SWINBURNE COLLEGE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS COURSE CODE L0046FB – Foundation Business, L0046FD – Foundation Design, L0046FE – Foundation Science Engineering Swinburne College : Pathways Prepared by : Imelda Carthy Page 1 of 13 Valid for Teaching Period 3 – 2013 ( October 2013 – January 2014) Subject Code LFSC006A Title “Academic and Communication Skills A” Teaching Period October 2013 – January 2014 (TP3) Year 2013 Group Foundation 1. Contact Details Name Telephone Email Subject Convenor Imelda Carthy 9214-4664 [email protected]Director of Studies Teachers Imelda Carthy 9214-4664 [email protected]General Administration Contact Isobel Wroe 9214-4740 [email protected]Program Office Room TD 190 Swinburne College Key Contact Kathleen Drew (Foundation) TD194 [email protected]2. Learning and Teaching Structure Delivery: This unit is taught via 7 hours of classes each week, divided into one 3-hour + two 2-hour classes. These classes will be delivered by attending face-to-face tutorials. Blackboard will be used to supplement the tutorials with helpful tutorial notes and worksheets. In a semester, you would normally expect to spend, on average, twelve and a half hours of total time (formal contact time plus independent study time) a week on a 12.5 credit point unit of study. In developing the English language competencies of international students all classes will be guided by the 10 Good Practices Principles as set down by the Australian Government. (Ref: http://www.deewr.gov.au/HigherEducation/Publications/Pages/GoodPracticePrinciples.aspx) 3. Email communication For privacy and reliability reasons Swinburne College will only communicate with you via your official Swinburne College email account. It is your responsibility to check this account regularly for important official communication. Your email account is: <your-student-number>@swin.edu.au
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SWINBURNE COLLEGE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS
COURSE CODE L0046FB – Foundation Business, L0046FD – Foundation Design, L0046FE – Foundation
Science Engineering
Swinburne College : Pathways
Prepared by : Imelda Carthy Page 1 of 13
Valid for Teaching Period 3 – 2013 ( October 2013 – January 2014)
COURSE CODE L0046FB – Foundation Business, L0046FD – Foundation Design, L0046FE – Foundation
Science Engineering
Swinburne College : Pathways
Prepared by : Imelda Carthy Page 7 of 13
Valid for Teaching Period 3 – 2013 ( October 2013 – January 2014)
11. Assignment Details and Marking Criteria
The considerations to be used in marking assignments and the standards needs to be achieved are
shown below.
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SWINBURNE COLLEGE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS
COURSE CODE L0046FB – Foundation Business, L0046FD – Foundation Design, L0046FE – Foundation
Science Engineering
Swinburne College : Pathways
Prepared by : Imelda Carthy Page 8 of 13
Valid for Teaching Period 3 – 2013 ( October 2013 – January 2014)
Assessment Task 1: “MAGAZINE PROJECT”
You are expected to collaborate in the writing, editing and layout of a class magazine. Your mark will be based on your individual contributions to the magazine, (ie. your writing,
artwork, etc), as well as your overall participation and teamwork.
WHAT TO WRITE: Every student should write at least four original articles; each article should be a different ‘text type’. For example, a short story, a movie review, a travel story, and a letter. Other text types may include: recipes or personal writing, (such as: your first impressions of
Australia, advice for visitors to your country, comparing different customs, or a personal profile.)
*** NOTE: Your teacher will guide you in this. *** You will have a fair degree of freedom about ‘what’ you write - so long as your articles are original, interesting and not offensive to other students. The articles don’t all have to be serious, either – as long as they are well written and either informative or entertaining. THE WRITING PROCESS: One very important aspect of this assessment is to improve ‘how’ you write. To this end, you will be expected to ‘plan’ before you write, as well as writing ‘draft’ versions. As you write, you should collect together all your ‘planning’ notes and ‘draft’ versions into a neat “work folder”.
*** NOTE: You are expected to submit your “work folder” along with your final articles. *** PRESENTATION: Remember, magazine articles need illustrations and an attractive layout to attract attention – in order to make people want to read them! Therefore, this will be an aspect of your work that you will also need to consider. FINALLY: Creating a quality magazine requires some hard work. However, this is also a chance to have some fun, and make a great class souvenir!
(This assessment is worth 20% of your total subject-mark)
SWINBURNE COLLEGE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS
COURSE CODE L0046FB – Foundation Business, L0046FD – Foundation Design, L0046FE – Foundation
Science Engineering
Swinburne College : Pathways
Prepared by : Imelda Carthy Page 9 of 13
Valid for Teaching Period 3 – 2013 ( October 2013 – January 2014)
‘Class Magazine’ Marking Guide:
SWINBURNE COLLEGE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS
COURSE CODE L0046FB – Foundation Business, L0046FD – Foundation Design, L0046FE – Foundation
Science Engineering
Swinburne College : Pathways
Prepared by : Imelda Carthy Page 10 of 13
Valid for Teaching Period 3 – 2013 ( October 2013 – January 2014)
Assessment Task 2: Writing Project
Presentation (5%)
Due date: Week 6
Task:
You will research a newspaper article on a given topic and you will be expected to give an individual five minute presentation about the article and its contents.
