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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Advanced

Former School/College

Former School of Arts and Social Sciences

Pre-requisites

192 credit points in any SCU units and enrolment in one of the courses in which this unit is offered: 3007099 - Bachelor of Arts OR 3007288 - Bachelor of Creative Arts OR 3003160 - Bachelor of Visual Arts OR 2207005 - Associate Degree of Creative Writing OR 3007084 - Bachelor of Digital Media and Communications OR 3003140 - Bachelor of Contemporary Music OR 3001150 - Bachelor of Social Science OR 3207006 - Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Laws OR 3206101 - Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws OR 3206108 - Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Laws

Unit aim

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

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.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify and evaluate workplace processes, protocols and practices Ethical practice Knowledge of a discipline
2 professionally apply knowledge and skills gained from SCU within an organisational context specific to the student's discipline Knowledge of a discipline Communication and social skills
3 understand professional presentation specific to the student's discipline Knowledge of a discipline Communication and social skills
4 critically analyse and discuss the specific placement undertaken in the context of relevant practices and frameworks. Ethical practice Knowledge of a discipline

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

  1. identify and evaluate workplace processes, protocols and practices
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  2. professionally apply knowledge and skills gained from SCU within an organisational context specific to the student's discipline
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  3. understand professional presentation specific to the student's discipline
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  4. critically analyse and discuss the specific placement undertaken in the context of relevant practices and frameworks.
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.

  • No prescribed texts.

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.