Ideas, Innovation and Communication

Course aim

To encourage students to think in new, critical and innovative ways about the world around them and to develop their skills in communicating effectively in both academic and professional environments.

Course content

Students are introduced to the academic skills required within the university and professional context, including critical thinking, active reading, effective writing,  group collaboration and referencing.   Students will use these skills to develop their own research topics, considering the case studies presented to them in the weekly lectures together with their own in-depth research and innovative thinking to highlight an issue they believe could provide an important avenue for cultural and creative research.  

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Directed online study via learnonline)	3 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hour x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HELP COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Lecture	1 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hour x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Lecture	1 hour x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
Workshop (Assignment workshop)	1 hour x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, M2 EDUCATION (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
Lecture	1 hour x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture (to be held at Magill - refer to Magill timetable)	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial (to be held at City West)	2 hours 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

Critical analysis, Presentation, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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Non-award enrolment
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* 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.