You may or may not use visual aids in your presentation. The most important requirement is that you can understand and clearly explain the content of the article. This may require doing further research about the information in the article.
You will be expected to answer questions on the article.
(This assessment is worth 5% of your total subject-mark)
Assessment Task 4: Writing Project
Annotated Bibliography (10%)
Due date: Week 10
Task:
The Annotated Bibliography consists of 5 reviews of texts related to an specific topic.
The information gathered for the Annotated Bibliography will form the basis for your
argumentative essay.
The sources used should be current and may include books, journals and newspapers.
Each text should be reviewed separately and the reviews should be 150 – 200 words in
length. The reviews should not exceed the word limit.
Each review will consist of two paragraphs. In the first you will be expected to briefly
summarise that author’s main point or arguments in your own words. In the second you
will explain how the summarised information relates to your essay topic.
(This assessment is worth 10% of your total subject-mark)
SWINBURNE COLLEGE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS
COURSE CODE L0046FB – Foundation Business, L0046FD – Foundation Design, L0046FE – Foundation
Science Engineering
Swinburne College : Pathways
Prepared by : Imelda Carthy Page 11 of 13
Valid for Teaching Period 3 – 2013 ( October 2013 – January 2014)
Assessment Task 5: Writing Project
ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY (10%)
Due date: Week 12
Task:
You are expected to write an ‘argumentative essay’, (of approximately 750 words), on a topic
given to you by your teacher.
Your arguments should be supported with facts, examples, and appropriate quotations.
You should also refute possible counter arguments.
In preparing your essay, you are expected to research current materials, (such as newspapers), to support your arguments, and to inform your essay.
NOTE: You must reference at least five different sources. You must use the ‘Harvard System’ for all your referencing, (inc. in-text and bibliography references).It is expected that these references will be taken from your Annotated Bibliography.
(This assessment is worth 10% of your total subject-mark)
SWINBURNE COLLEGE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS
COURSE CODE L0046FB – Foundation Business, L0046FD – Foundation Design, L0046FE – Foundation
Science Engineering
Swinburne College : Pathways
Prepared by : Imelda Carthy Page 12 of 13
Valid for Teaching Period 3 – 2013 ( October 2013 – January 2014)
12. Submission of assignments
NOTE: In addition to the points below, you should also follow any specific instructions by your
teacher about ‘how’ to submit assignments.
Assignments need to follow the Harvard standard/style of presentation. A style brochure is available in
the library. http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/researchhelp/harvard_style.html
Assignments are to be submitted according to the class teacher’s requirements before the specified time
and date.
Students need to ensure they keep a hard copy of any assignments they submit. This copy needs to be
DATED. Keeping an electronic copy on file is not adequate.
Students should note that Saturday and Sunday are deemed to be working days in the case of late
submission of assignments.
Plagiarism will not be permitted. Students need to attach an assignment declaration form available from
the admin office / reception.
Any assignment submitted after the designated due date and time will be penalised by deduction of
10% of the marks for each working day that the assignment is late.
Late assignments will only be accepted without penalty if a student has a valid medical reason or an
extension has been applied for and granted, in writing. A medical certificate must accompany any
valid medical reason for a late assignment or test being missed and must be provided within 72
hours of the assignment or test due date.
Any assignment that is more than five working days late will not be accepted for marking.
Extensions will only be granted in exceptional circumstances and any request for an extension should be
made, in writing, at least a week before the assignment is due.
If a teacher designates that an assignment is to be handed in to the office, students must ensure that the
assignment is date stamped by the Administration staff.
Resubmission of Assignments
Students may resubmit an assignment or assessment piece that has not received a pass at the discretion of the
subject convener. Re-submitted work can only achieve a pass grade.
13. Plagiarism
Swinburne College defines Plagiarism as the action or practice of taking and submitting or presenting
thoughts, writings or other work of someone else as though it is our own work. Plagiarism includes any of
the following, without full and appropriate acknowledgment of the original source(s):
i) The use of whole or part of a computer program written by another person;
ii) The use, in essays or other assessable work, of the whole or part of a written work from any
source including but not limited to a book, journal, newspaper article, set of lecture notes,
current or past student’s work, or any other person’s work, a website or database;
iii) The paraphrasing of another’s work;
iv) The use of musical composition, audio, visual, graphic and photographic models’
v) The use of realia; that is objects, artefacts, costumes, models and the like.