• Offered by Centre for the Public Awareness of Science
  • ANU College ANU Joint Colleges of Science
  • Classification Advanced
  • Course subject Science Communication
  • Areas of interest Science Communication
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Michael Gore
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in First Semester 2016
    Spring Session 2016
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This is a practical course which aims to develop public speaking skills. The emphasis is on presenting science to a general audience. Specialist training will also be given by a professional performer to provide skills in acting techniques applicable to public speaking.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Apply practical science communication techniques in presenting scientific information
2. Demonstrate understanding of the issues involved in presenting scientific presentations to various audiences
3. Design and develop verbal presentations for various audiences on various scientific topics

Indicative Assessment

Five graded verbal presentations on various scientific topics to demonstrate the application of science communication techniques (4x15%, Final presentation 40%; LO 1,2,3)

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Specialisations

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

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Student Contribution Band:
2
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2016 $3480
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2016 $4638
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3859 15 Feb 2016 26 Feb 2016 31 Mar 2016 27 May 2016 In Person N/A

Spring Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
9590 07 Nov 2016 04 Nov 2016 18 Nov 2016 09 Dec 2016 In Person N/A

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