50217 Professional Placement

This is a final-year subject designed to bring together skills developed throughout the degree in a practical workplace setting. The aim of the subject is to give students the 'real-life' challenge of learning how to adapt their writing, research, and other communication skills to the demands of a specific workplace and workplace project. A discrete and manageable placement project is negotiated between the student, workplace supervisor, and academic supervisor.

Professional placement involves meeting challenges in developing professional communication skills and professional relationships, as well as in adapting to a range of professional writing genres and styles of verbal communication.

Professional placement is usually undertaken as an individual project, but there is provision for small group or collaborative tasks where appropriate. Students may negotiate their own placement, or work with the subject coordinator or UTS Shopfront to develop a placement. Students with considerable professional experience in a social inquiry field are advised to undertake 50222 Applied Research Project rather than this subject. It is not normally advisable for students to undertake this subject in their workplace. Additional documentation on this topic is available on UTSOnline.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus