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UO Critical Thinking: Media and Academia
Course Level Undergraduate
Area/Catalogue
LANG 1065
Course Level
Undergraduate
Study Method
100% online
Course ID
173953
Unit Value
4.5
UniSA Online Elective Course
Yes
Duration
10 weeks
Fees
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This course has not been
timetabled for 2025.
Course aim
To enable students to manage the demands of literacy in a critical manner in a university environment.
Course content
This course develops students' criticality for academic purposes. Students are introduced to critical thinking and reading through the analysis of a range of texts involving the assessment of strength of argument, bias, credibility, and reliability. The students initially learn how to critique non-academic texts and extend these skills by conducting a literature review of a journal article. The literature review process involves learning about research methods, ethics and importance of new and reliable knowledges in academia. The course develops the students understanding of language use for different purposes.
Textbooks
Chatfield, T 2018, Critical Thinking, SAGE Publications, London
Prerequisites
Nil
Corequisite(s)
Nil
Teaching Method
Component | Duration | ||
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EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY | |||
Online | 10 weeks x N/A |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assessment
Reflection, Review
Fees
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation
Online Course Facilitators
Degree this course is offered in
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XDHE
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XFST