AWL302 - Your Professional Story
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Katrina Clifford |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have passed 8 credit points of study, prior to enrolling in this unit |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities, plus 1 x 1-hour seminar per week (alternating as practical experiences (laboratory) and coaching sessions) with an additional 3 x 1-hour practical experiences (workshops) with guest presenters across the trimester. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities, plus 1 x 1-hour seminar per week alternating as practical experiences (laboratory) and coaching sessions (livestreamed and recorded) with an additional 3 x 1-hour practical experiences (workshops) with guest presenters across the trimester. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Coming to the end of your studies and wondering how you can present the skills and knowledge you have developed in a way that helps you stand out from the crowd? This unit will guide you on how to articulate your professional value to a range of stakeholders: from prospective employers to supervisors, peers and even potential business partners. You will learn how to craft a powerful brand narrative that showcases your competencies and capabilities and gives you a distinctive edge in the story you tell about your professional identity. You will also learn about job search and career strategies, how to make the most of networking opportunities and navigate career transitions, along with specifically tailoring applications and elevator pitches to work opportunities - all while building on the evidence you have already collected and curated as part of your studies and/or your professional development e-portfolio.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Demonstrate career-readiness, a clear professional identity and insight into the skills, knowledge and graduate attributes necessary to meet the standards of performance and practice in professional work environments locally, nationally and globally. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Critically reflect on their learning and the development of skills throughout their course and evaluate the progress made towards their professional development goals and aspirations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO3 | Investigate and formulate opportunities for ongoing development of their learning and skills into their professional lives, and identify career strategies and digital tools to manage their professional identity as it evolves over time. | GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO4 | Develop a professional brand narrative that showcases their competencies and capabilities, including digital skills. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 – Professional Portfolio | 2400 words or equivalent | 60% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2 – Mock interview and reflection | Video interview, plus 400-word reflection | 40% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for AWL302 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.