BUSN13004 - Professional Practice and Experience

General Information

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2026

Term 3 - 2026 Profile
Mixed Mode

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).

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.

Assessment Tasks

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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.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25% response rate.

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
Feedback
Provide more information on WIL and global tour before enrolment
Recommendation
It is recommended that the WIL team provide comprehensive information about work-integrated learning (WIL) and global tours facilitating them to make informed decisions between the given choices.
Action Taken
The WIL team is working efficiently to provide all the required details to the students.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The unit coordinator was very helpful! I think providing an example assessment for the W.I.L and Global Tour would be very helpful.
Recommendation
If possible, provide an exemplar for the WIL and Global Tour. If exemplar is not allowed, provide assessment templates with guidelines on what should be included in different sections.
Action Taken
The proposed structure for assessments was shared with students.
Source: In Class
Feedback
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.
Recommendation
We should deal WIL/global tour students separately. They need separate attention to understand the assessments.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: In Class
Feedback
There should be more clarity on expectations and assessments.
Recommendation
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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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