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Academic communication skills are essential for students. This online micro-credential will introduce you to the referencing principles and conventions required for formatting in-text citations and a list of references in academic writing.
Students who successfully complete the CQUniversity School of Access Education's Fundamental Essay Writing set of 6 micro-credentials, may receive a unit exemption from the equivalent CL03 Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) unit with CQUniversity.
To be eligible for this exemption, students must have completed:
1. Starting an Academic Essay
2. Structuring an Academic Essay
3. Avoiding Plagiarism
4. Referencing and Citing
5. Using Academic Language and Style
6. Fundamentals of Essay Writing: Assessment Module.
This online micro-credential provides a digital badge which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.
Our micro-credentials are aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
What is a Digital Badge?
Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the micro-credential, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a Digital Badge and a Certificate of Completion.
Students who successfully complete the set of 6 micro-credentials* developed from the unit LNGE40049 Essay Writing for University, (which forms part of the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CL03), may be eligible for exemption, pending all other entry requirements to the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CL03 are being met, as automatic entry will not apply.
*Includes the following micro-credentials:
1. Starting an Academic Essay
2. Structuring an Academic Essay
3. Avoiding Plagiarism
4. Referencing and Citing
5. Using Academic Language and Style
6. Fundamentals of Essay Writing: Assessment Module.
15 hours online self-paced learning.
1. Recognise strategies for paraphrasing, summarising and quoting the ideas of others
2. Apply the conventions to format in-text citations using Harvard referencing style
3. Apply the conventions to format a list of references using Harvard referencing style.
Our short courses and micro-credentials are available for anyone to access. You do not have to be a CQUniversity student.
There are no specific entry requirements.
Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their continuing professional development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession.
Upon successful completion of the micro-credential, students will be awarded continuing professional development (CPD) hours, a digital badge and can download a certificate of completion.
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