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BUSN11016 Introduction to Study and Professional Practice
Introduction to Study and Professional Practice
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General Information

Overview

This unit supports you in identifying and developing core professional practices and skills required by all graduates to succeed in the future world of work. You will learn about core foundation disciplines; develop study, organizational, and planning skills; and learn about your strengths and weaknesses. These disciplines and skills will develop your understanding of how these are connected to your future career choices. You will explore your chosen profession and career opportunities, planning your course and study path to develop the knowledge and skills needed to achieve your career goals. Throughout this unit, your academic and critical thinking skills will be enhanced creating opportunities to effectively engage in future studies. You will commence building an e-portfolio in this unit to showcase your academic and professional work, projects, and competencies to prospective employers. The e-portfolio will record discipline-based contextual practice that will prepare you well for study, work, and engagement as a global citizen contributing to communities and industry.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 1
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

There are no requisites for this unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 1 - 2025

Brisbane
Bundaberg
Cairns
Mackay
Melbourne
Online
Rockhampton
Sydney

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Class and Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Class Timetable

Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Report
Weighting: 40%
2. Portfolio
Weighting: 60%

Assessment Grading

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.

Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from SUTE

Feedback

Online live lecture considered not useful.

Recommendation

Can have recorded mini video for each week. These mini videos, will introduce the concepts/ ideas and during workshop sessions these concepts/ ideas be further explored through exercises and joint discussions.

Feedback from SUTE

Feedback

Assessment criteria hard to follow and understand

Recommendation

Assessment criteria, instructions, and information material have been re-developed with ALC advisors for T1 2024. The marking rubric was completely changed to align with assessment information.

Unit Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
  1. Identify and report on the personal and professional capabilities and attributes necessary for career success, and how you can attain them with your chosen study plan
  2. Apply multi-modal communication skills for effect.
  3. Collect and interpret evidence from a range of quality sources to inform responses to routine problems
  4. Construct a professional e-Portfolio that showcases your skills, capabilities, attributes and achievements.

Not applicable

Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes
N/A Level
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Professional Level
Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Report - 40%
2 - Portfolio - 60%

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
7 - Cross Cultural Competence
8 - Ethical practice
9 - Social Innovation
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures
Textbooks and Resources

Information for Textbooks and Resources has not been released yet.

This information will be available on Monday 17 February 2025
Academic Integrity Statement

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