26001 Business Communication Skills 1

This core subject focuses on the academic written language skills required for postgraduate study in Accounting. These academic skills are developed in conjunction with staff from the Faculty of Business. Students take a critical/analytical approach to understanding and producing written and spoken texts appropriate for the Australian context.

In particular, the subject focuses on critical reading skills, paraphrasing and summarising, selecting, evaluating and using a variety of sources of information, citing, referencing, developing written arguments, presenting seminars, text drafting and editing, and the preparation of postgraduate assignments or research documents (literature reviews, articles, conference papers, etc.). Texts are selected and assessment prepared jointly by academic literacy experts and postgraduate coordinators and supervisors in the Faculty. The texts also serve as examples of the different research methodologies used in Accounting.