COM173 Introduction to Communications (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Communication (COMUN)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject focuses on skills and knowledge relevant to BA studies in general. It has three strands. The first provides a working knowledge of the nature, values and functioning of important Australian institutions, so that they can be critically evaluated. The second develops skills in academic writing and in the use of library databases. The third introduces the fundamentals of argument and critical thinking.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
| Distance * | Dubbo |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: COM173
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Not for students who have completed either GEN101 or GEN102 .
Available only to students in CSU Pathway program - University Certificate in General Studies
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of the institutions studied, and surrounding debates;
- be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of the main forms of argument;
- be able to apply this knowledge to analyse arguments, and construct clear and cogent arguments of their own;
- be able to demonstrate development in reading and writing skills, with respect to sentences, paragraphs, and essays;
- be able to demonstrate development in research skills, with respect to using the universities library database; and,
- be able to demonstrate development in the ability to write a well constructed academic essay.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Writing skills at the level of the sentence, the paragraph and the essay
- Skills of summarising
- Rhetorical analysis
- Critical reasoning including deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning and analysis of logical fallacies
- Description of contemporary Australian social, political, economic and communication/cultural systems and structures
- Analysis and critique of some key ethical values underpinning these systems and structures
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory 5 day residential school.
Students studying the distance education option will be required to attend two face-to-face sessions at the support hub in Dubbo, including a three day orientation at the start of the course.
Dates for Residential Schools
· First Residential School/Orientation
Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 February 2013.
· Second Residential School
Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 March 2013
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.