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Postgraduate Orientation Program (Study Period 7, 2009)

Orientation activities introduce you to campus life, to people, to new ways of teaching and learning and to the multitude of resources and support available at the University of South Australia. Your Orientation activities are outlined below.

Orientation Activities

Wednesday 18th November

Time

Activity

Location
9:00am to 9:30am

Welcome to new students

  • Passport to success
  • Business Mates
 Sir George Kingston Building (GK, Level 2, Room 15)
9:30am to 10:30am

Arrival Briefing for international students (*)

  • Student visa and OSHC information
  • Personal Safety on campus
Sir George Kingston Building (GK, Level 2, Room 15)
10:45am to 12:15pm

Accommodation: Finding it and traps to avoid (*)

  • Knowing your rights and responsibilities as a tenant in South Australia
  • How to find suitable housing
  • Valuable tips from a fellow student
 Sir George Kingston Building (GK, Level 2, Room 15)
12:30pm to 1:30pm

School of Commerce Orientation Lunch

  • Meet your Program Director and fellow students and find out about important information relating to your program
 Sir George Kingston Building (GK, Level 2, Room 15)
1:30pm to 2:30pm

Getting the most out of the library for your research

  • Incorporates Introduction to library services
 Catherine Helen Spence Building (CS, Level 4, Room 13)
2:30pm to 3:30pm

Enrolment assistance session

  • Campus Central assistance

  • Opportunity to get your student ID card

 Yungondi Building (Atrium area, ground level)
3:30pm to 4:30pm

Campus Tours

  • Current UniSA students will take you on a tour of the City West Campus
 Sir George Kingston Building (GK, Level 2, Room 15)

Thursday 19th November

Time

Activity

Location
9:30am to 11:00am Being a successful student Sir George Kingston Building (GK, Level 2, Room 15)
11:00am to 1:00pm

Commencing postgraduate study at UniSA:

  • Differences between undergraduate and postgraduate study
  • Study in different educational cultures
  • Overview of services and online environment at UniSA

Academic reading at postgraduate level:

  • Reading for different purposes
  • Levels of meaning in reading
  • Reading critically
 Sir George Kingston Building (GK, Level 2, Room 15)
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Lunch with Business Mates

  • Meet your Business Mate - opportunity to ask questions about uni from current students
  • Icebreaker games with other new students
 New Student Lounge, opposite post office
2:00pm to 3:00pm

Part time work and career preparation and Student rights (*)

 Sir George Kingston Building (GK, Level 2, Room 15)

 

(*) Sessions are compulsory for international students and optional for domestic students

Venues were correct at time of publishing but please observe any room changes that may result on the day from larger numbers of students attending sessions. Any room changes will be clearly marked on the venue door.

Tuesday 24th November

Time

Activity

Location
11:00am to 1:00pm

Academic Writing at Postgraduate level:

  • Different genres of writing
  • Understanding assessment tasks
  • The writing process
  • Avoiding plagiarism and referencing
 Rowland Rees Building (RR, Level 4, Room 11)

 

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