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COMM12018 - Advanced Public Relations

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Advanced Public Relations draws on the theoretical information learnt in Introduction to Public Relations to assist the student to develop a professional PR campaign. With a focus on professionalism, students will cover ethics, the use of technology in PR and presentation skills in order to develop their campaign. Students will learn the necessary components of a successful PR campaign including the development of goals, objectives, messages themes, strategies, research and evaluation. Within this unit there is an emphasis on ensuring the student is prepared for work in the public relations industry.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: 36 credit points plus COMM11110 plus COMM11007 plus JOUR19024.

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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2016

Term 1 - 2017 Profile
Distance
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Distance
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Online

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 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Oral Examination 0%
2. Group Work 50%
3. Written Assessment 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25.00% response rate.

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 data
Feedback
The nature of the unit is unclear to some students
Recommendation
Provide more clarity about the project nature of the unit on Moodle and in Assessment 1, so that students are clear on requirements prior to Census Date.
Action Taken
The project nature of the unit was reinforced on Moodle and in individual discussions with students.
Source: SUTE data
Feedback
The use of real clients makes the learning experience real and authentic.
Recommendation
Maintain the use of real clients so that projects can be completed online in an authentic way.
Action Taken
Real clients were used for projects.
Source: SUTE data
Feedback
Teamwork, whilst challenging works well when there is recognition of individual contribution.
Recommendation
Maintain the use of a self and peer assessment tool to recognise the individual contributions of students.
Action Taken
Self and peer assessment was used to recognise individual contributions of students.
Source: Anecdotal feedback from students
Feedback
Use of real clients gives the project real world application.
Recommendation
Maintain the use of a real client in the project selection.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Anecdotal feedback from students, and reflection of Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Self and peer assessment helps to recognise individual contributions of students, and provides a fair grading system.
Recommendation
Maintain the use of self and peer assessment to contribute an individual grade to the unit as a means of reflecting an appropriate grade for effort.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. demonstrate the importance of research when developing PR strategies
  2. implement PR strategies appropriate to the role of the public relations practitioner to inform ethical, creative and socially responsible practice
  3. complete an effective evaluation of a PR campaign
  4. critique implementation of a PR campaign and make recommendations for possible improvement.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Oral Examination
2 - Group Work
3 - Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
8 - Ethical practice
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Oral Examination
2 - Group Work
3 - Written Assessment