EAD110 - Communication Skills for Study and Work
Unit details
Year | 2025 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Emma Charlton |
Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in A250, E200 or A200 |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | AIX117, AIX160, ALW117, ALW227, ASC160, EAD103 |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week
NIKERI (CBD): 3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester 8 x 1-hour online seminars per week for 8-weeks |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) |
Content
This unit will equip students with communication skills for tertiary study and the workplace. Students will learn how to make written and oral presentations, and practise these skills. Students will develop written communication skills in summarising, essay writing, referencing, sitting exams and avoiding plagiarism and collusion. Oral communication skills covered include threading together ideas into a presentation and developing these in a logical manner, engaging the audience, using appropriate vocabulary, speaking voice and eye contact.
Learning Outcomes
ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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ULO1 | Identify and accurately summarise the key points in a short piece of academic writing | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO2 | Effectively use written communication skills to craft an argumentative essay | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO3 | Understand and follow the conventions of academic behaviour in relation to referencing, plagiarism and collusion | GLO6: Self-management |
ULO4 | Develop and present an effective oral presentation | GLO2: Communication |
ULO5 | Effectively use written communication skills under test conditions | GLO2: Communication GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 - Summary of academic article | 480 words | 15% | Week 3 |
Assessment 2 - Oral presentation | 620 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 6 |
Assessment 3 - Argumentative essay | 1300 words | 40% | Week 10 |
Assessment 4 - Test | 800 words or equivalent | 25% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for EAD110 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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