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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

313352 (v.1) Writing Humour 521

Area: Department of Communication and Cultural Studies
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 314082 (v.1) GPWP542 Writing Humour or any previous version
Syllabus (HB): This unit examines issues in the theory and practice of humour writing in nonfiction texts. The unit introduces students to different genres, styles and publication contexts of humour writing. Topics covered include parody, irony, yarn and anecdote, political satire, domestic humour, the role of the humour columnist, stand up comedy, stunt comedy, speech writing, humour in memoir, humour writing and the internet, humour writing in cross cultural contexts, humour writing and gender, and humour in the workplace.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External