Psychology Experiential Learning Placement

Course aim

To enable students to apply and/or generate psychological knowledge and skills in a workplace context.

Course content

In this course students will develop their career management skills and work readiness, and apply the psychological and counselling knowledge and skills developed throughout their degree, through participation in a 50 hour community, industry or research placement. Students will prepare for their placement by developing a placement learning plan that focuses on personal development, career planning and professional skills in a placement proposal for a workplace setting. They will prepare for professional practice by developing an understanding of workplace contexts, values, ethics, professional relationships, accountability, competence, OHSW practices, workplace culture, structure, roles and functions. Students will also complete a learning journal throughout the placement and reflect upon their experience by completing a post-placement reflection on the placement learning experience to critically self-reflect and evaluate achievement of learning outcomes.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BEHL 2005	Introductory Research Methods
WELF 1013	Professional Development: Counselling and Psychology

The listed prerequisite plus two Level 2 psychology courses.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	3 hours x 7 weeks
Field Placement (Fieldwork)	50 hours x 7 days FT to 9 wks PT

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Learning log/Journal, Plan, Reflective Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.