Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

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.

  • Unit Title

    Arts Practicum
  • Unit Code

    ICS3201
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Arts Practicum has been designed to offer students a one semester placement with an appropriate community based agency or organisation. During the semester they will have the opportunity to use generic and specialist skills in the completion of a project or tasks of recognisable value to the agency/organisation. The unit will therefore provide students with practical experience of a professional workplace, and enhance their post graduation employment prospects.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded FAR3101, ICS3101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate their knowledge and skills in a professional workplace and/or by preparation of a detailed report on a specified project.
  2. Identify the ways in which their professional skills may be utilised by an agency/organisation.
  3. Prepare a curriculum vitae detailing their qualifications, personal attributes and work experience.
  4. Reflect and report on their practicum project and learning experience.

Unit Content

  1. Complete a placement requiring the equivalent of one semester unit (117 hours) to be spent on defined tasks or a project, to be supervised primarily by the agency/organisation.
  2. Negotiate an appropriate practicum placement with an agency/organisation and the unit coordinator.
  3. Prepare a detailed CV.
  4. Present a report according to the specifications required by the agency/organisation, where applicable.
  5. Submit a written report on the placement to the practicum co-ordinator and agency/organisation.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The scope and form of the project or tasks will be agreed upon by student, agency/organisation and practicum coordinator prior to the commencement of the practicum. The project will be undertaken at times convenient to the agency/organisation and the student, and will be supervised primarily by the agency/organisation.here are no seminars or on-campus meetings for this unit. Regular online access is necessary for all students. Unit information and forms are made available via Blackboard. Assignments must be submitted via Blackboard.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
PortfolioPreparation of CV
PracticumSatisfactory completion of project and/or practicum
ReportStudent evaluation of practicum
ONLINE
TypeDescription
PortfolioPreparation of CV
PracticumSatisfactory completion of project and/or practicum
ReportStudent evaluation of practicum

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

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.

  • Unit Title

    Arts Practicum
  • Unit Code

    ICS3201
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Arts Practicum has been designed to offer students a one semester placement with an appropriate community based agency or organisation. During the semester they will have the opportunity to use generic and specialist skills in the completion of a project or tasks of recognisable value to the agency/organisation. The unit will therefore provide students with practical experience of a professional workplace, and enhance their post graduation employment prospects.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded FAR3101, ICS3101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate their knowledge and skills in a professional workplace and/or by preparation of a detailed report on a specified project.
  2. Identify the ways in which their professional skills may be utilised by an agency/organisation.
  3. Prepare a curriculum vitae detailing their qualifications, personal attributes and work experience.
  4. Reflect and report on their practicum project and learning experience.

Unit Content

  1. Complete a placement requiring the equivalent of one semester unit (117 hours) to be spent on defined tasks or a project, to be supervised primarily by the agency/organisation.
  2. Negotiate an appropriate practicum placement with an agency/organisation and the unit coordinator.
  3. Prepare a detailed CV.
  4. Present a report according to the specifications required by the agency/organisation, where applicable.
  5. Submit a written report on the placement to the practicum co-ordinator and agency/organisation.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The scope and form of the project or tasks will be agreed upon by student, agency/organisation and practicum coordinator prior to the commencement of the practicum. The project will be undertaken at times convenient to the agency/organisation and the student, and will be supervised primarily by the agency/organisation.here are no seminars or on-campus meetings for this unit. Regular online access is necessary for all students. Unit information and forms are made available via Blackboard. Assignments must be submitted via Blackboard.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
PortfolioPreparation of CV
PracticumSatisfactory completion of project and/or practicum
ReportStudent evaluation of practicum
ONLINE
TypeDescription
PortfolioPreparation of CV
PracticumSatisfactory completion of project and/or practicum
ReportStudent evaluation of practicum

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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