AIX117 - Professional Writing for Work
Unit details
| Year: | 2023 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Hayley Elliott-Ryan Trimester 3: Angela Osborne |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALW117, ALW217, EAD110 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - 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.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Demonstrate the creative use of resources, tools and technologies in developing a range of discipline-specific writing tasks | GLO1: Discipline knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Apply relevant materials and research from a range of sources to a folio of workplace-oriented writing tasks | GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Write and redraft clearly, concisely and creatively within a deadline to a specified readership | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO4 | Demonstrate working with others to solve a workplace-oriented task | GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO5 | Evaluate your own and the work of others | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO6 | Demonstrate use of technology for a range of purposes including working with others, communication and accessing sources of research | GLO3: Digital literacy |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Research report on social issue (discipline-specific) | 1200 words | 30% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2 (Group and Individual) - Scenario-based working in teams evaluation and individual reflection | 800 words | 20% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3 - Online Writing Folio | 2000 words | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via AIX117
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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