School Of Social Sciences And PsychologySocial Sciences International Placement (III): Post-placement ReflectionsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102725.1
Discipline: STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Prerequisite
Students enrolled in courses 1664 and 6030 must complete the following pre-requisites: 101551 Understanding Society AND 101900 Working with Communities AND 102170 People, Place and Social Difference AND 102386 Sustainability, Tourism and Place AND 101599 Heritage and Tourism AND 101905 Indigenous Cultures: A Global Perspective
Students enrolled in all other courses must complete the following pre-requisites: 101551 Understanding Society AND 101557 The Individual in Society AND 101900 Working with Communities AND 102170 People, Place and Social Difference AND 101555 Ethics in the Social Sciences AND 400337 Social Research Methods
Students enrolled in course 1733 must complete the following pre-requisites: 101551 Understanding Society AND 101557 The Individual in Society AND 101900 Working with Communities AND 102170 People, Place and Social Difference AND 101555 Ethics in the Social Sciences AND 400337 Social Research Methods PLUS one of the following Advanced core units: 200855 Leadership in a Complex World OR 102211 Creativity, Innovation and Design Thinking OR 102212 Internship and Community Engagement OR 102250 Ethical Leadership
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in course 1667 Bachelor of Social Science; 1733 Bachelor of Social Sience (Advanced); 1790 Bachelor of Anthropology; 1664 Bachelor of Tourism Management; 1735 Bachelor of Humanitarian and Development Studies, 6023 Diploma in Social Science/ Bachelor of Social Science, 6027 Diploma in Social Science/Bachelor of Humanitarian and Development Studies or 6030 Diploma in Social Science/Bachelor of Tourism Management.
Students enrolled in 1667, 1664, 1733, 6023 or 6030 must have achieved a minimum GPA of 5 in order to enrol.
All students must also have completed 160 credit points of study.
About this Unit
This unit is the final component of the Social Sciences International Placement. Facilitated by the unit coordinators the unit comprises a series of workshops and assessments, which will provide opportunities for students to debrief and reflect critically on their placement experience. Assessments and workshops are designed so that students learn how to convey newly acquired skills, perspectives and life choices in different settings (classroom; job interviews and applications), and to apply the placement experience in immediate and life-long educational, professional and personal endeavours. For those students who have undertaken a placement overseas, the unit is also designed to encourage reintegration into their home culture. Specifically, assessments and workshops are designed so that students intentionally process and analyse the layered meanings of their time spent abroad, and the feelings and experiences of coming ‘home’.