SEL703 - Professional Practice
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Offering information: | Available at the Burwood (Melbourne) campus from 2027 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 2: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: David Morton Trimester 2: David Morton Trimester 3: David Morton |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in S460, S461, S462, S463, S464, S465, S466, S467, S751, S752, S756, S757, S758, S759, or approval by Unit Chair. |
| Prerequisite: | For students enrolled in S460, S461, S462, S463, S464, S465, S466, S467 must have completed STP010 and 12 credit points of study. Or approval by Unit Chair. |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SEP490, SEP499 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Students are required to complete one of the professional experience (placement) options with an approved organisation. Professional experience (Placement) Option 1: Minimum of 225 hours (equivalent of 30 days full-time) with additional continuing professional development (CPD) equivalent to 225 hours of professional experience (placement) activity. Professional experience (Placement) Option 2: Minimum of 450 hours (equivalent of 60 days full-time). Students are required to complete the Placement Preparation Module (PPM) on the unit site, before commencing their professional experience (placement).
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| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Students are required to complete one of the professional experience (placement) options with an approved organisation. Professional experience (Placement) Option 1: Minimum of 225 hours (equivalent of 30 days full-time) with additional continuing professional development (CPD) equivalent to 225 hours of professional experience (placement) activity. Professional experience (Placement) Option 2: Minimum of 450 hours (equivalent of 60 days full-time). Students are required to complete the Placment Preparation Module (PPM) on the unit site, before commencing their professional experience (placement).
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Note:Students must contact their enrolment officer prior to enrolling in this unit in order to meet the selection requirements and ensure placement is approved. Note also that delays in completing the placement could mean that the course will take longer to complete than the stated duration. Attendance at the placement may be required outside the trimester dates. Please see Engineering Placement Information | Students (deakin.edu.au) for guidelines on enrolment. | |
Content
This unit engages students studying an engineering course at all stages of their career in work integrated learning through professional engineering practice experience and continuous professional development (CPD). Your professional experience/placement within a recognised organisation and role must be approved by the Unit Chair before enrolment in the unit and must be for a minimum of 30 working days (225 hours).
The job role for your professional experience/placement must allow you to apply and demonstrate knowledge and skills developed throughout your course.
In this unit you will conduct a self-evaluation, set personal and professional goals, and engage in professional practice and professional development within a workplace environment. You will then apply the skill of critical self-reflection to explore personal learning throughout this unit, and the impact this experience has had on your approach to professional practice.
As a result of your engagement in this unit you will be able to identify the importance of lifelong learning, judge how various opportunities can impact your future career and employability and therefore engage in appropriate personal and professional development.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Plan and prioritise goals and tasks and monitor personal behaviours within an authentic professional working environment. | GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO2 | Produce evidence of engagement with professional practice and continuous professional development in an authentic engineering environment, describing activities, and associated judgements and decisions made. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Reflect and evaluate how discipline specific knowledge and professional skills are applied in practice, including ethical considerations and broader industry perspectives, and judge how these experiences will impact future career and employability. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Learning portfolio | Portfolio consisting of a goal setting deliverable, regular log book submissions, supervisor feedback, two reflective accounts on professional practice and continuing professional development, a learning summary report and exit professional meeting | 100% | Regular task submissions with a final submission, with timings defined by work placement dates |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must complete all the pass tasks within stipulated timeframes at the required minimum standard, as specified in the unit grading rubic.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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