Professional Evidence (Communication and Media) (11083.3)

In this final capstone unit, you will prepare to embark on your professional journey as a Bachelor of Communication and Media graduate. You will draw together everything you've learned throughout the course in the design and delivery of a significant project, working individually and in teams. This capstone project will offer an opportunity to showcase your skills to future employers, while also strategically augmenting the portfolio you've developed throughout your degree. At the same time, you will refine your emerging professional identity and finalise your CV and portfolio before presenting the results to an academic and industry panel.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Produce a CV and portfolio that demonstrate readiness for professional practice;
2. Create and deliver a capstone project that applies skills and knowledge developed throughout the course;
3. Work effectively both autonomously and collaboratively, managing time effectively, while anticipating and actively responding to challenges; and
4. Articulate and defend creative and strategic decisions, demonstrating the professional judgment expected of early-career communication and media professionals.

Graduate attributes

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
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
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
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 - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

Students must have passed 48 credit points.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.