BPS3072 · Advanced professional experience

Overview

In preparation for your placement project, in the first half of this full year unit, you will participate in activities to develop your job seeking and career planning skills, for example, writing resumes, job applications and cover letters, and practising interview techniques. In the second half of this full year unit, you will complete a compulsory placement to complete a hands-on project at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (MIPS) under the supervision of an academic staff member and/or research mentor. Placements will usually take place on a full-time basis from July to August, subject to supervisor availability. The research project will give you the opportunity to expand your scientific understanding and laboratory skills and to practice your ability to work in a professional environment.

Offerings

Assessment

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

In-semester assessment: 100 %. This unit is a pass grade only unit. This unit contains one or more competency hurdle assessment tasks that you must successfully complete to be able to pass the unit. You have one attempt, plus an additional assessment, to demonstrate your competency in the competency hurdle assessment task. If you fail to meet the hurdle requirement, you will receive a fail grade for the unit.

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 areas of interest for your future career;
2. Craft a professional resume and participate effectively in a selection process that may include interviews;
3. Work safely and effectively in a professional environment;
4. Design an evidence-based approach to solving a problem or research question;
5. Conduct an investigation including data documentation, analysis and interpretation;
6. Communicate the project outcomes in written and oral form;
7. Reflect on your professional experience.

Workload

This unit is a combination of employability skills development workshops and interviews, and placement. Placements will usually take place on a full time basis between June and August, subject to supervisor availability. • You will participate in placement training activities and undergo a placement selection process in semester one, third year (20 hours of workshops and interviews). • A minimum of 225 hours of professional experiential placements. • 20 hours of independent study (preparation of the written report and the oral presentation).

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