School: Arts and Humanities

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

    Industry and Community
  • Unit Code

    SAH3200
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Joo Ho JUNG

Description

In this capstone unit, students undertake a project for industry or community in their discipline. Students will produce work such as a presentation, written work, interactive product, performance, exhibition, strategic report or research project that will be assessed by community and/or industry representatives according to a brief. Projects can be undertaken in teams and will address a real-world need or problem. The unit will require students to engage in authentic processes as they develop their projects, analysing needs, selecting appropriate methods, developing design and implementation plans and critically evaluating results, and establishing clear metrics to document their activity as they respond to the requirements of their brief.

Prerequisite Rule

Must pass SAH1100, SAH1150, SAH1200, SAH1250, SAH2110, SAH2200, SAH3100

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VIS3152

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Plan, manage and evaluate a project to professional standards within their discipline.
  2. Incorporate strategies to address diverse stakeholder needs in a project, identifying the roles, scope and tasks inherent within the project.
  3. Solve problems and identify opportunities in collaboration with stakeholders and communicate professionally using digital platforms.
  4. Articulate the practical, historical and theoretical contexts that inform the project and are relevant to its discipline.
  5. Critically assess personal skills and attributes in relation to professional practice.

Unit Content

  1. Managing roles and individual accountability in creative projects.
  2. Communication and management – methods, tools and documentation.
  3. Responding to project requirements and industry/community needs.
  4. Analysing creative and/or professional praxis.
  5. Producing and presenting a professional-standard project for external evaluation.

Assessment

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPlanning and communication via digital technology30%
AssignmentDevelopment of final project30%
PresentationDelivery of project40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPlanning and communication via digital technology30%
AssignmentDevelopment of final project30%
PresentationDelivery of project40%

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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School: Arts and Humanities

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

    Industry and Community
  • Unit Code

    SAH3200
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Joo Ho JUNG

Description

In this capstone unit, students undertake a project for industry or community in their discipline. Students will produce work such as a presentation, written work, interactive product, performance, exhibition, strategic report or research project that will be assessed by community and/or industry representatives according to a brief. Projects can be undertaken individually or in teams and will address a real-world need or problem. The unit will require students to engage in authentic processes as they develop their projects, analysing needs, selecting appropriate methods, developing design and implementation plans and critically evaluating results, and establishing clear metrics to document their activity as they respond to the requirements of their brief.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed SAH1100, SAH1150, SAH1200, SAH1250

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Plan, manage and evaluate a project to professional standards within their discipline.
  2. Incorporate strategies to address diverse stakeholder needs in a project, identifying the roles, scope and tasks inherent within the project.
  3. Solve problems and identify opportunities in collaboration with stakeholders and communicate professionally using digital platforms.
  4. Articulate the practical, historical and theoretical contexts that inform the project and are relevant to its discipline.
  5. Critically assess personal skills and attributes in relation to professional practice.

Unit Content

  1. Managing roles and individual accountability in creative projects.
  2. Communication and management – methods, tools and documentation.
  3. Responding to project requirements and industry/community needs.
  4. Analysing creative and/or professional praxis.
  5. Producing and presenting a professional-standard project for external evaluation.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 2Not Offered13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will have opportunities to work with stakeholders and real-world projects. There will be guest lectures involving industry/in-house expertises.

Assessment

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPlanning and communication40%
PresentationDelivery of project60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPlanning and communication40%
PresentationDelivery of project60%

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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