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ENCO100 Communication Skills: Composition

Updated: 14 January 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
JMC Academy - Melbourne Semester 1 Off Campus
JMC Academy - Sydney Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions COMM 100
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Louise Noble (lnoble2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides a working knowledge of written communication skills in an academic context and is suitable for any undergraduate course in the University. It is not compulsory for a Communication Studies subject sequence. Class work focuses on research strategies, language usage and essay writing. Students should be proficient in English and are expected to achieve basic word processing competency in their own time. Please note that this is not a creative writing, remedial or ESL unit. The focus is on formal writing for academic purposes. This unit has a compulsory online component. Students are expected to submit online answers to nine weekly grammar quizzes.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Collins Australian Concise Dictionary
ISBN: 9780732285272
Harper Collins, Moss Vale 6th ed. 2006
Note: Or the Oxford Dictionary or the Macquarie Dictionary
The Easy Writer: Formal Writing for Academic Purposes
ISBN: 9780733975370
Belmont, W. and Sharkey, M., Pearson 2005
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

New Oxford Guide to Writing
ISBN: 9780195090598
Kane, T.S., Oxford University Press 1994
Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary
ISBN: 9780195550481
Oxford 4th ed. 2004
Note: Or the Collins Dictionary or the Macquarie Dictionary
The Mature Student's Guide to Writing
ISBN: 9781403989956
Rose, J., Palgrave 2nd ed. 2007
Note: Reference book (available from the Dixson Library, UNE)
Macquarie Concise Dictionary
ISBN: 9781876429591
Macquarie 4th ed. 2006
Note: Or the Oxford Dictionary or the Collins Dictionary
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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