Workplace Citizenship

Unit Information
Academic Literacies
CUC100
School of Academic Language and Learning

Student Name: ____________________________________

Unit
Academic Literacies

Unit code
CUC100

School/Faculty
School of Academic Language & Learning;
Faculty of Law, Education, Business, & Arts

Duration
One semester

Credit
10 credit points

Assessment tasks
Four

For this unit you will need the following:
Unit Information (Online)
Core Readings (Online)
Weekly Learning Materials (Online)
2 Textbooks (via Bookshop):
Communicating at University: Skills for Success - Compulsory
Information Communication Technology at University: Skills for Success- Optional

Prepared by
Paul Black
Sharon Bridgeman
Elizabeth Foggo
Trent Newman
Nicola Rolls
Adelle Sefton-Rowston
Greg Shaw
Peter Wignell
Debbie Williams

Materials in this Unit Information Guide are reproduced under section 40 (1A) of the Copyright Amendment Act 1980 (Cth) for the purposes of private study by internal and external students enrolled in this unit.

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Major revisions February 2010
Minor revisions June 2012
Minor revisions February 2013
Minor revisions June 2013
Minor revisions Dec 2013

Contents
Introduction 1
Welcome 1
About the teaching staff 1
What is CUC100 for? 2
How does CUC100 work? 2
Approaches to learning in CUC100 3
Internal and external modes 3
Online teaching & learning 4
Accessing Learnline 4
Focus on CDU graduate attributes 5
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) 5
Unit structure 6
Study plan 6
Weekly Learning Guides 9
Textbooks & readings 9
Research skills component 10
Additional study resources 10
Assignments 11
Overview of assignments 11
Submission of assignments 11
Extensions & late submission 12
Grading guidelines 12
Copying & plagiarism 13
Assignment 1 – Learning Reflections 14
Assignment 2 – Annotated Bibliography