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ATS3935 Professional practice

Faculty of Arts

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ATS3935 Professional practice is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2023 in Summer A, Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2023
Summer A, Semester 1, Semester 2
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
5 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ATS3935

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After ATS3935

No unit lists ATS3935 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts or Psychology units with a credit average

Overview

You will undertake a professional placement with a host partner organization to undertake a supervised professional project determined by the host organisation. The host partner organisations are from a diverse range of industries and sectors, including government departments, private industry and not-for-profit organisations. You will complete academic work in addition to the tasks undertaken during the placement. The host partner organisation provides field supervision and the faculty provides academic supervision.

Offerings in 2023

Teaching periodCampusMode
Summer semester AClaytonFlexible
First semesterClaytonFlexible
Second semesterClaytonFlexible
Term 1ClaytonFlexible
Trimester 2ClaytonFlexible

Assessment

  • Online Exercise/sAssignment
    10%
  • Career development taskOther
    20%
  • ReflectionAssignment
    30%
  • MultimediaMixed mode
    10%
  • Report
    30%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Set and lay out achievable and measurable goals aiming for professional skills development in alignment with professional aspirations

  2. 2

    Demonstrate critical and reflective thinking in relation to professional development

  3. 3

    Create effective resumes communicating your professional achievements

  4. 4

    Prepare documentation and written reports to a professional standard.

Workload and teaching

  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachWork-integrated learning
  • Teaching approachResearch activities
  • Teaching approachProfessional placement
  • Teaching approachOnline learning

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

This unit engages students in actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.

This unit provides students with the opportunity to engage in Work-Integrated Learning or industry-based learning to incorporate professional and industry experience into their studies.

This unit allows students to develop their research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.

This unit provides students with opportunities to engage in professional settings relevant to their practitioner field.

The unit will be delivered through Moodle and other online platforms, such as Zoom. Other online resources - Kahoot and Polleverywhere.com - will be used to enhance student learning.

Learning resources

Technology resources

This unit requires access to a laptop that meets minimum specifications (https://www.monash.edu/esolutions/students/bring-your-own-device-byod). Free specialist software is available via MoVE (https://www.monash.edu/learning-teaching/innovation/learning-technologies/move).

Where it fits

ATS3935 is part of 58 areas of study in the 2023 handbook.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Guilherme Horst Duque
Chief Examiners
Dr Guilherme Horst Duque

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATS3935?

ATS3935 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ATS3935 offered?

In 2023, ATS3935 runs in Summer A, Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton.

How much work is ATS3935?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does ATS3935 have an exam?

No. ATS3935 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.

Which majors and minors include ATS3935?

ATS3935 is part of Anthropology; Archaeology and ancient history; Chinese studies; Communications and media studies; and Criminology, and 24 other areas of study.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
3
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 4
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
20202021202220232024202520262027