Area: | Department of Communication and Cultural Studies |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Other: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | An introduction to the rapidly growing field of professional communication studies. Exploration of the networks of meaning which must be negotiated and managed by those working as communicators in both the public and private sectors. Through a range of practical tasks, an introduction to key understandings underpinning all professional communication - the characteristics of effective message production and reception, the importance of an understanding of the cultural contexts in which professional communication takes place. |
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Unit Outcomes: | To explain to students the key distinctions between a reflection model of language and a semiotic model and to help students understand that people and places are represented in cultural specific ways. To introduce students to the notion that the genericform significantly affects the representation of the topic. To introduce students to the significance of the relationship between print and visual representations in a text - fundamentals of page layout and design. To explain and demonstrate the processes and strategies of applied research relevant to professional communication contexts. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Gilbalde, Joseph, (1995), MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 4th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America. |
Unit Texts: | Windshuttle, Keith and Elizabeth Elliot, (1999) Writing, Researching, Communicating : Communication Skills for the Information Age, 3rd ed. Sydney: McGraw-Hill. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Continuous Assessment 100%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Categorised | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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