1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

AD208 Negotiation and Change Management
3 hours per week Hawthorn Pmequisite: first year Associate
Degree in Social Science Assessmat: continuous
A subject in the Associate Degree in Social Science
Objectives and Content
Considers how interpersonal and group communication
theory can inform the skills of discussion, presentation and
conciliation involved in negotiation. Analyses the dynamics
of change and how change occurs within complex societies
and organisations. Develops the ability to understand,
devise, implement and monitor strategies to change aspects
of the way workplaces operate.
AD209 Report Writing
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: fiwt year Associate
Degree in Social h c e Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Associate Degree in Social Science
Objectives and Content
Examines the nature, purposes, styles and formats for report
writing. Particular audiences are used to highlight the need
to decide what sort of data should be collected, how they
should be analysed and how they should be presented in
writing according to the judgments about purposes
identified by the writer of the report. Setting out and
production of reports will also be covered.
AD21 0
Research Skills
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: first year Associate
Degree in Social Sciace Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Associate Degree in Social Science
Objectives and Content
This course aims to assist students to develop skills in
secondary and primary research. Students will develop the
ability to distinguish appropriate from inappropriate
research methodologies, to locate sources of published social
data, to analyse secondary data and to carry out small-scale
independent research projects using both qualitative and
quantitative techniques.
AD21 1 Writing and Producing for Public
Release
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: first year Associate
5' Degree in Social Science Assessmat: continuow
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t A subject in the Associate Degree in Social Science
5 Obiectives and Content
Instructs students in the appropriate formats and production
modes for preparing material to be disseminated through the
written and electronic mass media. Prepares students to
identify the characteristics of target audiences and to write
text appropriate for particular audiences. Training in inhouse
journalism techniques will also be included.
AD2 1 2/
AD21 3 Language Other than English
6 hours per week for two semesters Hawthom
Prerequisite: first year Associate Degree in Social Science
Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Associate Degree in Social Science
Objectives and Content
Students continue with a study of a language commenced in
Year 1.
AH1 00 Introduction to Philosophy
3 hours per week Hawthom Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: continuous and by examination
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Obiectives and Content
An introduction to the problems and methods of
philosophy. An examination of the thoughts of some of
the great philosophers of the past, and consideration of how
their ideas apply to contemporary issues and problems.
Basic principles of handling language and conceptual
analysis; the application of such principles to specific
problem areas such as: knowledge, perception, and belief;
reality and truth; mind, body, consciousness, and selfidentity;
ethics and morality; social and political relations.
Recommended Readina: -
Please consult with lecturer before buying recommended
readings.
Solomon, R. Introducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated
Readings, 5th edn, San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993
Solomon, R. The Big Questions, 4th edn, San Diego, Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich, 1994
Stumpf, S.E. Philosophy: History and Problems, 5th ed, New York,
McGraw-Hill, 1994.
AH1 01 History of Ideas
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
This subject is an introduction to the history of ideas. By
using a particular intellectual focus or theme it seeks to
show how our contemporary understanding of ourselves
and our relationship to the world has been shaped by
important developments in the past.
Themes which serve as a focus for this course may include
one or more of the following: Darwin's theory of evolution
the concept of the self (from Descartes to Freud), God and
nature; knowledge and belief.
Recommended reading
To be advised
AH 1 02 Theories of the Universe
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts