Unit (2020)
Information on this page, including unit offerings, is from the 2020 academic year.
Career Learning: Managing Your Career (MSP100)
| Organisational Unit | Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor Education |
| Credit Points | 3 |
| Availability | MURDOCH: S1-external, S2-external DUBAI-ISC: TJD-internal, TMD-internal, TSD-internal OUA: OUA2-external, OUA3-external |
| Teaching Timetables | Murdoch S1 Murdoch S2 |
| Description | This unit assists students to clarify their career aspirations and goals and supports them in planning the development of skills they will need for future career success. Students will complete a series of six mini modules. Through the unit, students will undertake self-assessment activities, create a future career development plan and learn to use tools that will help them to showcase their capabilities through an online career learning e-Portfolio. |
| Unit Learning Outcomes | On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to: 1. Identify and differentiate between your career aspirations and goals; 2. Apply your understanding of career planning and management; 3. Demonstrate the relevance of digital identity and networking in the context of your future career; 4. Develop and mobilise a career plan. |
| Timetabled Learning Activities | All offerings of this unit include the equivalent of 30 hours of structured learning. |
| Unit Learning Experiences | This unit requires you to: 1. Reflect on and articulate your career goals and aspirations; 2. Undertake online career learning experiences that focus on developing your professional identity and networks; 3. Evidence your emerging skills and professional identity through reflection and evaluation and 4. Plan how to manage your career development in a flexible manner that can be adaptive to change. The unit is organised into six distinct mini modules. Wellbeing: This mini module introduces you to strategies for professional resilience and wellbeing in an uncertain world of work. Career Aspirations and Goals: This mini module introduces you to considering how your studies and skills development will contribute toward reaching your career goals. Digital Presence and Identity: This mini module introduces you to practical strategies for developing and managing a professional digital identity. Professional Networking: This mini module introduces practical steps for developing, establishing and nurturing ongoing professional networks. Opportunity Awareness: This mini module introduces you to developing strategy for leveraging career developments through understanding the professional world of work and future trends, identifying unexpected career opportunities, and engaging with industry. Career Planning: This mini module introduces the basic steps for developing an actionable career plan, goal setting, and strategizing for the future. |
| Assessment | All assessment items must be successfully completed for you to pass the unit. |
| Prerequisites | Nil. |
| Notes | This is an online unit and there are no classes to sign up for. |
| Assessment | A result of Ungraded Pass or Fail is awarded for this unit. |
| Appears in these Courses/Majors: see individual structures for context |
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| Internet Access Requirements | Murdoch units normally include an online component comprising materials, discussions, lecture recordings and assessment activities. All students, regardless of their location or mode of study, need to have access to and be able to use computing devices with browsing capability and a connection to the Internet via Broadband (Cable, ADSL or Mobile) or Wireless. The Internet connection should be readily available and allow large amounts of data to be streamed or downloaded (approximately 100MB per lecture recording). Students also need to be able to enter into online discussions and submit assignments online. |
Career Learning: Managing Your Career (MSP1001) - as for MSP100 except as follows
| Organisational Unit | Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor Education | ||||||||||||||||
| Credit Points | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Availability | DUBAI-ISC: TJD-internal, TMD-internal, TSD-internal | ||||||||||||||||
| Description | This unit assists students to clarify their career aspirations and goals and supports them in planning the development of skills they will need for future career success. Students will complete a series of four modules. Through the unit, students will undertake self-assessment activities, create a future career development plan and learn to use tools that will help them to showcase their capabilities through an online career learning e-Portfolio. | ||||||||||||||||
| Unit Learning Outcomes | On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to: 1. Identify and differentiate between your career aspirations and goals; 2. Apply your understanding of career planning and management; 3. Demonstrate the relevance of digital identity and networking in the context of your future career and 4. Develop and mobilise a career plan. |
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| Timetabled Learning Activities | (12 weeks x 4 hours face-to-face learning per teaching week) 1 x 4-hour Workshop per week All offerings of this unit include the equivalent of 30 hours of structured learning. |
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| Unit Learning Experiences | This unit requires you to: 1. Reflect on and articulate your career goals and aspirations; 2. Undertake online career learning experiences that focus on developing your professional identity and networks; 3. Evidence your emerging skills and professional identity through reflection and evaluation and 4. Plan how to manage your career development in a flexible manner that can be adaptive to change. The unit is organised into six distinct mini modules. Wellbeing: This mini module introduces you to strategies for professional resilience and wellbeing in an uncertain world of work. Career Aspirations and Goals: This mini module introduces you to considering how your studies and skills development will contribute toward reaching your career goals. Digital Presence and Identity: This mini module introduces you to practical strategies for developing and managing a professional digital identity. Professional Networking: This mini module introduces practical steps for developing, establishing and nurturing ongoing professional networks. Opportunity Awareness: This mini module introduces you to developing strategy for leveraging career developments through understanding the professional world of work and future trends, identifying unexpected career opportunities, and engaging with industry. Career Planning: This mini module introduces the basic steps for developing an actionable career plan, goal setting, and strategizing for the future. |
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| Assessment | All assessment items must be successfully completed for you to pass the unit. | ||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites | Nil. | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | This is an online unit and there are no classes to sign up for. | ||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | A result of Ungraded Pass or Fail is awarded for this unit. | ||||||||||||||||
| Appears in these Courses/Majors: see individual structures for context |
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| Internet Access Requirements | Murdoch units normally include an online component comprising materials, discussions, lecture recordings and assessment activities. All students, regardless of their location or mode of study, need to have access to and be able to use computing devices with browsing capability and a connection to the Internet via Broadband (Cable, ADSL or Mobile) or Wireless. The Internet connection should be readily available and allow large amounts of data to be streamed or downloaded (approximately 100MB per lecture recording). Students also need to be able to enter into online discussions and submit assignments online. |
Contacts
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| MSP100 | Dr Ellen Greenham Career Learning Spine Academic Lead Murdoch Campus t: 9360 6972 e: E.Greenham@murdoch.edu.au o: 350.4.035 - Library (North), Murdoch Campus |
| MSP1001 | Dr Ellen Greenham Career Learning Spine Academic Lead Murdoch Campus t: 9360 6972 e: E.Greenham@murdoch.edu.au o: 350.4.035 - Library (North), Murdoch Campus | Unit Contacts |
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