Building Employability Skills
UndergraduateMUR-MSP2002023
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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 subject was previously known as Building Enterprise Skills.
This subject 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 the journey, you will investigate current graduate job profiles, complete a series of ‘Career learning Experiences ’ which offer you personalised opportunities to build evidence of a number of enterprise skills evidenced through an online Career Learning e-Portfolio and develop your career plan for the next stage of your career learning.
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 (20%)
- Career Learning Experiences (50%)
- Professional Plan (30%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- MUR-BGS-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Global Security (Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies)
- MUR-CDV-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Arts (Community Development)
- MUR-ASD-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Arts (Sustainable Development)
- MUR-AID-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Arts (International Aid and Development)
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Global Security (Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies)
UndergraduateMUR-BGS-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Community Development)
UndergraduateMUR-CDV-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Sustainable Development)
UndergraduateMUR-ASD-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (International Aid and Development)
UndergraduateMUR-AID-DEG