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Gold Coast
Term2,4
Term2,4
Online
Term2,4

Unit description

In this Work Integrated Learning (WIL) unit, students will extend their work-based experience through the same placement used for Internship A, or an alternative discipline-specific industry placement. This double-weighted unit enables students to demonstrate their competencies as an emerging professional and evaluate contemporary issues facing organisations in their chosen field.

Unit content

Module 1: Employability and graduate opportunities

Module 2: Professional identity formation

Module 3: Critical incident analysis

Module 4: Focusing on managerial skills and qualities

Module 5: Continuing professional development

Module 6: Evaluating the business operations of your organisation

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:
1demonstrate development in employability skills and professionalism
2reflect on your emergent professional identity and capabilities
3evaluate the skills and qualities required for success as a manager or supervisor in an industry setting
4evaluate contemporary management and/or professional issues relevant to an organisation and its work.

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

  1. demonstrate development in employability skills and professionalism
  2. reflect on your emergent professional identity and capabilities
  3. evaluate the skills and qualities required for success as a manager or supervisor in an industry setting
  4. evaluate contemporary management and/or professional issues relevant to an organisation and its work.

Prescribed Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • Internet access and a computer headset for the Blackboard Collaborate assessment will be required.

    An online study guide is available on the MySCU site. Additionally, students must access their SCU email accounts regularly (at least twice weekly) for communication with their academic supervisor.

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • Internet access and a computer headset for the Blackboard Collaborate assessment will be required.

    An online study guide is available on the MySCU site. Additionally, students must access their SCU email accounts regularly (at least twice weekly) for communication with their academic supervisor.

Prescribed Texts
  • Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Placement 225 hours (Minimum of 7 weeks)
Assessment
Presentation20%
Portfolio40%
Presentation40%
Supervisor EvaluationSR

Teaching method
Placement 225 hours (Minimum of 7 weeks)
Assessment
Presentation20%
Portfolio40%
Presentation40%
Supervisor EvaluationSR
Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the teaching period.

Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.

Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees

International

Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.

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