Building Employability Skills
UndergraduateMUR-MSP2002024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Building Employability Skills
About this subject
On completion of this subject you will be able to:
- analyse the range of enterprise skills you will require in the context of your future career(s)
- select and engage with career learning experiences to develop and communicate employability skills relevant to your industry
- critically reflect on and evaluate your career learning progress with a focus on future changes in the world of work.
- Evaluate the current graduate employment market in your field or discipline
- Undertake a series of online career learning experiences that activate a number of employability skills
- Evidence your skill development through reflection and evaluation
- Plan future career development goals through a 'Career Plan'
This unit focuses on you as a developing professional in a changing future world of work. It requires you to consider your current experiences, knowledge, and skills in relation to those valued by employers in your discipline or field. As part of your reflective development, you will investigate and analyse your graduate industry or study area, identify current job profiles, and complete a series of career learning experiences that offer you personalised opportunities to build evidence for a number of employability skills. You will plan for the next stages of your skill development and explore contemporary methods for communicating and showcasing your employability.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
All assessment items must be successfully completed for you to pass this unit.
- Career Inquiry (25%)
- Career Learning Experiences (50%)
- Professional Plan (25%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Others
To enrol in this subject, you must have passed a minimum of 12 credit points at 100-level.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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