FS0303 - Developing Academic Skills 2

Credit points:	03
Year:	2019
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
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Developing Academic Skills 2 allows you to develop the learning, thinking, critical reading and writing, and time management skills that are required for rigorous study in an Australian university context. The subject aims to build on the skills developed in FS0300 Developing Academic Skills 1 and facilitate the process of orientation and transition into academic teaching and learning cultures in a range of disciplines. You will develop learning skills relevant to the contemporary Australian university environment to maximise learning from future lectures, tutorials, and online subject materials. You will learn to plan and develop responses to a range of assessment tasks, and develop skills to prepare a range of written and oral tasks required in a university environment. Through actively engaging in planning, monitoring, and evaluating your own learning, you will develop confidence in your own ability to be successful in higher education studies. There will be a strong emphasis on the importance of independent learning for successful university studies.

Learning Outcomes

• develop and apply reading strategies and critically evaluate academic sources of information;
• identify, analyse, synthesize, and evaluate information, claims, and evidence from a range of texts and sources for specific academic purposes;
• paraphrase, synthesise, and evaluate information from a range of sources;
• communicate information, ideas, arguments, and potential solutions in a clear and logical way using appropriate academic and referencing conventions;
• demonstrate responsibility to complete a range of higher education activities within broad, but established parameters;
• demonstrate an understanding of the research process and associated core skills (articulated above) to develop a cohesive academic essay using generic features.

Availabilities
Townsville, , Study Period 47
Census Date 25-Jul-2019
Contact hours:	72 hours - Formal classes: workshops and seminars (6 hours per week 24 hours - Supervised study and interactive consultation (2 hours per week)
Assessment:	module one: preparatory work (35%); module two: research and planning work (30%); module three: essay and values reflection (35%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Townsville, , Study Period 48
Census Date 21-Nov-2019
Contact hours:	72 hours - Formal classes: workshops and seminars (6 hours per week 24 hours - Supervised study and interactive consultation (2 hours per week)
Assessment:	module one: preparatory work (35%); module two: research and planning work (30%); module three: essay and values reflection (35%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.