| Assessment |
| Title |
Exam Length |
Weight |
Mode |
No. Words |
| Assignment 1 |
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40%
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On/Off Campus
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2000 |
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-3
GA: 1, 2, 6 |
| Tutorial participation |
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10%
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On Campus
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| Assessment Notes |
| Structured tutorial participation |
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| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-3
GA: 1, 2, 6 |
| Writing Project |
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60%
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Off Campus
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4000 |
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-3
GA: 1, 2, 6 |
| Writing Project |
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50%
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On Campus
|
4000 |
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-3
GA: 1, 2, 6 |
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| Graduate Attributes (GA) |
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Attribute |
Taught |
Assessed |
Practised |
| 1 |
Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit introduces student to the study of non-fictional works in literature, television and film.It is assessed through written assignments and tutorial work.
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| 2 |
Communication Skills
These skills are essential to the content and methodology. The unit requires the practice and development of communication skills, especially through the development of assessable written communication.
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| 3 |
Global Perspectives
The texts studied, supported by the nature of the writing tasks required, provide global perspectives and develop intercultural knowledge and competencies. Because the unit has a focus on the ethics of the production and reception of texts dealing with the sometimes-murky realms of 'truth' and 'fact', the question of the personal, the political and the global resounds throughout.
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| 4 |
Information Literacy
Information literacy is encouraged and supported but not absolutely essential. The materials provided, the methodology adopted and the assessment required provide opportunities to expand informational literacy but do not of themselves demand a high level of practice.
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| 5 |
Life-Long Learning
By analysing and applying the processes and techniques of written and audiovisual communication in diverse contexts, the unit provides the basis for on-going study of communication practices relevant to both personal and professional development.
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| 6 |
Problem Solving
The assessment tasks in this unit, while practical/creative in part, also require levels of critical and analytical thinking and articulation that demonstrate the processes essential to understanding written communication.
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| 7 |
Social Responsibility
The unit's emphasis on the constructed nature of written and audio-visual communication implies a recognition of social responsibility, that texts as products (of individuals working within economic and social institutions) also reflect, represent, reproduce and interrogate social ideologies. The unit has a focus on the ethical questions associated with the production and reception of the non-fictive text, and associated questions of witnessing and remembering.
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| 8 |
Team Work
The pedagogy underpinning the unit will emphasise ethical considerations and respect for others, and the classes themselves, foron-campus students, will include the modelling of a team work approach in learning activities, although this attribute will not be formally assessed.
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