CAREER 200 Understanding the Workplace - Course Outlines

Course Prescription

Enables students to build on existing paid work or voluntary service external to their University studies while learning about the dynamics of cultures within professional or organisational settings. Students will research how their target organisation functions, will consider other forms of workplace environment and will demonstrate how their own activities contribute to personal and professional development.

Course Overview

The aim of the course is to enable students to gain academic credit by building on paid work, voluntary service, or similar activities that they are already undertaking external to their university study. Focusing on the company, community group or other entity that they are or have been employed/active, and taking the term ‘workplace’ in the widest possible sense to allow for a range of examples, students will gain a more in-depth understanding of aspects of the workplace, including structure, communication, ethics, diversity and culture more broadly. Students will also explore and suggest ways of solve an existing problem or areas for improvement in the organisation. In this process, they will reflect on and analyse the skills they are developing and learning both in their university courses and in the workplace/community to enhance their own employability and work-readiness.

Organisations may include business/social enterprises, Iwi organisations and identities, trusts, community groups, church groups, charities, Govt depts, NGOs, sports teams, club or societies, or groups with a strong representation of Māori, Pasifika, or International students.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: 90 points passed

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Understand and apply a problem-solving methodology to identify and propose solutions to business/organisation problems or areas for potential improvement. (Capability 1.3)
Transfer academic knowledge to the real-world contexts and apply critical analysis, problem-solving, innovation and communication. (Capability 1.1)
Reflect on learning in workplace/community project/sport or cultural team and apply the skills developed to other contexts. (Capability 2.1)
Reflect on individual career development based on skill development and experience in their organisation. (Capability 5.2)
Demonstrate the ability to write and orally present a summary of challenges/problems/areas of improvement and their possible solutions and recommendations. (Capability 2.3 and 4.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type	Percentage	Classification
Individual coursework, including reports and a presentation.	100%	Individual Coursework
	100%

Next offered

Semester 1 2021

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 12 hours of lectures, a 24 hours of workshops, 55 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 55 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including workshops to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including workshops will not be available as recordings.
The course will not include live online events, other than potentially teaching staff office hours.
Attendance on campus is not required for a test/exam.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Well-being always comes first
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/33894, which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Capability 1:	Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2:	Critical Thinking
Capability 4:	Communication and Engagement
Capability 5:	Independence and Integrity

CAREER 200 : Understanding the Workplace

Arts

2021 Semester One (1213) (15 POINTS)