M3003 Communication for Academic Success

General Course Infromation

Course Details

Course Staff

Course Instructor: Andrew Lang

Course Timetable

Students will be noticed when the course is open.

Unit Overview

This unit introduces students to the principles and techniques of achieving academic success through effective communication. It falls into two parts.

Part I defines the principle and features of communication. It also explains to students how to interpret message from the teacher, and how to formulate their own messages.

Part II defines the principle of academic success. It offerts tips on how to write assignments, prepare an oral presentation, and succeed in an examination.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. To define what is communication, identify its features and explain ways to decode teacher's messages and encode their own messages.
2. To define what is academic success, identify its dertiminants, and master how to suceed in assignments, oral presentations, and examinations.

Learning Resouces

This course may include additional learning materials from the instructor. You may find them attached alongside your lesson videos.

Assessment

Policy on course assessment is based on the following four principles:

1. Assessment must encourage learning activities and improve learning methods.
2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable.
4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Detail

Assessment 1: Attendance

Credit: 25

Assessment on attendance is determined by the total viewing duration in a lesson. For example, to get 25 credits, a 40-minute long lesson video requires a minimum viewing duration of 160 minutes.

Assessment 2: Assignments

Credit: 50

Task: You need to complete a total of 10 questions which come in various forms, including but not limited to cloze, multiple choice, or TRUE/FALSE questions. You will have 3 opportunities to answer each question before your final submission.

Assessment 3: Quiz

Credit: 25

Task: You need to complete a total of 20 questions that are either standalone or under reading material(s). You will not have additional opportunities before your final submission.

Submission

• Failure to submit: Failure to fufill course attendance requirements, or unable to submit an assignment or quiz on time may incur a fail grade.
• Resubmission: of an assignment or a quiz after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted. Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.
• Appealing a mark or grade: If you are dissatisfied with your mark or grade, you may request for a review from your program coordinator. There must be academic or procedural reasons for your request, so you can’t simply request a re-mark because you are disappointed with your result.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme: