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WORK500 Professional Skills Development

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp of postgraduate study and completion of preparatory WorkReady training and approval of the Careers Advisor, Student Assist
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes

Before enrolling please contact Career Development, Student Assist: careers.service@une.edu.au or 02 6773 2897.

Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Julia Perryman (jperryma@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit enables students to apply their academic knowledge in a workplace context, to reflect and report on the experience, thus increasing their level of career readiness. The work includes: (1) not less than 120 hours of directed investigation, project work or other appropriate academic or professional activity in a host workplace; (2) not less than 30 hours of additional study and assignment preparation. Before enrolling, a student must (a) contact Careers Advisor, Student Assist (careers.service@une.edu.au); (b) negotiate with an academic supervisor the assessment tasks to be undertaken; (c) identify and contact a prospective host employer; (d) register with the Student Assist Workready Program and complete the WorkReady Preparation Program.

Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Negotiation with supervisor 100%

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand, in depth and at a professional level, how knowledge and competencies learnt in an academic setting are applied in the workplace;
  2. discuss, at an advanced level, the relationship between theory and practice;
  3. use their workplace experience to enhance their postgraduate academic performance.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Dependent upon area of work placement and specific academic assessment task
True True
2 Communication Skills
Dependent upon area of work placement and specific academic assessment task
True True
3 Global Perspectives
Dependent upon area of work placement and specific academic assessment task
True True
4 Information Literacy
Dependent upon area of work placement and specific academic assessment task
True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Dependent upon area of work placement and specific academic assessment task
True True
6 Problem Solving
Dependent upon area of work placement and specific academic assessment task
True True
7 Social Responsibility
Dependent upon area of work placement and specific academic assessment task
True True
8 Team Work
Dependent upon area of work placement and specific academic assessment task
True True
   

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