Overview

This unit enables students to develop their sense of identity and professional self and supports their transition from student to professional. The unit comprises supported learning whilst undertaking meaningful full-time work experience in an area relevant to their discipline of studies. The unit aims to develop a desired range of employability attributes sought by employers, which centre on developing an understanding of the professional workplace, effectively participating and contributing to the workplace, interacting with many professionals, being exposed to the career options students can pursue upon graduation, and growing and developing personally whilst improving generic skills.

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Work individually and as part of a team, utilising discipline-specific skills to respond to workplace needs
  • Demonstrate professional industry-specific communication skills
  • Respond to industry supervisor feedback and utilise reflection throughout the placement for improved professional practice

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Placement
Placement
34.38 24 weeks 825
TOTAL825

Sarawak

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Placement
Placement
34.38 24 weeks 825
TOTAL825

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentIndividual 100% 
AssessmentIndividual 100% 
Mid-Placement ReviewIndividual 100% 
Progress EvaluationIndividual 100% 1,2,3 

Content

This unit is undertaken concurrently with Integrated Professional Placement A. Together the units provide supported This unit provides supported work-based learning in a real-world context.

  • Students will work in the industry or community placement to which they have been assigned, under the supervision of their Industry Supervisor
  • Students will be allocated a discipline-specific Swinburne Academic Supervisor who has relevant industry knowledge of their placement area
  • Students will be required to respond to feedback from stakeholders in ways that inform and improve future practice
  • Assessment is designed to support professional communication and feedback mechanisms used in industry

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.