ATS3337 · Media professions lab

Overview

This unit offers you the opportunity to develop your interpersonal skills, reflective abilities, and professional vision, which are together crucial to a successful and worthwhile career as a media worker. You’ll do so through a team-based project that simulates the realities of media work in remote or distributed working environments. This simulation is an alternative or complement to more traditional internships and work placements, as it integrates practical work with a focus on the development of your reflective practice, career planning, and merging professional identity. You will explore and practice a range of “soft” media skills – such as communication, teamwork, feedback, and networking – while working closely with peers on real-world tasks developed in consultation with industry partners. This fast-paced and challenging environment offers a unique opportunity to showcase your readiness for the professional world with authentic, workplace-oriented assessments and performance expectations, while exploring and clarifying your vision and plans for a worthwhile career in media.

Areas of study: Bachelor of Media Communication

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. identify pathways to professional status and career development in specific media sectors;
2. apply principles of effective communication in a variety of professional situations;
3. develop strategies for working effectively in large teams and for building effective professional networks;
4. demonstrate and articulate work-related skills and attributes required for specific media professions;
5. apply strong intercultural, interpersonal and reflective skills to your media practice.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.