ENV2302 - Communications for Environmental Studies
Description
This course is designed for undergraduate students pursuing the Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree with the aim of helping them to develop critical thinking, reading, writing and speaking skills relevant for communication with academia and with the public. The curriculum deals with three main interrelated areas:
- Communication with the public - raising public awareness of environmental issues through science-based advocacy
- Communication with academia - developing skills in academic writing
- Argumentation within environmental studies - examining environmental issues using the Precautionary Principle.
This course is taught over 1 semester via a blended approach with a three-hour sectional session per week.
Objectives
The curriculum aims to increase students’ knowledge of and to develop skills in the:
- appropriate use of oral and written communication with the academic and the lay audience
- logical and cohesive organisation of academic texts
- use of language features that characterize the objective academic style
- expression of stance and modality in arguments and the coherent development of sound arguments
- use of features that characterize effective oral and visual communication
Assessment
- Continuous Assessment 100%
Prerequisites
Nil
Preclusions
ENV1202
Units
Four
Workload
0-3-0-4-3