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GD182 - Graduate Diploma in International Sports Technology
Plan: GD182 - Graduate Diploma in International Sports Technology
Campus: City Campus
Program delivery and structure
Approach to learning and assessmentWork integrated learningProgram structureProgram transition planApproach to learning and assessment
The program will provide a vibrant and active learning environment. The School plays a major role in the SportzEdge program under the Platform Technologies Institute, whereby academic staff and full time research staff are continuously upgrading your skills through close collaboration with industry and sports organisations. You will also have access to visiting staff from overseas industry and universities, with appropriate qualifications and professional experience, well versed in current and future trends in the global sports industry.
This program supports student and staff mobility between RMIT and collaborating Universities worldwide (e.g.,University of Applied Science in Vienna, Austria; German Sports University, Cologne). The objective of this being (as outlined in the RMIT Strategic Plan-Designing the Future), to provide education and research that is not tied to a particular national location or perspective, that understands profoundly the intersection between global and local cultures.
Assessment is designed to give you opportunities to demonstrate your capabilities. You will find that the forms of assessment used may be different for each course, depending on the course objectives and learning outcomes. Your assessment in this program will include all or some of the following:
- Exams: an individual form of assessment where you are asked to demonstrate your ability to solve problems and to explain principles;
- Assignments and projects: some will require you to demonstrate an ability to work alone, while some will involve group work requiring you to be part of team with other students;
- Assessed tutorials or presentations: a form of in-class test, which you will be required to complete either individually or as a team;
- Self-assessment and peer-assessment: for assessment activities such as tutorial questions and presentations of group projects you may be asked to assess your own work, the work of your group, or the work of other groups. This is part of equipping you to become more independent in your own learning and to develop your assessment skills. Peer-assessment will also be provided by the course coordinators and professionals in industry and sports organisations;
- Writing technical reports including specifications of methods and products resulting from group projects, which is part of the team work.
The International Sports Technology program curriculum has been developed to satisfy the demand for specific skills required by the sports industry, and in so doing will provide you with a global passport to learning and work.
If you are an active athlete or coach, participating in local and/or international competitions, it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program manager if you would like to find out more.
If you have a long term medical condition, disability and/or other form of disadvantage it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.
If you would like to find out more about RMIT's approach to assessment you can view the Assessment information for students.
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RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice. As a student enrolled in this RMIT University program you will:
- undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice;
- interact with industry and community when undertaking these activities;
- complete these activities in real work contexts or situations; and in addition
- these interactions and the work context provide a distinctive source of feedback to you to assist your learning.
Any or all of these aspects of a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience may be simulated.
In the following courses related to sports equipment:
- MIET2398 Sports Measurements and Instrumentation
- MIET2399 Design and Mechanics of Sports Equipment
- MIET2400 Design and Technology of Sports Shoes and Apparel
- MIET2401 Sports Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics
you will participate in group projects and solve real work situations in a simulated company environment by developing a product and/or a method under close supervision, guidance and immediate feedback by the respective course supervisors. The work integrated learning approach will lead you through the process of design and development, from initial idea to the marketable product. Interaction with industry practitioners and other stakeholders is a part of the Work Integrated Learning approach.
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Program transition plan
Effective from Semester 1 2017 Master of Science (International Sports Technology) will be closed for any new intake. The program will be formally discontinued at the end of Semester 2 2021.
You may be eligible to exit with GD182 Graduate Diploma in International Sports Technology following the completion of 96 credit points. For more information, please contact your Program Manager.
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