Unit Synopsis
Employers are seeking work-ready graduates who can apply their university-developed knowledge, skills and attributes in diverse work environments and new contexts. This unit will provide you with the opportunity to consolidate knowledge of your chosen profession/discipline and demonstrate graduate attributes through an authentic learning experience of your choice: work integrated learning, global experience or project. The work integrated learning creates an opportunity for you to gain practical work experience. You will apply discipline knowledge and critical thinking skills to propose creative, ethical and innovative solutions within the workplace. The global experience creates an opportunity for you to engage in an international program. You will apply cross-cultural knowledge and critical thinking skills to propose creative, ethical and innovative solutions in response to global challenges. The project option creates an opportunity for you to complete a scaffolded investigation (supervised project) at an advanced level. You will apply discipline knowledge and critical thinking skills to propose creative, ethical and innovative solutions to a workplace or community issue related to your discipline area. We encourage you to enrol early to receive further information about each experience and begin the selection process. The work integrated learning and global experience options are subject to availability and you are required to enrol three months prior to the start of Term to participate in these options.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisites: 72 credit points 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026
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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).
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 0% |
| 2. Reflective Practice Assignment | 0% |
| 3. Portfolio | 0% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
Past Exams
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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.
Source: In Class
Most of the guidelines are for those students who are doing a research project. There should be separate guidelines for WIL and Global Tour Students.
We should deal WIL/global tour students separately. They need separate attention to understand the assessments.
Assessment guidelines, templates, and supporting resources have been created for WIL/Global Tour students and research project students. This has allowed for more individualised guidance that is relevant to the needs of each pathway and enhanced pupils' awareness of what is expected in assessment.
Source: In Class
There should be more clarity on expectations and assessments.
Maintain a supportive and responsive learning environment where students receive clear guidance on assessments and have accessible channels to seek clarification and assistance whenever needed.
Additional measures have been implemented to improve assessment clarity, including the development of detailed assessment guides and the recording of short assessment-specific videos explaining requirements, expectations, and marking criteria. These resources have been made available through Moodle, along with ongoing opportunities for students to seek clarification and support throughout the term.
Source: Students feedback
A timetabling issue has been identified as a key challenge for student engagement. Many students in this unit are working professionals and are unable to attend scheduled classes due to clashes between class times and work commitments. As a result, attendance at live sessions is often low despite students remaining actively enrolled in the unit.
Consider scheduling classes after 5:00 pm, where feasible, to better accommodate the needs of working professionals. As many students have employment commitments during standard business hours, evening classes may improve attendance, participation, and overall engagement with the unit. Additionally, continuing to provide recorded sessions and flexible learning resources will support students who are unable to attend live classes.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Justify and communicate a plan for a work integrated learning, global experience or project to investigate and analyse a specific issue
- Critically analyse the relevance of the knowledge, skills and attributes developed through university studies to workplace or community contexts and future careers
- Demonstrate critical thinking and judgement when investigating a workplace or community issue and developing creative solutions appropriate to the specific context
- Critically reflect on work integrated learning, global experience or project experience to identify further areas of learning and professional development
- Synthesise university and practical discipline experience to demonstrate an understanding of self, careers, and the needs of workplaces or communities now and into the future.
This unit is core for a series of courses that have external accreditation. For some courses there may be a requirement for someone with discipline specific knowledge and understanding to provide guidance, mentoring or oversight.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | |||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Portfolio | • | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | ||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | • | ||||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |