SDCM73-100: Professional Portfolio (Workshop Program)

Description

Professional Portfolio (Workshop Program) is a 20-week, 45 credit point subject available to Masters (Professional) students in the Faculty of Society & Design. This subject provides students with the opportunity in an authentic learning environment to develop their professional skills for the real world.  The subject encourages students to combine self-analysis and reflective learning skills with professional methodologies to expand their analytic and strategic thinking capabilities. It also provides practical experience for students to appreciate the requirements of industrial practice and develop their communication skills to improve their ‘work readiness’.   Students will complete 20-week Workshop Program on campus that offers students a mix of classroom learning and practical experiences incorporating skills sessions, industry guest involvement, site inspections, projects and practical assessment pieces replicating workplace tasks. 

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: SDCM73-100
EFTSL: 0.563
Faculty: Faculty of Society and Design
Semesters offered:
  • September 2024 [Standard Offering]
  • January 2025 [Standard Offering]
  • May 2025 [Non-Standard Offering]
  • September 2025 [Non-Standard Offering]
Credit: 45
Study areas:
  • Construction, Property, and Planning
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2024: $6,060.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $6,340.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Identify appropriate work opportunities and effectively promote themselves as a desirable potential employee;
  2. Instinctively demonstrate the behaviour required of a graduate employee in the workplace;
  3. Communicate effectively with others in the workplace and utilise interpersonal skills to become a fully productive member of a team;
  4. Through constant review of personal strengths and weaknesses, identify and make the adjustments necessary to improve their employability;
  5. Adapt and apply knowledge, critical thinking and practical skills to ‘real world’ situations;
  6. Acquire, evaluate and organise the appropriate information required to complete an allotted task/project;
  7. Gain relevant input &/or demonstrate appropriate initiative to make informed decisions and be able to work under limited supervision.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil
Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions: This subject is not available to
  • Study Abroad Students

- Students must have successfully completed 120cps masters subjects. - Students from the Master of Project Management (Professional) must obtain approval from the Project Management Discipline Lead to take this subject as an option.

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

Anti-requisites:

Subject outlines

Subject dates

Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 14/07/2024
Semester start: 09/09/2024
Subject start: 09/09/2024
Last enrolment: 22/09/2024
Teaching census: 20/10/2024
Withdraw - Financial: 05/10/2024
Withdraw - Academic: 26/10/2024
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