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Courses Handbook 2014

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2014.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2013.

313540 v.3 English Language Bridging Course

Course CRICOS Code: 003896G
Registered full-time Duration for International Onshore Students on student visas: 17 Weeks

Course Overview

The English Language Bridging (ELB) course has been designed to prepare pathway students for tertiary study in an English language speaking environment. The ELB course provides instruction and practice in the use of academic language, skills and conventions. It also helps the students to familiarise themselves with the university academic environment. A graduate of this course can: 1. apply knowledge of grammatical structures and academic vocabulary in order to write and speak accurate, meaningful and comprehensible English 2. your own writing; analyse and evaluate own and others’ideas in order to develop an academic voice 3. understand, distinguish and record main ideas and supporting ideas in a lecture 4. use library technologies to access research 5. reflect on the learning process to develop autonomous learning strategies 6. produce texts of different lengths and in appropriate forms, referencing according to University conventions 7. present a comprehensible oral presentation of a piece of work


Additional Course Expenses

Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials. Students may be expected to purchase an English-English dictionary


Course Entry and Completion Details

This course is only available for international onshore students with an offer from Curtin University for an undergraduate or postgraduate course. Students with an IELTS overall score 1.0 band below Curtin’s English language entry requirement will need to complete a 17 week program. Students with an overall IELTS score of 0.5 below Curtin’s entry requirement will be admitted to a 10 week program.


Credit for Recognised Learning

Applications for Credit for Recognised Learning are not considered within this course.


Course Organisation


Duration and Availability

This course is 10-17 weeks full-time study (based on the applicant's IELTS score). Part-time study is not available to international students due to legislative and immigration provisions.


Location and delivery Mode


Year Location Period All* Internal Partially Online Internal^ External Fully Online#
2014 Bentley Campus ELB Summer Semester (17 week)   Y      
2014 Bentley Campus ELB Semester 2 (10 week)   Y      
2014 Bentley Campus ELB Semester 2 (17 week)   Y      
2014 Bentley Campus ELB Semester 1 (17 week)   Y      
2014 Bentley Campus ELB Semester 1 (10 week)   Y      
2014 Bentley Campus ELB Summer Semester (10 week)   Y      

The information displayed above refers to study periods and locations where the course is available for first time entry. Students are normally only offered or admitted to a course once.

* The course itself may not be available either solely internally or externally but individual units may be offered in either or both of those modes. Prospective students should contact the Course Coordinator for further information.

^ Course and associated units are offered in this mode permitting International Onshore student enrolment.

# Course and associated units are offered in this online only mode and DO NOT permit International Onshore student enrolment.




Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
313975 v.1   English Language and Academic Literacy 041 100.0
  100.0


Further Information


Course Structure Disclaimer

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