PROFESSIONAL WRITING
CRA1PWR
2020
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 professional, creative and academic 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, including 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, which can include fiction, poetry and scriptwriting. This subject addresses La Trobe's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Essential. Innovation and Entrepreneurship entails developing the ability to tackle problems creatively, generating new ideas, taking calculated risks and creating change to achieve ambitions- now and in the future.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Juliane Roemhild
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: Modelled in readings, explored in lectures and tutorials, and developed in written assignments. Peer-feedback activities in tutorials.
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: HUS1PWR
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Albury-Wodonga, 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Juliane Roemhild
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
Students are given online prompts for text analyses and writing exercises, and the results of these are brought to the next tutorial.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 2000 words | Assignment | Individual | No | 50 | SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Bendigo, 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Juliane Roemhild
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
Students are given online prompts for text analyses and writing exercises, and the results of these are brought to the next tutorial.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 2000 words | Assignment | Individual | No | 50 | SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Juliane Roemhild
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
Students are given online prompts for text analyses and writing exercises, and the results of these are brought to the next tutorial.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 2000 words | Assignment | Individual | No | 50 | SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Mildura, 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Juliane Roemhild
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
Students are given online prompts for text analyses and writing exercises, and the results of these are brought to the next tutorial.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 2000 words | Assignment | Individual | No | 50 | SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Shepparton, 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Juliane Roemhild
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
Students are given online prompts for text analyses and writing exercises, and the results of these are brought to the next tutorial.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 1000 words (includes oral presentation worth 5%) | Assignment | Individual | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One assignment 2000 words | Assignment | Individual | No | 50 | SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |