
- Introducing reports
- Reading and writing for reports and assessments
- Defining sustainability
- Background to the issue of sustainability
- Sustainability: Principles and perspectives
- Refining reports: Editing and proofreading
- Sustainability initiatives
- Conclusions, recommendations and executive summaries
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
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define the concept of an issue within the context of Arts or Business studies
- GA4:
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use diverse perspectives to undertake and manage guided research and enquiry
- GA6:
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use diverse perspectives to explain an issue
- GA6:
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communicate conclusions/recommendations about the issue using academic conventions within Arts or Business studies.
- GA6:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.