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ENCO506 Writing for Work: Styles and Contexts

Updated: 27 March 2012
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2013
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ENCO306 or ENCO406
Notes

offered in even numbered years
Combined Units ENCO306 - Writing for Work: Styles and Contexts
Coordinator(s) Jeremy Fisher (jfishe23@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit explores writing practices that are particularly relevant to the workplace and community. These practices range from organisational writing (reports, proposals, newsletters, web pages, etc) to reviews (book, film, music reviews, etc) and writing scripts for radio. Students explore the social context of professional and creative writing styles, their compositional techniques, and ethical issues arising in their use. They investigate the similarities and differences between these styles through case studies and practical exercises. The unit is valuable for those seeking to develop their ability to write effectively and creatively for different purposes and diverse audience bases.
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate an understanding of the demands of the writing forms studied, for a wide range of purposes in different professional or creative media and situations;
  2. demonstrate at a sophisticated level the personal skills and technical abilities required to initiate writing as a process and as a set of tasks appropriate to particular institutional circumstances or social situations;
  3. use the resources of diverse genres or forms of writing to organise materials in ways appropriate to particular circumstances, effectively and creatively;
  4. compose and present pieces of writing for particular audiences or readerships; and
  5. develop and complete large-scale writing tasks to institutionally or industrially acceptable standards.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit provides an introduction to writing practices relevant to the workplace, and students' mastery of this attribute is specifically practised and assessed in the written assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
These skills are essential and intrinsic to the content and methodology. They are taught and practised through in-class and formally assessed in the assessment-related learning activities. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Without being explicitly assessed, an understanding of global perspectives and intercultural competence is taught and rehearsed through in-class activities and print materials that focus on their significance in writing practices encountered within workplaces, the media and community contexts. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
The enhancement of information literacy skills as part of communication research and presentation is supported by the teaching methodology, learning activities, use of readings and assessment design, but is not explicitly assessed. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
By providing a pedagogic grounding in the principles and functions of professional and creative writing in different contexts, the unit provides a basis for personal and professional development of this attribute through further academic or workplace experience. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
By providing practice in analysing as well as using particular writing forms, the unit develops skills in thinking creatively to solve problems in working with different information sources and viewpoints and representing complex issues intelligibly for diverse audiences. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Although the assessment criteria do not explicitly include its demonstration, social responsibility is taught and encouraged through materials that show the varied social relations and multiple ethical negotiations embodied in the craft of writing. 		True True
8 Team Work
The study of the social contexts and relations of communication provides a framework in which students can consider issues of team work relevant to different circumstances of writing. On-campus students have the opportunity to collaborate in presenting and giving feedback on written work in progress. However, team work for all students is not explicitly taught or assessed. 		True
   

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