SIT344 - Professional Practice
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Sophie McKenzie Trimester 2: Lennon Chang Trimester 3: Ansam Khraisat |
| Prerequisite: | STP010, SIT223 and must have passed at least seven SIT-coded units |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Students are required to complete a professional experience (placement) with an approved organisation for a minimum of 450 hours to a maximum of 900 hours full-time. The online learning and assessment activities for the unit will consist of approximately 50-100 hours and include a 1 x 1 hour pre-placement meeting. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Students are required to complete a professional experience (placement) with an approved organisation for a minimum of 450 hours to a maximum of 900 hours full-time. The online learning and assessment activities for the unit will consist of approximately 50-100 hours and include a 1 x 1 hour online pre-placement meeting. |
| Typical study commitment: | This unit focuses on a long-term paid placement. In addition to the placement, students will spend approximately 50 to 100 hours on related learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:Students must contact a student adviser prior to considering enrolment in this unit to obtain an updated course map and ensure they meet the pre-enrolment and course requirements. To be eligible to study this unit, students will first be required to source and secure a full-time paid placement opportunity with an appropriate host organisation and then submit an application with the SEBE WIL Team for approval. For more information and to complete the application process, please refer to SEBE WIL Program or email sebe-wil@deakin.edu.au. In preparation for the placement, students are required to complete the Placement Preparation Module (PPM) before commencing their professional experience (placement), and undertake the online teaching, learning and assessment activities for the unit outside of professional experience (placement) hours. The online teaching, learning and assessment activities for the unit will consist of approximately 100 hours. Note also that delays in completing the placement could mean that the course will take longer to complete than the stated duration. Attendance at the placement may be required outside the trimester dates. | |
Content
Integrating study and work experience is essential for forging close links between university education and the workplace. Students will gain professional work experience with an approved host organisation. The exact nature, activities, and emphasis in each industry placement will vary according to the context, resources, and expertise of staff and the student's experience, qualities, and aspirations. Industry experiences will allow students to learn about and with an organisation. In addition, students will critically reflect on their role as IT professionals, bringing together everything they have learnt in their course to demonstrate achievement of Course and Graduate Learning Outcomes and their readiness for professional work. Learning and assessment activities in this unit will help students appreciate work-life and make decisions about personal and professional development. Most importantly, it will provide relevant evidence when applying for future work.
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 | Articulate aspirations, career goals and intended activities to potential employers, highlighting key personal and professional capabilities and competencies, to secure a position. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO2 | Participate in and demonstrate evidence of ethical, professional and efficient work practices in IT/data science. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Use reflective practice to document discipline-specific (course learning outcomes) and generic competencies (graduate learning outcomes) required to become an IT professional/data scientist, drawn from placement experience. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Show capacity for preparing personal and professional development plans, which contribute to the job search/career development process. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Showcase portfolio | Portfolio consisting of programming code, reports and demonstration | 100% | Within 2 weeks of completion of placement |
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.
Hurdle requirement
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio and demonstrate that they are working to the satisfaction of the host organisation (including skill competency levels, professional code of conduct and project output requirements) at both the mid and end of professional experience (placement). More specifically, both mid and end professional experience (placement) reviews need to be deemed ‘satisfactory’ by your supervisor to achieve the pass level.
Learning resource
There is no prescribed textbook for this unit. Unit resources will be made available via the unit site.
Unit Fee Information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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