1st Edition

Beginning University Thinking, researching and writing for success

By Andrew Wallace, Tony Schirato Copyright 1999
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Get good marks for your essays and assignments! Learn to think and write clearly! Find the information you need easily! Do you want to make the most of your time at university? Beginning University shows you how to develop the skills you need in order to succeed at university and later on. Step by step, the authors explain how to think critically, create an argument and present your ideas... Read more
Introduction: how this book can help you

Part I Contexts

1 Communication in context

2 All about universities

3 Learning at university level

Part II Fundamentals

4 Critical thinking

5 Dealing with ideas: argument

6 Dealing with ideas: exposition

PART III Learning Strategies

7 Effective reading

8 In and out of class

PART IV Assignments

9 Academic genres

10 Planning

11 Research: finding resources

12 Research: using resources

13 Writing well: the basics

14 Improving your written style

15 Effective oral presentations

PART V Transitions

16 Take it with you

Biography

Andrew Wallace is Coordinator of the Bachelor of Arts at the Gladstone campus of CQU. Tony Schirato is Head of the School of Communications and Media Studies at the Rockhampton campus of CQU. Philippa Bright is Faculty Coordinator, Informatics and Communication at the Sydney International Campus of Central Queensland University.