IA1009:03
Academic Writing
Townsville
HECS Band 1
52 hours lectures/workshops. March/April block mode.
Available to BIndgStud, DipIndgStud(Comm) and other undergraduate students.
Staff: Ms M Mollison.
Formal academic writing skills, including appropriate use of grammar, syntax, vocabulary and correct use of referencing and bibliographic formats will be developed. Notetaking, paraphrasing and summarising skills will be followed by instruction on the expectations of various genres of academic writing including critiques, essays and research reports, issues such as plagiarism and copyright, gendered language and ‘Indigenous English’ will be discussed in relation to academic writing.
Learning Objectives:
- acquire skills in notetaking, paraphrasing and summarising from a range of sources and for specific research purposes;
- gain awareness of appropriate structure, syntax, grammar and vocabulary (including gendered language) required for academic writing;
- demonstrate ability to write research reports, essays and critiques;
- use acceptable in-text referencing and bibliographic conventions;
- understand the various genres and formats required for academic writing;
- develop library and internet research skills.
Assessment by critique, essay, research report and examination.