COMS1002 Keys to University Success

This topic will equip students with a range of contemporary university competencies to provide the skills, understandings and dispositions necessary for success. The key competencies that will be addressed relate largely to written and verbal communication across the following contexts: institutional, academic, social and cultural, digital, and critical literacies. Through considering institutional communication students will acquire the practical knowledge and skills required to participate and succeed in a university setting. The focus on academic communication will prepare students to design and present written, spoken and multimodal texts for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. The critical literacy aspect of this topic will address the importance of being able to read, understand and interrogate texts in many forms. Through the digital communication component students will develop skills in searching, analysing, creating and communicating information using a variety of digital media. Finally, social and cultural communication will emphasise the need to understand the socially and culturally diverse nature of the university environment.

This topic aims to:

• Provide the practical knowledge and skills required to participate and succeed in a university setting
• Prepare students to design and present written, spoken and multimodal texts for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences
• Emphasise the importance of being able to read, understand and interrogate texts in many forms
• Develop skills in searching, analysing, creating and communicating information using a variety of digital media
• Highlight the socially and culturally diverse nature of the university environment

1. Demonstrate practical knowledge and skills required to participate and succeed in a university setting
2. Design and present a range of written, spoken and multimodal texts
3. Appreciate the importance of being able to read, understand and interrogate texts in many forms
4. Search, analyse, create and communicate information using a variety of digital media
5. Understand the socially and culturally diverse nature of the university environment