AIX117 - Professional Writing for Work

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
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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