Critical Thinking: Media and Academia
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
LANG 1068
Undergraduate
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
173490
4.5
No
UniSA Education Futures
To enable students to manage the demands of literacy in a critical manner in a university environment.
This course develops students' criticality for academic purposes. Students are introduced to critical thinking and reading through the analysis of a range of texts. This involves the assessment of strength of argument, bias, credibility and reliability as the students learn first how to critique non-academic texts right through to conducting a literature review of a journal article. The literature review process involves learning about research methods, ethics and importance of new and reliable knowledges in academia. The course develops the students understanding of language use for different purposes.
Nil
Nil
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
Online (Lecture recordings) | 1 hour x 10 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 2 hours x 10 weeks | ||
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER | |||
Online (Lecture recordings) | 1 hour x 10 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 2 hours x 10 weeks | ||
INTERNAL, WHYALLA | |||
Online (Lecture recordings) | 1 hour x 10 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 2 hours x 10 weeks | ||
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE | |||
Online (Lecture recordings) | 1 hour x 10 weeks | ||
Online (Learning activities) | 2 hours x 10 weeks | ||
EXTERNAL, ONLINE SCHEDULED CLASS | |||
Online (Lecture recordings) | 1 hour x 10 weeks | ||
Tutorial (Virtual Classroom) | 2 hours x 10 weeks | ||
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES | |||
Online (Lecture recordings) | 1 hour x 10 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 2 hours x 10 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Portfolio, Reflection
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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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.