Mar 28, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Calendar 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Calendar
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KINE 1020U – Information Literacy & Written Communications


This course is an introduction and opportunity for first year Health Sciences students to develop their writing, information technology, and literacy skills. The emphasis in the course is on cultivating the students’ writing skills to the level of scholarly writing and referencing material within prescribed formats. Students participate in activities that foster critical thinking as they research and evaluate online materials as well as participate in self and peer evaluation activities. Students are introduced to various authoritative sources of health information, and how to evaluate health information sources for their authoritativeness. Through the course, the students will participate in the writing process, from conduct of a literature review, evaluation of information sources, to the final output of an academic paper in the prescribed format. Academic integrity and technical writing skills are also emphasized.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Credit restriction(s): HLSC 1300U, HLSC 1700U, HLSC 1701U , HLSC 1702U
Cross-listed: HLSC 1701U  



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