FIT2119 · Computing in practice: Professional practice

Overview

This unit is the first stage of a cohesive, multi-unit practice program in which you will join a student-led company and contribute to real projects, products or services. You will begin by exploring the companies, their missions, available roles and ways of working, and by identifying where your developing capabilities, interests and professional goals may best contribute. As part of this process, you will prepare professional application materials, participate in role-selection activities such as interviews or onboarding conversations, and reflect on how you can apply the skills you are learning in your course to authentic company work. Once placed, you will be onboarded into the company and introduced to its structure, expectations, tools, team practices and shared objectives. Professional development activities will introduce ethical practice, responsible technology development, communication, collaboration, project coordination and the social impact of computing work. Through your contribution to the company’s mission, you will begin applying course-relevant capabilities in an authentic practice setting. You will also build an evidence-based portfolio that demonstrates your individual contributions, decisions, feedback, learning and professional growth, supporting the development of your emerging professional identity.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook publishes no assessment items for this unit yet.

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. Apply appropriate security, privacy and ethical practices when participating in computing work, recognising professional expectations, role responsibilities and the implications of decisions for people, teams and stakeholders;
2. Identify opportunities for computing work to contribute to social good by considering stakeholder needs, accessibility, inclusion, sustainability and broader social impacts within a company context;
3. Communicate role interests, progress, needs, risks and outcomes to team members and stakeholders using appropriate professional, written, verbal and visual forms;
4. Support the planning, organisation and management of work by contributing to task definition, scheduling, documentation, reporting and review practices that help the team meet agreed objectives and timelines;
5. Collaborate effectively within a small team and across connected teams by adopting shared workflows, coordinating dependencies, responding to feedback and contributing equitably to collective outcomes in a student-led company;
6. Identify and document the data requirements associated with your role and company work, including relevant data sources, data flows, data quality needs, access requirements, handling responsibilities and governance considerations;
7. Apply and evidence relevant SFIA skills from your enrolled course or major through your individual contributions to company work, using portfolio evidence to demonstrate capability development, feedback response and professional growth.

Workload

No workload detail published.

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