Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

301019 (v.3) Professional Writing and Presentation 211- Writing the Spirit of the Times


Area:

Department of Communication and Cultural Studies

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
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Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Explores professional communication as a practice within contemporary culture and society and the way it both creates and reflects the Zeitgeist. Covers the contexts and conventions of a wide range of texts including news and feature writing, soap opera, popular music, political writing and speeches. Examines objectivity and subjectivity in the production of texts, power and language and gendered language.
 
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Field of Education:

100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

07 - Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

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