41035 Professional Practice Preparation 1
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Credit points: 3 cp
Subject level:
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Result type: Pass fail, no marksRequisite(s): 18 credit points of completed study in Completion of at least 18 credit points
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Note
International students in five-year combined degrees (C09068, C09070, C09072, C09074 and C09076), students in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (C09066) and the Master of Professional Engineering (C04309) are required to undertake online post-enrolment language assessment (OPELA) screening prior to commencing in this subject. Students who achieve a Band 1 result are required to undertake 42015 Engineering Practice in an Australian Context instead of this subject. Students who achieve a Band 2 or 3 result may continue with this subject.
Description
This subject provides students with opportunities to collaborate with their peers and the subject's teaching staff to explore the social practices involved in seeking, obtaining, contributing to and learning from an engineering job or internship. Students are guided in the documentation of their growing capabilities to contribute to a workplace, and to engage in workplace learning focusing particularly on the ethical, safety, interpersonal and communication capabilities that may be required in engineering workplaces.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
| 1. | Communicate professional attributes and job seeking strategies to secure an engineering position. (E.1) |
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| 2. | Reflect on professional responsibilities and attributes to communicate value to potential employers, and for lifelong learning. (F.1) |
| 3. | Identify ethical dimensions of professional situations to inform decision making. (B.1) |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes specifically to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):
- Socially Responsible: FEIT graduates identify, engage, interpret and analyse stakeholder needs and cultural perspectives, establish priorities and goals, and identify constraints, uncertainties and risks (social, ethical, cultural, legislative, environmental, economics etc.) to define the system requirements. (B.1)
- Collaborative and Communicative: FEIT graduates work as an effective member or leader of diverse teams, communicating effectively and operating within cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural contexts in the workplace. (E.1)
- Reflective: FEIT graduates critically self-review their performance to improve themselves, their teams, and the broader community and society. (F.1)
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies
This subject contributes to the development of the following Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies:
- 3.1. Ethical conduct and professional accountability.
- 3.2. Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
- 3.5. Orderly management of self, and professional conduct.
- 3.6. Effective team membership and team leadership.
Teaching and learning strategies
The subject is delivered in a combination of workshops and tutorials. Students are expected to prepare for each of these classes. Resources to guide the preparation for each class are listed in the program section of this subject outline.
Four workshops communicate the foundational information necessary for successful completion of the subject, direct students to the university resources available to assist students, and provide students with opportunities to ask questions and to collaborate with one another.
Four 3-hour tutorials provide students opportunities to collaborate in evaluating one another’s work, and to share information and resources to assist students to meet the subject learning outcomes.
Content (topics)
Topics that will be covered:
- Building professional reputation and accessing the hidden job market
- Communicating professional identity and value proposition to potential employers
- Safety in engineering workplaces
- Engineering ethics
- Defining goals and strategies for learning in the workplace
- Contributing to a workplace and working with a workplace supervisor
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Reflective learning journal part A
| Intent: | Students develop their ability to write reflectively about an ethical experience, and to synthesise information from required reading. |
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| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 1, 2 and 3 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): B.1, E.1 and F.1 |
| Type: | Journal |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Length: | minimum 800 words |
Assessment task 2: Competitive professional engineering resume
| Intent: | Students develop a competitive professional engineering resume, and a value proposition statement that they can tailor to specific job applications |
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| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 1 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): E.1 |
| Type: | Reflection |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Length: | Maximum 2 pages in a 10 point non-serif font |
Assessment task 3: Reflective learning journal part B
| Intent: | The Reflective Learning Journal communicates the student’s ability to prepare to apply for an internship, and write reflectively in order to learn from experience |
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| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 1 and 2 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): E.1 and F.1 |
| Type: | Journal |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Length: | Minimum 2,000 words |
Minimum requirements
In order to pass this subject, students must attempt each assessment task, and pass assessment tasks 2 & 3.
Students who do not submit all assessment tasks by the due dates may be referred to the Responsible Academic Officer under Student Rule 3.8.2, and a fail result may be recorded for this subject.
Required texts
All required texts are available in the Reading List in the Canvas site for this subject.
Recommended texts
Recommended texts are available in the Reading List in the Canvas site for this subject.