Alternative arrangements may be made for candidates with extensive planning experience, but who need this unit to complete a Degree. This unit is only available to those students undertaking Graduate Diploma in Environmental Planning and the Masters of Environmental Planning.
OFFERINGS
Unit
Sem 1
Sem 2
Full Yr
Spring
Summer
Winter
KGA513
H
Distance(H)
Key Semester Dates
Semester
Campus
Attendance
Note
Start Date
Census Date
Final WW Date*
End Date
Sem 2
H
Distance
16-JUL-2012
10-AUG-2012
03-SEP-2012
20-OCT-2012
Sem 2
H
On Campus
16-JUL-2012
10-AUG-2012
03-SEP-2012
20-OCT-2012
*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
Students negotiate a placement in a government or private sector organisation approved by the University. In the placement, students work on one or more tasks under the supervision of a suitably qualified professional. Understandings are developed of environmental planning practice including organisational structure and functions, the role and responsibilities of planners and/or managers, and basic administrative processes. Students are encouraged to develop contacts within the profession and among stakeholders. Workplace skills are developed in areas that pertain specifically to each placement. As well as the placement itself, the unit also includes discussion of generic issues concerning workplace values, morality and ethics, and professional practice. The assessment draws on the students' engagement with the planning literature, their documented preparations for the placement, and critical reflection throughout.
WEIGHT:
25%
ASSESSMENT:
Online professional ethics reading exercise and discussion (30%), portfolio comprising cv, summary of the mission and core business of host organisation, and student's intended placement goals (20%), work placement journal, reflecting on experiences and drawing upon significant theoretical and policy literature from the profession (50%), and satisfactory (S) work placement report from host organisation.
TEACHING PATTERN:
80 hours unpaid placement in an approved organisation; weekly meetings by email with unit coordinator; online assignments and participation: up to three 1 x 1-hr face-to-face tutorial meetings throughout semester (attendance optional)
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Web supported -
H
Online access to some part of this unit online is optional
Resource supported teaching & learning -
H
Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
Flexible scheduling -
H
Some classes will be held outside normal teaching hours; e.g. weekend blocks, summer schools etc
About Flexible Study Options
TEXTS Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 2) will be available from mid April 2012
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle, P Beauty Point. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Y Hong Kong.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, K, Q and Y click here for more information.
Web supported -
H
