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ENCO100 Communication Skills: Composition

Updated: 23 July 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Armidale Semester 2 Off 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 COMM100
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Winifred Belmont (wbelmont@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

The Easy Writer: Formal Writing for Academic Purposes
ISBN: 9781442502642
Belmont, W. and Sharkey, M., Pearson 2nd ed. 2009
Note: It is strongly recommended that students order the textbook, only available from UCB UNE Bookshop, well in advance of commencement of semester to avoid delays.
Text refers to: Semesters 1 and 2 , On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional
Text(s):

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

Collins Australian Concise Dictionary
ISBN: 9780732288068
Harper Collins
Note: Or the Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary or the Macquarie Concise Dictionary
Text refers to: Semesters 1 and 2 , On and Off Campus
New Oxford Guide to Writing
ISBN: 9780195090598
Kane, T.S., Oxford University Press 1994
Text refers to: Semesters 1 and 2 , On and Off Campus
Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary
ISBN: 9780195550481
Oxford 4th ed. 2004
Note: Or the Collins Australian Concise Dictionary or the Macquarie Concise Dictionary
Text refers to: Semesters 1 and 2 , On and Off Campus
The Mature Student's Guide to Writing
ISBN: 9781403989956
Rose, J., Palgrave 2nd ed. 2007
Text refers to: Semesters 1 and 2 , On and Off Campus
Macquarie Concise Dictionary
ISBN: 9781876429591
Macquarie 4th ed. 2006
Note: Or the Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary or the Collins Australian Concise Dictionary
Text refers to: Semesters 1 and 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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