Communication Skills in Practice
UndergraduateTAS-UPP0172024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Communication Skills in Practice
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Identify and discuss the characteristics and practice of communication skills, styles and strategies
- Conduct research and planning to present a logical argument
- Communicate ideas and information in a range of formats to an academic audience
- Critically reflect on working collaboratively, and/or skills development, to generate plans for the future
- Module 1
- Communication through technology
- Future of communication
- Visual communication
- Communication through art and music
- Module 2
- Verbal/Non-verbal communication
- Active listening strategies
- Emotional intelligence
- Miscommunication
- Module 3
- Group dynamics
- Group roles and responsibilities
- Effective collaboration
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Assertive communication
- Module 4
- Effective written communication
- Mediums of written communication
- Writing for an audience
- Presenting an argument
- Module 5
- Critical Reflection
- Public Speaking strategies
- Rubrics
- Module 6
- Diversity in communication
- Conflict resolution
- Transferable skills in communication
- Future opportunities
This subject introduces you to a range of communication skills, strategies, techniques and practices that enable effective communication and participation in the university environment, workplace, and community. Through the completion of various individual and collaborative activities, you will develop and consolidate effective personal and interpersonal communication skills. Major tasks in this subject include a research task, group presentation, and reflection, through which you will explore characteristics of communication practice, present logical arguments in an oral presentation, work collaboratively, and critically reflect on experiences.
- Communication Research Task (25%)
- Written Reflection (30%)
- Group Presentation (45%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-UPP-DEG-2024 - University Preparation Program
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: 2-hour online Workshops in Wks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. 1-hour online Seminar in Wks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
University Preparation Program
UndergraduateTAS-UPP-DEG