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Be What You Want To Be: 13CQUni (132786)
CZ01 - STEPS
Language and Learning (LNGE40049)
This course aims to have students acquire the reading, thinking and writing skills necessary for academic purposes. It helps students to apply recent findings on learning to writing and study. Students are familiarised with the stages of the writing process and gain practice in writing in a variety of genres. Particular attention is given to reading for planning and writing the academic essay. Through research, writing and discussion, students gain an understanding of both past and present social, political and economic influences on Australia as it faces social change in the 21st century.
Transition Mathematics 1 (MATH40237)
Transition Mathematics is a course in elementary mathematics. It is designed to have students commence work on the foundation concepts, rules and methods of basic mathematics. The main aim of this course is to provide a refresher course in those fundamentals of basic mathematics, which are necessary to develop mathematics as a unified body of knowledge. Topics covered in the course include number types, operations with numbers (including rules of precedence), percentages, introductory algebraic manipulation, introductory statistics, exponents (indices), solving algebraic equations, coordinate geometry of a straight line and units and their conversions.
Computing for Academic Assignment Writing (COIT40206)
This course aims to develop skills necessary for word processing assignments correctly using Microsoft Word and creating spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel. The use of the Internet (World Wide Web and Webmail in particular) aims to develop research skills necessary for academic studies.
Tertiary Preparation Skills (SKIL40013)
Students will be familiarised with university programs and procedures as well as develop organisational strategies, oral presentation and research/information literacy skills necessary for academic studies.
This course aims to have students acquire the reading, thinking and writing skills necessary for academic purposes. It helps students to apply recent findings on learning to writing and study. Students are familiarised with the stages of the writing process and gain practice in writing in a variety of genres. Particular attention is given to reading for planning and writing the academic essay. Through research, writing and discussion, students gain an understanding of both past and present social, political and economic influences on Australia as it faces social change in the 21st century.
Transition Mathematics 1 (MATH40237)
Transition Mathematics is a course in elementary mathematics. It is designed to have students commence work on the foundation concepts, rules and methods of basic mathematics. The main aim of this course is to provide a refresher course in those fundamentals of basic mathematics, which are necessary to develop mathematics as a unified body of knowledge. Topics covered in the course include number types, operations with numbers (including rules of precedence), percentages, introductory algebraic manipulation, introductory statistics, exponents (indices), solving algebraic equations, coordinate geometry of a straight line and units and their conversions.
Computing for Academic Assignment Writing (COIT40206)
This course aims to develop skills necessary for word processing assignments correctly using Microsoft Word and creating spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel. The use of the Internet (World Wide Web and Webmail in particular) aims to develop research skills necessary for academic studies.
Tertiary Preparation Skills (SKIL40013)
Students will be familiarised with university programs and procedures as well as develop organisational strategies, oral presentation and research/information literacy skills necessary for academic studies.