Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | Session 2 | Session 2 |
Unit aim
Provides students with the opportunity to integrate university studies with experience of professional practice. Students apply, practise and extend knowledge and skills developed in their previous studies through a supervised professional placement.
Unit content
- Occupational health and safety issues
- Work placement learning plans
- Ethical practice
- Skills of reflective practice
Other topics in this unit will align with the specific placement.
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.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | develop strategies for achieving set goals in an area of professional practice | Creativity | ||||||
| 2 | critically reflect on the workplace learning experience | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 3 | work independently and collaboratively in an ethical and safe manner within the workplace | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | |||
| 4 | apply discipline knowledge and complex reasoning skills in a workplace context | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 5 | evaluate and disseminate selected competency-based topics combining evidence and workplace experience | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence |
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Gold Coast
| Teaching method |
| Workshop on-site 35 hrs (1 wk intensive) |
| Community/Professional placement 420 hrs (Across session) |
| Assessment | |
| Learning Plan | 15% |
| Discussion board | 25% |
| Portfolio | 60% |
| Professional placement | SR |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.
Commencing 2019 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3
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.