Overview

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Academic contacts

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Graduate coursework students from non-English Speaking Backgrounds (NESB).

Other learning activities

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Communicate effectively in a variety of contexts, including group discussions and oral presentations

 

2.

Develop effective critical reading and thinking strategies

3.

Write assignments effectively by researching, planning, drafting, editing and
proofreading 

 

4.

Integrate sources into your academic writing by effectively summarizing, paraphrasing, synthesizing, quoting and referencing

5.

Reflect on feedback to improve the quality of your written work

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

· Essential desktop research skills · Reading effectively and note-taking · Critical reading, writing and discussion · Essay structure and argument · Academic integrity and source use · Other essential aspects of academic writing (e.g., coherence, style and grammar) · Responding to written feedback · Preparing for and participating in class discussions and writing tasks· Effective interpersonal and group work skills, including active listening and speaking assertively · Effective oral presentations

Other notes:

Students are expected to attempt all assessments; attend at least 11 Seminars and 11 Workshops (at least 22 in total); and achieve at least 50% when results from all assessments are totalled, in order to pass the unit