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Unit name Professional Placement
Unit code KGA709
Credit points 25
Faculty/School College of Sciences and Engineering
School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences
Discipline Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences
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Availability

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Learning Outcomes

1

Apply key employability skills and interpersonal skills to professional work tasks to the satisfaction of a supervisor in a real or simulated Australian workplace

2

Apply discipline-specific knowledge in a professional setting, to meet client objectives for a real or simulated project

3

Appraise the role of values and ethics in professional practice and identify appropriate sources of help for managing ethical dilemmas in professional workplaces

4

Evaluate opportunities and challenges in professional environmental management and/or planning practice and formulate solutions to resolve these

5

Communicate with peers, industry professionals and supervisors, conveying information in verbal and written forms appropriate for a professional audience

Fees

Requisites

Prerequisites

(KGA511 - Critical Planning: Theory, Process and Applications OR KGA512 - Statutory Land Use Planning OR KGA516 - Ecosystem Conservation OR KGA517 - Protected Area Planning and Management Systems OR KGA522 - Climate Change: Economy, Politics and Planning

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

1 X 60 minute lecture weekly, 1 x 120 minute online class weekly

Assessment

ATT1 - CV or Resume, LinkedIn profile (30%)

ATT2 - Work Plan (10%)

ATT3 - Report (30%)

ATT4 - Journal (30%)

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Textbooks

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