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Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast

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Unit name Introduction to Academic Writing
Unit code UPP025
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School University College
Discipline Pre-Degree
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Learning Outcomes

  1. Plan and create forms of writing for an academic context.
  2. Communicate using academic conventions
  3. Source, locate, evaluate, and integrate academic sources

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Requisites

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

Two hour lecture and one hour tutorial weekly.

Assessment
  • Assessment Task 1: Writing journal 1: This journal focuses on language, form and structure (20%)
  • Assessment Task 2: Writing journal 2: This journal focuses on argument development and source integration (30%)
  • Assessment Task 3: Academic Essay: This essay is based on research and source evaluation (50%)
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Textbooks

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Recommended

The briefest English Grammar and Punctuation Guide Ever!: Get your head around the basics, UNSW Press (2011)

Please refer to the Co-op Bookshop links below for textbook information.

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