University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

50217 Professional Placement

8cp
Professional Strand – Social Inquiry – 300 level

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.


For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/50217.pdf

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,760.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.