Professional Orientation (Design) (10336.3)

Please note these are the 2023 details for this unit
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Professional Orientation (Design)
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods Online
On-Campus
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Arts And Design
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
School Of Design And The Built Environment Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
In this unit students will be introduced to the diverse opportunities in the world of design. We will consider aspects of contemporary demands of the profession including social responsibility, ethical and sustainability issues.
Through engagement with industry, community and professional bodies' students will gain an understanding of global discipline knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform as responsible, capable design professionals. Students will start their career awareness and planning through approaches such as five year plans and eportfolios.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify the personal skills, capabilities and knowledge necessary to meet the work standards expected by the design professions;
2. Synthesise career planning and industry knowledge to map out personal academic and professional goals;
3. Demonstrate an understanding of professionalism and social responsibility in design practice; and
4. Demonstrate an understanding of professionalism in an academic context in terms of academic integrity and responsibility.



Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways


Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

10333 Professional Orientation (Arts), 10334 Professional Orientation (Built Environment), 10335 Professional Orientation (Communication and Media)

Equivalent units

9799 Foundations of Professional Planning

Assumed knowledge

None.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 05 February 2024 Online Miss Kylie Foira
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 05 February 2024 On-Campus Miss Kylie Foira
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 29 July 2024 On-Campus Mrs Mikaela Danvers
Not available

Required texts

Required reading lists are included in the UC Learn Canvas Site for this unit. Below are additional texts that may be of interest:

Books

"Don't Get a Job Make a Job: How to make it as a creative graduate" Paperback – March 15, 2016 by Gemma Barton (Author)

Career profiles

http://www.careerprofiles.info/commercial-industrial-designer.html

http://www.careerprofiles.info/graphic-designer-career.html

Professional Practice Graphic designers

https://www.aiga.org/standards-professional-practice

Codes of ethics

https://www.design.org.au/code-of-ethics

https://www.design.org.au/services/practice-notes

http://uploads.wdo.org.s3.amazonaws.com/ProfessionalPractice/WDO_CodeofEthics.pdf

Career path graphic designer

https://www.fifteendesign.co.uk/blog/graphic-design-career-path-and-progression/

http://www.howdesign.com/design-career/3-successful-career-paths-how-promotion-design-powered-them/

Professional designer

http://designprofessionalism.com/defining-design-professionalism-1.php

Career self-assessment tools

https://student.developingemployability.edu.au/about/

https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/best-free-career-assessment-tools

Professional Bodies in Design

Industrial Design Organisations:

https://www.dexigner.com/directory/cat/Industrial-Design/Organizations

WDO (formerly ICSID) World design Organisation

http://wdo.org

IDSA ( Industrial Design Society of America)

http://www.idsa.org

DIA ( Design Institute of Australia)

https://www.design.org.au

Good Design Australia

http://www.gooddesignaustralia.com

Graphic design organizations

https://www.dexigner.com/directory/cat/Graphic-Design/Organizations

AGDA Australian Graphic design Association

https://www.agda.com.au

AIGA American Institute of Graphic Arts

https://www.aiga.org/about/

Web Design

https://www.dexigner.com/directory/cat/Web-Design/Blogs

The future of work and employability

Deloittes The Future of Work:

https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/human-capital/topics/future-of-work.html

Foundation for Young Australians: New Work Order

https://www.fya.org.au/our-research/

FYA The New Work Smarts

https://www.fya.org.au/report/the-new-work-smarts/

The Future of Skills: Employment in 2030

http://apo.org.au/system/files/112681/apo-nid112681-442821.pdf

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Late Policy for this unit

 

Resubmission

 

This unit has substantial opportunities for feedback and self-assessment, and so students who have fully participated in the unit activities are unlikely to fail. In some cases, resubmission of a failed assignment will be possible if the assessment item can feasibly be brought up to a pass level. A typical example might be an assignment that fails due to a missing component that can readily be supplied in a resubmission. The maximum grade for a resubmitted assessment item is 50%. Resubmissions are given at the discretion of the unit convenor, and must be applied for in writing (via email) within one week of the assessment grade being released.

 

Extensions

 

All extensions must be applied for in writing to the unit convenor no less than three days before the due date of the assignment, and preferably well before this. Extension requests should state the reason the extension is being requested (unless the basis for extension is part of adjustment advice from inclusion and welfare), and provide a proposed submission date. Students should not assume an extension will be automatically granted.

 

In this unit, we encourage you to be proactive about your work, to recognise early if you are not going to be able to meet a deadline, and to negotiate an extension if necessary. This is a more authentic, industry-standard, approach to dealing with deadlines. This policy is designed to encourage students to take ownership of their work and time commitments, while also allowing for some flexibility. We feel it is far better (and more typical of real work conditions) to seek an extension well before the due date than to hand in a late assignment. We appreciate that there needs to be some flexibility, but we expect all students to manage their time and to keep their tutors informed of any issues with their progress.

Academic integrity

Students have a responsibility to uphold University standards on ethical scholarship. Good scholarship involves building on the work of others and use of others' work must be acknowledged with proper attribution made. Cheating, plagiarism, and falsification of data are dishonest practices that contravene academic values. Refer to the University's Student Charter for more information.

To enhance understanding of academic integrity, all students are expected to complete the Academic Integrity Module (AIM) at least once during their course of study. You can access this module within UCLearn (Canvas) through the 'Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism' link in the Study Help site.

Use of Text-Matching Software

The University of Canberra uses text-matching software to help students and staff reduce plagiarism and improve understanding of academic integrity. The software matches submitted text in student assignments against material from various sources: the internet, published books and journals, and previously submitted student texts.

Inclusion and engagement

Students are advised that any adjustments to assessment need to be applied for in advance of the due date via email, in line with the late submission & extension policy for this unit. 

Participation requirements

Regular tutorial participation is extremely important to do well in this unit. It is possible many crucial elements of large assessments are completed in class and not participating in them might result in unnecessary hardship. In short, all assessments are intrinsically connected with tutorial activities. If a student cannot make it to a class, as a common courtesy they should let their tutor know via email, and organise with a classmate to catch up on the missed content. The students are also expected to check their UC student email and Canvas site for the unit daily for any updates or announcements.

Required IT skills

Basic computer literacy. Assessment will be submitted using Canvas. If you need help with this, please visit the LearnOnline Student Help area.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None