Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Kate Lloyd kate.lloyd@mq.edu.au
Credit points	Credit points 30
Prerequisites	Prerequisites Admission to BPlan and (GEOP2080 or GEOP212) and (GEOP3080 or GEOP370) and permission by special approval
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status
Unit description	Unit description This unit provides an off-campus, work-integrated learning experience or student consulting team experience, with a real client, in the planning field. Placements and consultancies may be undertaken across a range of sectors (such as government, industry, non-profit, industry and professional associations). Students use reflective practice to improve their understanding of workplace or client project needs, and their own strengths and weaknesses, to develop their professional skills. Platform skills, including stakeholder analysis and negotiation, are focused on. As far as possible, placements and consulting projects are arranged in accordance with each student's background, skills, experience, professional/academic interests and career aspirations. Students must complete 175 hours on placement or the client project plus attend workshops. Students must submit a Special Permission request to enrol in this unit no later than 1 month prior to the start of semester to enable placements to be arranged. Visit Employability Connect for important information on this unit including required preparation and closing dates for PACE activities.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

ULO1: Work effectively in a professional planning environment
ULO2: Demonstrate understanding of the skills required of the practising planner
ULO3: Use reflective practice to improve performance in a professional workplace
ULO4: Evaluate personal needs for professional development and continuous learning

General Assessment Information

Assignment requirements and submission

Detailed requirements and marking rubrics for each assessment are available from the iLearn site. All written assignments should be submitted online to Turnitin via the relevant links provided in iLearn. You are not required to submit a hardcopy of any assignments or include a cover sheet.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.

This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

Assessment feedback

All feedback for assignments will be made available online. The grade will be in the form of a letter as consistent with University policy (HD, D, Cr, P, F) alongside written feedback

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Reflective learning report	30%	No	Week 12 Friday 25th October 11.59pm
Reflective practice and skills plan	20%	No	Week 6 Friday 30 August 11.59pm
Work Placement	0%	Yes	Ongoing
Portfolio	30%	No	Ongoing
Presentation	20%	No	Week 10 Friday 11th October 11.59pm

Reflective learning report

Assessment Type ¹: Report
Indicative Time on Task ²: 45 hours
Due: Week 12 Friday 25th October 11.59pm
Weighting: 30%

This report will describe what students consider are their most consequential learning(s) from reflective professional practice. Students will describe how they have approached reflective practice (the strategies and methods they have used), key learnings, including insights and critical incidents, of both of (a) planning skills and (b) professional/transferable skills. 3,000 words.