FIT5122 · Professional practice

Overview

The Professional Practice unit enables you to build and improve on the professional skills needed to succeed as an IT Professional. You will explore a range of theoretical and practical skills including complex communication, conflict resolution, team work, and cross cultural skills as well as skills to navigate ethical challenges related to technology. It looks at the role and importance of professional associations. Through a combination of enquiry based self-research, facilitated discussion and practical assignments, you will gain an understanding of the underlying theories and strategies to help them more effectively apply these skills to situations faced in the workplace. As part of this journey, you will have the opportunity to reflect on and improve your existing professional skills by exploring how they do things, reflecting on whether best practices are being applied and evaluating how you could continue to improve. You will create a portfolio to facilitate and record these reflections for your future career. Study in FIT5122 supports study in FIT5120, therefore students enrolled in FIT5120 should enrol in FIT5122 in conjunction with FIT5120 where possible. Students enrolled in the research stream should take FIT5122 with their research units.

Offerings

Assessment

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

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

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Critically evaluate and apply communication strategies across diverse stakeholder groups, assessing their effectiveness for intercultural contexts in professional IT environments;
2. Synthesise teamwork and conflict resolution approaches to justify their application in cross-cultural IT team environments;
3. Analyse the role of professional ethics and responsibility in IT practice using established frameworks (e.g., ACS Code of Conduct), evaluating implications of IT decisions—including emerging technologies such as AI—on organisations and society;
4. Evaluate personal and team performance through structured reflective practice to demonstrate continuous professional development;
5. Apply high-quality IT solutions using current and emerging technologies (including AI) that ensure integrity, confidentiality, and availability of digital assets;
6. Critically assess IT professional roles and justify the need for continuous adaptation in response to technological and industry evolution;
7. Apply advanced problem-solving methodologies using current and emerging approaches (such as AI) to critically evaluate information sources and synthesise evidence-based solutions.

Workload

Teaching activities include team meeting time per week. Additional applied class for team collaboration 12 hr (no room allocated) Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled online and face to face learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated reading and preparation for scheduled teaching activities.

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