Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Juliet Lum
Contact via 9850 4196
C5C 314
Mondays 12-1pm
Tutor
Michelle Jamieson
Contact via 9850 7036
W6A 702
Tutor
Florence Chiew
Contact via 9850 9834
X5B 239
Tuesdays 1-2pm
Tutor
Adele Thomas
Contact via 9850 9108
E6A 202
Tuesdays 10-11am
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
4cp at 700 level
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit aims to help students develop skills appropriate to the effective communication of academic research and appreciate the relationship between research communications and disciplinary knowledge creation. Students will analyse and practise different academic genres in a variety of modes (written, oral and visual), across disciplines and for both specialised and general audiences.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Initial written task | 10% | 5pm, 05/09/2014 |
Oral or Visual presentation | 25% | Weeks 9-11 |
Revised Written Task | 30% | 5pm, 07/11/2014 |
Exam | 30% | Exam period |
Class Participation | 5% | Assessed throughout the unit |
Due: 5pm, 05/09/2014
Weighting: 10%
Write the introduction section for a research proposal for a higher degree research project. You will be expected explain the problem/question and make explicit the aim of the research. Give your project a title. Use the referencing style commonly used in your discipline.
Due: Weeks 9-11
Weighting: 25%
Present a 3-4 minute talk OR produce an A2-sized conference poster on completed research in your field. Your talk/poster may report on a research project you were involved in, or be based on a research article you have read. Be prepared to answer questions about the research project from your tutor/class mates.
Due: 5pm, 07/11/2014
Weighting: 30%
Submit a revised version of the text you submitted as Assessment Task 1, incorporating the feedback you received from your tutor and at least one class-mate. As well as introducing the topic, problem and aim, you will need to situate your proposed research in the field by relating it to existing research (cite at least 5 related research texts). Length: 900-2000 words
In addition, you will need to submit: the written feedback you provided on a class-mate’s Assessment 1 text; a copy of the review you received from a class-mate on your Assessment 1 text, and your response (in table or bullet-point form) to each of the suggestions made by your two “reviewers” (your tutor and class-mate)
Due: Exam period
Weighting: 30%
The exam has two parts.
PART A: (out of 20)
You will need to choose one of provided articles and explain how certain communication features contribute to the way knowledge is constructed in (that type of) Science, Social Science or Humanities.
PART B: (out of 10)
Providing examples from an extract from a research article, you will need to explain how cohesion and coherence is achieved with reference to paragraphing, thematic development, and use of cohesive devices.
Due: Assessed throughout the unit
Weighting: 5%
Mark based on attendance at tutorials and quality of participation.
Classes:
Required and Recommended Reading:
Required text: A course reader has been prepared for this unit, which can be purchased at the Macquarie University Co-Op Bookshop.
Recommended texts (available in the Macquarie Library):
Technology used and required:
As an MRES700 student, you will be enrolled in the iLearn unit “MRES700: Research Communications.” Login here. The MRES700 iLearn unit enables you to download and submit assignments; access lecture recordings and slides, library training videos and tutorial handouts; and participate in online discussion forums.
Readings for the unit other than those from the course reader will be held on Macquarie University’s eReserve under the unit code MRES700
Week | TOPIC |
1 | Variation in research communications; knowledge creation in the disciplines |
2 | Written research genres |
3 | Research Proposals & your research problem: defining your project |
4 | Citing previous literature: joining the conversation |
5 | Introductions: contextualising your research |
6 | Communicating research orally |
7 | Communicating research visually |
8 | Writing readable texts: making your text flow |
9 | Writing readable texts: sounding “academic” |
10 | Critical reading and writing |
11 | Argumentation and expressing your voice |
12 | Communicating research to a wider audience |
13 | Panel discussion: “Creating a scholarly identity” |
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