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This subject requires you to do a practical placement, please see Additional Requirements for more information.

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Information Services Professional Practicum

Undergraduate | CUR-LIM350 | 2021

Course information for 2021 intake

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Extend your real-world information services experience even further with a three-week placement. Meet the challenges of practicing records management. Complement your practicum by studying managerial expectations in a professional setting

Study method
Online & on-campus
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Information Services Professional Practicum

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. contextualise professional and managerial expectation of information services
    2. synthesise theories, principles and standards in information services through professional experience
    3. demonstrate understanding of professional and managerial requirements for information professionals by successfully completing practicum placements
    4. demonstrate understanding of the required interpersonal skills and qualities in an information service
    5. create a digital object that demonstrates understanding of professional technology, standards and practice in information services.

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

one of

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Additional requirements

  • Placement requirements - This subject is a professional experience in an information service environment through a three-week full-time practicum placement organised by the Department of Information Studies.

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.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.

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