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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Dana Skopal
Nick Wilson
Margaret Wood
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores communication as the means by which our social institutions function through discursive practices. In organisations, professions and other institutions, communication (spoken, written and multi-modal) is central to how 'things get done'. Taking an applied and socio linguistic approach, the unit introduces concepts and techniques to examine communication in a range of contexts (eg clinical interaction, workplace talk, organisational governance). By the end of the unit, students will have developed the skills not only to research and analyse the communication in institutions, organisation and professions, but also to develop their own communication skills for professional practice. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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This unit is taught in 'flipped' classroom mode. This means that online modules incorporating video lectures, activities, readings or similar are provided via iLearn (the Macquarie University Learning Management System) for each week. In addition, students must attend an on-campus, two-hour workshop tutorial each week, in which they will discuss and put into practice the theory and concepts they have studied via the online modules and other unit materials.
Students must take responsibility for their own learning, prepare for the tutorials and make a positive contribution to the unit community.
There is no prescribed textbook for this unit.
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21/02/2020 | Dana Skopal added to Unit convenor and teaching staff section. |