PACE195-16S2 (C) Semester Two 2016

Professional and Community Engagement: Theory and Practice

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2016
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2016

Description

The course is designed to provide students with an introduction to critical thinking about the applied nature of their degree and major, and to assist them to develop an awareness of how their studies are engaged with professional and community entities locally and internationally.

This course is an introduction to effectively engaging with, and thinking about, the ways skills and knowledge can be applied to professional situations and real world issues. The course also enables students to develop an awareness of how their studies relate to professional and community organisations locally and internationally.

This is one of the core courses of the new Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) minor in the Bachelor of Arts.

Learning Outcomes

  • This course prepares students for work-readiness, community engagement, biculturalism, and applying the skills learned in the course to their core academic discipline.  

    Students who pass this course will:
    1. Recognise how skills and knowledge can be applied to community and workplace situations.
    2. Be aware of the importance of the bicultural, multicultural and global contexts.
    3. Understand, and be able to describe ‘community’, ‘workplace’ and ‘professional’ environments.  
    4. Develop a strong awareness of the relationship between theory and practice.
    5. Understand pathways open for undergraduate and postgraduate students inside and outside the ‘classroom’ setting.
    6. Develop the following skills:
  • Write reflectively and critically
  • Group work and project planning
  • Give, receive, and incorporate feedback in a constructive and professional manner
  • Awareness of the importance of professional communication skills

Timetable Note

• Lecture: Weekly lecture by Arts Lecturers
• Workshop: External speakers and interns
• Tutorial: Designed to equip students with skills needed for assessments

Course Coordinator

Karyn Stewart

Contact Person

Stephen Hardman

Assessment

• Weekly Assessment 40%
• Two Critical Reviews 2 x 15% (30%)
• An exercise in applying for an internship 30%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $717.00

International fee $2,913.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

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