Course Coordinator:Bianka Sabert (bsabert@usc.edu.au) School:School of Business and Creative Industries
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Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
This course is about you, your career, and your professional brand. Throughout this course you will plan your successful transition from university student to business professional in your chosen field. Your professional brand will be enhanced through a combination of activities which will develop a deeper understanding of your key skills and attributes as well as develop a digital portfolio which provides a foundation for your pathway to employment. After the completion of this course, you will be more career ready and better prepared for your future in the world of work.
Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
Blended learning | |||
Learning materials – Interactive online learning activities. | 1hr | Week 1 | 12 times |
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Scheduled face to face workshops. | 2hrs | Week 1 | 10 times |
Online | |||
Learning materials – Interactive online learning activities. | 1hr | Week 1 | 12 times |
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Scheduled online workshops (Recorded). | 2hrs | Week 1 | 10 times |
300 Level (Graduate)
12 units
Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | Professional Standard Mapping * Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | |
1 | Recognise and reflect on own professional and personal strengths which align with desired career goals. |
Knowledgeable Empowered Engaged |
PC1.3, PC6, PC6.1 |
2 | Identify the scope and variety of employment opportunities and career pathways available within chosen profession. |
Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
PC3, PC6, PC6.1 |
3 | Critically and creatively, develop strategies for professional development and future employment. |
Empowered Engaged |
PC1.3, PC3, PC6 |
4 | Demonstrate a developing level of effective self-management which determines career pathways based upon current program of study. |
Knowledgeable Empowered Engaged |
PC1, PC6, PC6.1 |
CODE | COMPETENCY |
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | |
PC1 | Communication |
PC1.3 | Digital Literacy |
PC3 | Creative and Critical Thinking |
PC6 | Career-ready |
PC6.1 | Self-management |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
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Standard Grading (GRD)
High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
During the initial weeks of the course (Weeks 1-3) advice and tips on how to approach the course and assessment will be provided. Throughout the remainder of the semester class activities will be aligned with the assessment tasks enabling students to explore and develop Task 1 and 2 whilst having an opportunity to be provided with feedback from the teaching team.
Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
All | 1 | Portfolio | Individual | 50% | 2.000 words |
Week 8 | Online Submission |
All | 2 | Plan | Individual | 50% | 2,000 words |
Week 13 | Online Submission |
All - Assessment Task 1:Professional Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goal: | To develop a digital professional portfolio that demonstrates your employability. |
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Product: | Portfolio | |||||||||||||||||||||
Format: | This is an individual assessment submitted as a digital portfolio. The portfolio will include written components and selected artefacts that communicate your professional identity and preparation for employment. Detailed instructions will be provided in Canvas. This task is being used for measuring assurance of learning towards Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation. The following Program Competency will be assessed: • PC1.3: Demonstrate digital literacy skills for communication and information sharing in a business context. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Applying technologies, Information literacy |
All - Assessment Task 2:Future of the Field Career Plan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goal: | To consider your career direction and develop strategies that support long-term employability. |
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Product: | Plan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Format: | This is an individual assessment submitted in report format. You will outline your aspired career direction, consider productivity trends in the context of SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), and reflect on your readiness to enter your chosen career. Detailed instructions will be provided in Canvas. This task is being used for measuring assurance of learning towards Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation. The following Program Competency will be assessed: • PC6.1: Career Ready: Demonstrate a capacity for responsible and adaptive self-management necessary for building a successful business career. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving |
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
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Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:
(a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%; and
(b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scaleEligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct
Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late:
(a) One day: deduct 5%;
(b) Two days: deduct 10%;
(c) Three days: deduct 20%;
(d) Four days: deduct 40%;
(e) Five days: deduct 60%;
(f) Six days: deduct 80%;
(g) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task.The following penalties will apply for a late submission for an online examination:
Less than 15 minutes: No penalty
From 15 minutes to 30 minutes: 20% penalty
More than 30 minutes: 100% penalty
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