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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Writing the Real

  • Unit Code

    CCC3102

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Donna Jean MAZZA

Description

In this unit students will investigate different kinds of nonfiction writing such as creative nonfiction, life writing, essays and criticism. They will analyse and create various forms of nonfiction as well as understand the literary techniques that underpin these forms, such as narrative and rhetoric.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse examples of nonfiction writing employing critical thinking skills.
  2. Identify different nonfiction genres and their literary strategies.
  3. Reflect upon what makes a well considered nonfiction text.
  4. Understand the application of nonfiction in various contexts.
  5. Write well considered nonfiction texts that employ narrative and rhetoric.

Unit Content

  1. Critical reading of nonfiction texts such as life writing and personal essays.
  2. Development of writing skills transferable to a range of contexts.
  3. Introduction to the principles of narrative and rhetoric.
  4. Understanding the relevance of nonfiction writing.
  5. Writing workshops addressing aspects of nonfiction writing.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 1 hour lecture
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, guest speakers from industry and audio visual materials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio of written exercises60%
ProjectCreative project and exegesis40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio of written exercises60%
ProjectCreative project and exegesis40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Writing the Real

  • Unit Code

    CCC3102

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Donna Jean MAZZA

Description

In this unit students will investigate different kinds of nonfiction writing such as creative nonfiction, life writing, essays and criticism. They will analyse and create various forms of nonfiction as well as understand the literary techniques that underpin these forms, such as narrative and rhetoric.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse examples of nonfiction writing employing critical thinking skills.
  2. Identify different nonfiction genres and their literary strategies.
  3. Reflect upon what makes a well considered nonfiction text.
  4. Understand the application of nonfiction in various contexts.
  5. Write well considered nonfiction texts that employ narrative and rhetoric.

Unit Content

  1. Critical reading of nonfiction texts such as life writing and personal essays.
  2. Development of writing skills transferable to a range of contexts.
  3. Introduction to the principles of narrative and rhetoric.
  4. Understanding the relevance of nonfiction writing.
  5. Writing workshops addressing aspects of nonfiction writing.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 1 hour lecture
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, guest speakers from industry and audio visual materials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio of written exercises60%
ProjectCreative project and exegesis40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio of written exercises60%
ProjectCreative project and exegesis40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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