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SEP701 - Continuing Professional Development

Year	2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Online Trimester 2: Online
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 1: Rob McHenry Trimester 2: Kris Law
Cohort rule:	Nil
Prerequisite:	For students enrolled in S460, S461, S462, S463, S465, S466, S467: STP010 and completion of 18 credits points or Unit Chair approval. For students enrolled in S751, S752, S756, S757, S758, S759: STP710 For students enrolled in S788: Nil. Students enrolled in courses outside of the School of Engineering: STP010 or STP710 and Unit Chair approval.
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	Nil
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:	Online independent and collaborative learning including a 1 x 1 hour seminar per week. Plus, option to attend organised live / in-person practical engineering experiences at various engineering sites as detailed in the unit site not exceeding 10 hours total 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

This unit aims to develop student self-awareness and confidence in authentic engineering practice, through career planning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities to enhance employability in preparation for graduation. Through critical self-reflection, students will conduct an employability audit to identify gaps between their current skills and experiences compared to employer needs and expectations. These gaps will help students to focus where they need to coordinate engagement in a range of CPD activities. These CPD experiences aim to enhance targeted personal and professional skills and support further reflection on employability and lifelong professional development. Students will then use reflective practices to evidence their learning and capabilities via the completion of job application process, that exposes the student to an authentic recruitment process prior to graduation, as preparation for transition to employment.

For Master of Engineering courses, this unit is alternative core unit to SEL703 - Professional Practice - in which students undertake a placement-based WIL experience within industry/community.

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	Plan and prioritise career goals and professional development tasks relevant to the engineering profession by developing awareness of personal interests and competencies through self-reflection, and characterising employer and industry expectations.	GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management
ULO2	Produce evidence of work-readiness in the profession through engagement with professional practice and continuing professional development that includes consideration of ethics and global perspectives in authentic engineering environments.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO3	Create tailored applications for meaningful employment opportunities, by demonstrating evidence of personal and professional growth and intentional continuing professional development.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description	Student output	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1 Employability audit and CPD plan	Written document, 2,000 word maximum	20%	Week 3
Assessment 2 Continuing professional development portfolio	Portfolio of evidence and logbook not exceeding 3,000 words approximately	50%	Week 10
Assessment 3 Job application and interview	Written application and reflection not exceeding 7 pages plus a 15-minute interview	30%	Staged submission between weeks 11 - 13

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 SEP701 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 before the start of that teaching period, so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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