Course Title: Design Your Career
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Design Your Career
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
HWSS2245 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
360H Education |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2023 |
HWSS2245 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
360H Education |
Internet |
Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
HWSS2239 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
360H Education |
Internet |
UGRDFx2020 (XXXX), UGRDFx2020 (XXX1) |
HWSS2245 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
360H Education |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFx2020 (ZZZ) |
HWSS2245 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
360H Education |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
UGRDFlex21 (HWS2), UGRDFlex21 (HWS3) |
Course Coordinator: Catherine Hughes
Course Coordinator Phone: By email only
Course Coordinator Email: catherine.hughes@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora
Course Coordinator Availability: By email/appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
In this course you will learn creative strategies and apply design thinking processes to support your exploration of your career. You will learn about the various social, technological and environmental changes impacting work, careers and the labour market and develop lifelong learning skills including job search strategies that will enable you to develop a career plan. Students from any discipline can enrol in this course.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successfully completing this course you will be able to:
- Research the labour market and identify future trends in work
- Apply job search strategies and develop an entrepreneurial mindset, this includes creating a career plan to identify current skill gaps.
- Apply design thinking principles to investigate and build future scenarios for work and life.
- Undertake effective research and networking in relation to making decisions about your future career.
Overview of Learning Activities
Learning activities include:
- Engagement in learning activities involving small group discussions and individual reflections
- Self-directed research linked to assessment tasks
- Conduct self-assessment activities linked to assessment tasks
- Working with an industry mentor
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
The University Library has extensive resources for Education students. The Library has produced a number of subject guides that includes quality online and print resources for your studies [https://rmit.libguides.com/careers]
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
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
Assessment Tasks:
Assessment Task 1:
Career Design Thinking Plan, 40%, CLO1, CLO 2, CLO 3 and CLO 4
Assessment Task 2:
Analysis of the Future World of Work - Group presentation, 20%, CLO 1
Assessment Task 3: Career Informational Interview Evaluation and Reflection, 40%, CLO 1, CLO 2, CLO 3 and CLO 4
Final statement: 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. "