James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020

FS0303 - Developing Academic Skills 2

Subject Description

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

Subject Assessment

• Module Three: Essay and Values Reflection - (35%)
• Module Two: Research and Planning Work - (30%)
• Module One: Preparatory Work - (35%)

Note that 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.

Special Assessment Requirements

Nil

Availabilities