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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture : Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture

791-104 Communications I

Credit Points:

5

Coordinator:

Dr B Williams

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

2 hours per week

Objectives:

The objective of this subject is to enable students to develop:

  • the basic skills of written communication;

  • the skills of research, reasoning and logic skills that make communications meaningful;

  • the skills in written presentation for various purposes and audiences;

  • the skills of document planning.

Content:

The communication process, barriers to effective communication, gathering information, presenting information, writing a survey of literature, examination techniques, writing a scientific report, preparation of business letters, newspaper articles.

Assessment:

Business letter (5%); news article (50%); introductory tasks (5%); literature survey (30%); technical report (25%); three hour examination (30%).
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