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Area/Catalogue
LANG 1002

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Course Level

globe-earth-geography

Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
012294

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
UniSA College

Course aim

To enable students to manage the demands of literacy in a critical manner in a university environment.

Course content

Critical reading, thinking and analysis; perspective and impact; context, purpose and function of texts; structure and organisation of academic texts; opinion, fact, evidence, argument processing text eg summarising, synthesising, comparing, evaluating; developing cohesion and coherence; drafting, editing and redrafting.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture 1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial 2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Lecture 1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial 2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture 1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial 2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External N/A x 13 weeks
Podcast of internal lecture 1 hour x 13 weeks
Online learning activities N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Guided Critical review, Independent Critical review, Mindmap and Reading Logs , Participation, Personal Responses to Background Readings

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

Dr Susan Robinson
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Mr Warwick Norman
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Degrees this course is offered in

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