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Sample subject outline - 5 Week Teaching Period - 8 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

It is important that Creative Industries professionals gain real work experience in order to link University study with professional practice. You need to equip themselves not only with skills and discipline knowledge but also with understandings and experience in order that you may function and flourish when you enter the workplace. This capstone unit is offered to enable you to apply appropriate, transferable skills developed throughout your studies to a workplace or professional context.

Aims

This capstone unit aims to provide you with first hand experience of the workplace where you can apply your discipline knowledge and skills in the context of professional practice.

Objectives

On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. Apply discipline theories, concepts, skills and practices in a specific professional situation
2. Communicate in a variety of professional contexts and modes
3. Function effectively both as a team member and as an individual
4. Develop a professional CV and cover letter and a work proposal
5. Identify and evaluate ethical issues arising in professional practice
6. Critically reflect on and evaluate your professional practice through oral and written media

Content

The content and schedule of the work internship will be negotiated between you, the Industry Partner and your academic supervisor. Work internships are broadly defined and may include work within an organisation with a defined role, work on a project as part of a multi-disciplinary team or work within a freelance environment. The defining characteristic of a work internship is the involvement of a third party (Industry Partner) within the project/organisation or agreed work internship.
You may not use an existing job/project for Workplace Learning unless you undertake substantially new duties for the duration of your Workplace Learning internship. If you wish to undertake Internship in a workplace at which you already work, your Industry Partner must email the academic supervisor to confirm that the work which you will undertake will be substantially different from your usual duties.

The content of the unit falls into three components: Preparation, Proposal and Review.

The Preparation component of the unit will address:
- Developing a CV, covering letter and portfolio
- Finding and applying for a Workplace Learning internship
- You must complete the Preparation stage before undertaking a work internship

The Proposal component of the unit will address:
- How to prepare a proposal such as aims and objectives, timelines and workplace's Occupational Health and Safety policies
- Conducting themselves in the workplace, workplace health and safety, intellectual property- How to observe and reflect on your workplace experience

- You may not begin your internship until you have submitted your completed CV, cover letter and Proposal and it is approved by your academic supervisor.

The Review component of the unit will comprise:
- - responding to ethical issues arising in the workplace
- analysing and evaluating the work internship experience incorporating relevant unit theories and reading.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

In this unit, the following approaches are employed to support your learning:

• Academic support (Transtions Coordinator and Academic Supervisors)


• Liaison with Industry Partner supervisor and academic supervisor to maintain relationship and ensure appropriate internship is identified


• Self-assessment and reflective practice (on-line blog, critical review)


• Reflective assessment based on actual experience and observation

Assessment is designed to address multiple aspects of professional practice, the variety of internships undertaken across the Faculty and the breadth of discipline-specific experiences.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information see the Blackboard site for this unit.

Assessment name: CV/Cover Letter & Proposal
Description: (Formative and summative)
Your first assessment task is to develop a cover letter, CV (resume) and example portfolio materials (2-3 artefacts).
Relates to objectives: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Weight: 40%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: TBA

Assessment name: Report
Description: (Formative and summative)
You may present this review as a written assessment or as an oral presentation with supporting visual materials, notes, bibliography and blog extracts. The review is a critical analysis of your Internship experience in which you will demonstrate your ability to apply relevant ideas, concepts, readings, and theories from your course to an analysis of key aspects of your internship.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2, 3
Weight: 60%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: TBA

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Do to the intensive nature of delivery, resource materials will be developed progressively.

Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 30-Oct-2012