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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
In this unit, students will be given the opportunity to gain work experience aligned to their degree. They will undertake meaningful work in a public, private or not-for-profit organisation that will enable them to apply disciplinary knowledge and skills. The work will enable students to develop a broad range of professional capabilities and will help them become familiar with the work environment. Students will also be required to take significant responsibility for their own learning outcomes. Host organisations will be secured by the School of Business and Law Work Integrated Learning (WIL) team, or can be organised by the students themselves. Any opportunities secured by students will be vetted to ensure they can provide a meaningful learning experience. Enrolment into this unit is by application ONLY and entry requires students to participate in a recruitment and selection process. As this unit focuses on the personal and professional development of the individual, no RPL will be considered for this unit.
This unit may run in Summer session. Students enrolled in summer session may be required to source their own work placement opportunity.
Students must pass 180 credit points
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS
| Joondalup | Mount Lawley | South West (Bunbury) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | 1 x 1.5 hour seminar | Not Offered | Not Offered |
| Semester 2 | 1 x 1.5 hour seminar | Not Offered | Not Offered |
| Summer | 1 x 1.5 hour seminar | Not Offered | Not Offered |
For more information see the Semester Timetable
Students will undertake, and be assessed on, authentic activities through engagement with industry and community partners.
Work done in an actual workplace in which the student applies discipline-specific knowledge and skills, supervised by an industry professional separate from an ECU campus or location.
The unit requires students to complete between 100 and 150 hours of work experience within a public, private or not-for-profit organisation. This work may occur virtually, in a workplace, or wherever appropriate to fulfil the needs of the program of work. Students are required to participate in an online or on-campus induction on the requirements and procedures for completing a work placement, including documentation and risk management compliance. Students will need to maintain regular email contact and may be asked to participate in face-to-face, online or telephone meetings with the Unit Coordinator/Lecturer during the semester. Students will be expected to effectively perform in the workplace to meet the needs of the organisation, as well as complete the units’ assessment requirements. Students are expected to work autonomously, show initiative and generate ideas relating to their assigned tasks in the workplace. Host supervisors and the unit coordinator will liaise on student progress towards achieving learning outcomes during the placement period.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Placement Plan | 25% |
| Review | Progress Review | 25% |
| Portfolio | Portfolio | 50% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Placement Plan | 25% |
| Review | Progress Review | 25% |
| Portfolio | Portfolio | 50% |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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