Program Overview

Course Specification

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CMS1100 Communicating in the Sciences

Overview

The contemporary world, including the Sciences, is characterised by increasing cultural and linguistic diversity and knowledge explosion and transmission. Effective communication in these changed contexts requires not only an understanding of the processes involved in communication and scholarship, but also the ability to apply these understandings to specific contexts, academic, scientific, employment and career contexts. This course will help students access, apply and explain the specific genres, discourses and literacies required by academic and scientific fields.

This course presents an introduction to the theory and practice of communication and academic and scientific scholarship. Students study the processes of academic and scientific reading and writing, including research and note taking skills and critical and analytical skills. Students will also study the processes involved in tailoring communication for specific audiences, in analysing tasks and in developing and structuring academic and scientific arguments. The importance of identifying and analysing sound arguments is also covered, along with the development of students' oral presentation, interpersonal and group/team communication skills.

Course Details

• Units: 1
• School or Department: School of Humanities & Communication
• Grading basis: Graded
• Course fee schedule:

Course Offers

• Study period:
  • Semester 1, 2023
  • Semester 2, 2023
• Mode:
  • On-campus
  • Online
• Campus:
  • Toowoomba

Acknowledgement

The University of Southern Queensland acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and waterways where the University is located. Further, we acknowledge the cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and pay respect to Elders past, present and future.