50217 Professional Placement
8cpProfessional Strand – Social Inquiry – 300 level
Subject coordinator: Dr James Goodman
This is a final-year subject designed to bring together skills developed throughout the Social Inquiry 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
Detailed subject description.
Fee information
2009 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $866.83
Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2008 should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth Supported places.
2009 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,900.00
Note: Fees for Postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the Annual Fees Schedule.
Subject EFTSL: 0.167Access 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.
