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Unit of Study COMM3002 - Professional Placement (2021)

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  • Enrolment information

    This is a capstone unit that integrates the knowledge you have developed during your degree. In it you will work independently in an organisation. To successfully complete this unit you should have completed units equivalent to 192 credit points (typically 16 units).

Unit description

Students spend 70-100 hours in an appropriate organisation using knowledge and skills acquired in their undergraduate degree. Students undergo workplace supervision thereby gaining an understanding of how their skills and knowledge can be applied in professional environments.

Unit content

  • Developing working relationships
  • Organisational structures, goals, culture and change
  • Professional goals and job readiness
  • Contemporary workplaces
  • National and regional operational differences
  • Workplace participation and evaluation

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Session1,2,3
Session2,3

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

identify and evaluate workplace processes, protocols and practices

professionally apply knowledge and skills gained from SCU within an organisational context specific to the student's discipline

understand professional presentation specific to the student's discipline

critically analyse and discuss the specific placement undertaken in the context of relevant practices and frameworks.

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.