Becoming a Professional (9572.1)
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| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Dvc-Education Portfolio | Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit | Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Thinking like a professional;
Professional communication;
Effective teamwork;
Progression through the unit is flexible, and can be completed in as little as two months and as long as twelve. All modules may be completed online, and some may be taken in intensive face-to-face mode.
Content will consist of both generic and discipline-specific material. There will be profession- and discipline-specific streams of the three modules which make up the unit; students will complete the module that best meets their professional ambitions (e.g. Thinking like a Professional Educator; Thinking like a Healthcare professional; Professional Communication in Science; Professional Communication in Law).
Learning outcomes
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:1. Map out their academic and professional trajectories over the next five years;
2. Identify the key discipline-specific and generic skills, attitudes and abilities they will need in their academic and professional lives over the next five years;
3. Master communication modes appropriate to their discipline and professional destination (written communication, presentation skills, negotiation skills, listening skills, video/audio and multimedia presentation, scientific discourse, mathematical and statistical communication, communication through social media, and others)
4. Employ effective communication in specific academic assessment tasks (essays, presentations, scientific reports, and others);
5. Understand how cultural, social and professional boundaries, identities and expectations shape and influence communication, and how to work with, not against, these factors in communicating effectively;
6. Work effectively in teams to achieve academic and real-world/professional goals;
7. Understand the relationship between diversity, divergence and innovation in effective and innovative teamwork.
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
NONE.Equivalent units
NO.Assumed knowledge
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Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
