UnitLevel 3Undergraduate

ATS3935 Professional practice

Faculty of Arts

ATS3935 Professional practice is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2025 in Summer A, Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points: 6
Offered in 2025: Summer A, Semester 1, Semester 2; Clayton
Assessment: No exam; 4 tasks
Workload: 144 hours; per semester

This is the 2025 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 2025 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 organisation. The host partner organisations are from a diverse range of industries and sectors, including government departments, private industry and not-for-profit organisations. While undertaking your placement, you will complete a professional project as defined by the host partner organisation and the unit coordinator. The host partner organisation will appoint a field supervisor for the project although the Chief Examiner remains the principal assessor for the unit.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching period	Campus	Mode
Summer semester A	Clayton	Flexible
First semester	Clayton	Flexible
Second semester	Clayton	Flexible
Trimester 2	Clayton	Flexible

Assessment

Online testQuiz / Test
5%
Career development taskArtefact
25%
ReflectionWritten
30%
ReportWritten
40%

Learning outcomes

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

1
Set and lay out achievable and measurable goals aiming for professional skills development in alignment with professional aspirations
2
Demonstrate critical and reflective thinking in relation to professional development
3
Create effective resumes communicating your professional achievements
4
Prepare documentation and written reports to a professional standard.

Workload and teaching

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

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.

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

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

This unit provides you with opportunities to engage in professional settings relevant to your practitioner field.

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

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 49 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.

Contacts

Chief Examiners: Dr Susan Carland
Unit Coordinators: Dr Susan Carland

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATS3935?

ATS3935 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ATS3935 offered?

In 2025, 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 4 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 21 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: 2020 2021 2022 2023 202420252026 2027