Course Title: Co-Designing Career Assessments and Interventions

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Co-Designing Career Assessments and Interventions

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
HWSS2243	City Campus	Postgraduate	360H Education	Internet	Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024, Sem 2 2024, Sem 1 2025, Sem 2 2025

Course Coordinator: Catherine Hughes

Course Coordinator Phone: By email

Course Coordinator Email: catherine.hughes@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Availability: By email and appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

In this course you will integrate your learning in the Graduate Certificate in Career Education and Development to demonstrate your skills and knowledge in career practice contexts. You will explore career assessment, its relationship to career development theory and ethical use. You will learn about and apply design approaches to solve real life career practice problems, including collaborating with others to explore new and authentic ways of working through career and work life challenges.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following GC044 (GC044DE) Graduate Certificate in Careers Education and Development learning outcomes:

PLO1: Develop theoretical and technical knowledge in careers practice, employability solutions and life design

PLO2: Apply design thinking strategies and narrative career counselling in conjunction with CICA professional competencies to develop client focussed outcomes

PLO3: Apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, ethical practice, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner or learner

PLO4: Demonstrate customised approaches to engage and communicate with a range of clients and complex issues in diverse settings

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

CLO1: Select and describe career assessments aligned with career theory and ethically apply these to specific career practice contexts.

CLO2: Critically evaluate career assessments with reference to theory and research support, properties and usefulness for contemporary careers practice.

CLO3: Evaluate human-centred design thinking processes with regard to careers practice.

CLO4: Use design thinking approaches to critically reflect on social, economic, environmental and cultural issues and reframe contemporary workplace and careers practice challenges

Overview of Learning Activities

Learning activities include:

• Engagement in online learning activities including discussions, activities and webinars

• Review of relevant literature

• Self-directed research on topics linked to assessment tasks

• Reflection and analysis of your practice in terms of how it relates to professional standards

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

Weekly learning resources are set up and available in Canvas.

A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, including books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning.

There are services and resources available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the RMIT student website.

Overview of Assessment

Assignments are intended to develop key concepts, theories, and practices associated with the CICA professional competencies, as reflected by the course learning outcomes.

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes.

Assessment Tasks:

Assessment 1: Create a video (8-10 minutes) that integrates career theory, assessment, education and career counselling

Aligned with CLO1, CLO2

Assessment 2: Design Thinking in Careers Practice: Group Pitch/Proposal

Aligned with CLO3, CLO4

Assignments are competency-based, unweighted, and must be completed satisfactorily to pass this course. Submission dates are indicated in the Part B and Assignments section in the University learning management system.

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.