AIX117 - Professional Writing for Work
Unit details
Year: | 2019 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Trimester 1 Unit Chair: | Angela Osborne |
Trimester 2 Unit Chair: | Julie Freeman |
Trimester 3 Unit Chair: | Julie Freeman |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | ALW117, ALW217, EAD110 |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | Online learning independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 2 hour seminar equivalent. |
Content
This unit focuses on developing flexible and transferable communication, writing and research skills for employability in a twenty-first century work environment. Students will explore ways of professionally representing themselves, organisations and community or social issues within the context of their own discipline-specific work requirements. They will use online techniques and tools and imaginative digital world workplace scenarios to prepare themselves for professional, organisational and online writing for specific purposes in workplace contexts.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Research report on social issue (discipline-specific) (2000 words or equivalent) - 50%
Assessment 2 (Group and Individual) - Online writing folio (2000 words or equivalent) - 50%
Unit Fee Information
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