AGRI13005 - Cropping Industry Placement or Research Project

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will develop your professional capacity and prepare you to enter your chosen career. In this unit you will either complete a supervised work placement or undertake a short research project relevant to sustainable crop production. If you select the research project option you must have a GPA of 5.0 or higher. You will have the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge and practical skills attained in your degree in the professional work or research environment. You will complete a minimum of 160 hours, equivalent to 4 weeks, and a maximum of 300 hours. Prior to commencement, you will work with your industry supervisor to design a placement program that is beneficial to the organisation and meets the academic requirements of the unit. To undertake a research project, you will work with an academic supervisor on a project that has been approved by the unit coordinator.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite

Students to complete 48 credit points prior to enrolment.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 0%
2. Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books 0%
3. Report 0%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students highlighted that work placements provided them with a great experience broadening their learning and widening their horizons.
Recommendation
Maintain the opportunity for students to conduct work placements.
Action Taken
Opportunity was maintained.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students felt supported by the unit coordinator.
Recommendation
Unit coordinator to maintain a high level of support.
Action Taken
High level of support was provided.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Using the Sonia Online software can be problematic.
Recommendation
Unit coordinator to discuss this feedback with the Work Integrated Learning team with the aim to continuously improve the Sonia Online software.
Action Taken
Good support from the WIL team resulted in no reported issues with the software this year.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The placement should be also offered in Term 3.
Recommendation
Allow flexibility regarding placement starting times.
Action Taken
Flexibility was maintained.
Source: This unit will not run after 2021.
Feedback
This unit will not run after 2021.
Recommendation
This unit will not run after 2021.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of how research methods can be used to evaluate crop production systems
  2. Plan an effective work placement / research project oriented activity
  3. Behave ethically as a cropping management consultant
  4. Communicate effectively to a professional audience
  5. Critically analyse and interpret data, arguments and conclusions presented in a report.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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9 - Social Innovation •
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