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UOSS 1 (REGZ9000)

Semester 1, 2013

UOSS Course Content
Week Content Overview

Week 1

(4 - 8 March 2013)

Lecture 1:

  • Managing your time
  • Managing your reading and writing

Week 2

(11 - 15 March 2013)

The research process

Introduction to essay structure

Week 3

(18 - 22 March 2013)

Academic argument and structure

Week 4

(25 - 83 March 2013)

Academic writing/ paragraph structure

Presentation skills

Easter Break/ Mid-Semester Recess 29 March - 7 April 2013

Week 5

(8 - 12 April 2013)

Integrating and developing an argument

Week 6

(15 - 19 April 2013)

Lecture 2

  • Critical thinking

Week 7

(22 - 26 April 2013)

More critical thinking

Week 8

(29 April - 3 May 2013)

Writing development 1

Week 9

(6 - 10 May 2013)

Writing development 2

 

Week 10

(13 - 17 May 2013)

Writing development 3

Week 11

(20 - 24 May 2013)

The transition to full time study

Week 12

(27 - 31 May 2013)

Exam preparation

Week 13

(4 June 2013)

Exam

Tuesday 4 June 2013 at 6 - 8 pm

Week 14

(11 - 14 June 2013)

Feedback

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UOSS 2 (REGZ9255)

Semester 2, 2013

UOSS Course Content
Weeks Content Overview

Week 1

(29 July - 2 August 2013)

Lecture 1:

  • Introduction to UOSS 2
  • Introduction to research
  • The anatomy of a report
  • Annotated bibliography
  • Critical review

Week 2

(5 - 9 August 2013)

The research process

  • Accessing existing information: Using the library and the internet
  • Framing the research: research questions/ hypothesis
  • Annotated bibliography

Week 3

(12 - 16 August 2013)

The research process II

  • Reading, note taking and referencing for research
  • Summarising literature for critical review

Week 4

(19 - 23 August 2013)

The research process III

  • Critically reviewing literature
  • Examples of critical review summary

Week 5

(26 - 30 August 2013)

The research process IV

  • Critically reviewing literature
  • Examples of critical review critique

Week 6

(2 - 6 September 2013)

Lecture 2

  • Introduction to research methods (qualitative and quantitative)
  • Ethics in research
  • The anatomy of a report (detailed)

Week 7

(9 - 13 September 2013)

Methods and Findings

Week 8

(16 - 20 September 2013)

Data Analysis: Introduction to quantitative and qualitative data

Week 9

(23 - 27 September 2013)

Quantitative data analysis

Mid-Semester Recess 30 September - 7 October 2013

Week 10

(8 - 11 October 2013)

Qualitative data analysis

(Due to the Monday public holiday, Monday classes will be rescheduled)

Week 11

(14 - 18 October 2013)

Research in practice

Week 12

(21 - 25 October 2013)

UOSS 2 ‘reading’ week
(Students can work on assignments for other courses)

Week 13

(28 October - 1 Novemeber 2013)

Feedback, course evaluation and celebration

* Information may change with notice.

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