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LING391 Special Options in Linguistics B

Updated: 16 December 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 24cp in LING (at Distinction average) and permission of head of school
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Brett Baker (bbaker2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This is a specialised reading unit which allows students to study at an advanced level topics not otherwise available. There are no lectures or detailed study guides. Students are expected to work independently with limited supervision and guidance, and to undertake a substantial amount of reading and produce a long essay or project. The expected standard of work is high.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Please consult coordinator
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 40% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 6
Project 60% 3000
Assessment Notes
Essay/project
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. conduct independent research using the skills mastered in the unit;
  2. write in the discourse of the discipline, to a high standard;
  3. understand and discuss a specialised area of linguistics.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
The student will develop a deep knowledge of a specialised area of linguistics through independent research. It is taught by directed study and reading, practiced and assessed through the completion of the assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Your involvement in this unit will foster your ability to communicate effectively; encourage you to find, organise, and present information effectively; and to construct coherent and well reasoned arguments. Assessed and Practised in both assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The study of linguistics includes a good deal of information on languages situations around the world, and about the nature of the world's languages. 		True
4 Information Literacy
Students are encouraged to search for information, in hard copy and online, through Library sources and the internet to supplement their reading for their research projects/essays. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
This unit provides the opportunity for you to identify, evaluate, and implement personal learning strategies and study skills that will be valuable throughout your life. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Developing and carrying through independent research develops a range of high-level problem solving skills. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
The study of linguistics encourages students to develop their intercultural awareness and give a sense of the relationships that hold between language structures and social organisation. We hope that the ability to make connections between language use and wider socio-political issues makes students more socially responsible. 		True
   

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