WRITING THE WORLD
HUS1PWR
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Learning to write well brings benefits within and beyond university. This interdisciplinary unit offers you the opportunity to strengthen your academic and professional writing skills. We develop a conceptual framework for analysing the writing of others and editing your own work effectively, as well as improving your skills in the generation of ideas, elements of style and identification with the audience. These areas of writing will be explored through modules with theoretical and practical components: - Academic writing: essay writing, essay structure, avoiding plagiarism, editing and proof-reading. - Non-fiction writing: across a number of genres, particularly writing for popular media, reviews of the arts and writing for the web. - Creative writing: including fiction, poetry and scriptwriting.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Catherine Padmore
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: Available as a compulsory first-year subject for the ABCA and is also offered as an elective.
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Course readings available through library e-reserve | Prescribed | N/A | N/A |
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Catherine Padmore
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| One Assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | 25 | |
| One Assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | 25 | |
| One Assignment 2,000 words | 50 |