Critical Writing: Theory and Contexts

Description

This unit will support you to develop your critical writing through an investigation of critical writing processes, functions and techniques. The skills and theories learned through this unit will support you to write your Honours dissertation, which will be an exegesis or thesis depending on your research practice. Through contextual study, exemplars of critical writing and hands-on writing activities, you will develop your capacity to unite theory, context and analysis within an exegetical or theoretical account of critical scholarship and/or creative practice. Assessment tasks within this unit will assist you to build your planning, discursive and expressive skills as a critical scholar. Your dissertation will sit alongside the creative/critical work undertaken across supervision units throughout your Honours study. Typical Study Commitment: 150 hours over the teaching period. Assessment Information: Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week Assessment 1: Dissertation plan | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 4 Assessment 2: Research practice discussion | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 8 Assessment 3: Dissertation (Exegesis or Thesis) | 4000 words or equivalent | 60% | Week 11 The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.