SLE225 - Global Environmental Placement
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 3: Placement |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 3: Raylene Cooke |
| Prerequisite: | Must have completed at least 8 credit points of study |
| Corequisite: | STP010 |
| Incompatible with: | MIS390, MIS391 and SLE227 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Professional experience (placement): Half day online seminar before departure. Minimum of 80 hours of professional experience (placement) with an approved international host organisation. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:Entry to this unit is via application (students are required to demonstrate an interest in environmental science) through the Deakin University Applicant Portal and is subject to availability. Once the placement has been approved, students will be enrolled into the unit. In preparation for the placement, students are required to complete the Placement Preparation Module (PPM) before commencing their professional experience (placement). Students are required to fund their own travel and accommodation costs and activities undertaken in this unit. Please see Study Abroad for guidelines on enrolment. | |
Content
Environmental science is an increasingly global discipline, and as such it is desirable for students to engage in their discipline in a more globally relevant fashion. This unit, Global Environmental Placement, requires students to locate a course-related international organisation in which they secure and satisfactorily complete a placement. The international environmental placement is a situated learning activity that provides students with the opportunity to apply and develop their learning about globalization, international cultural issues and the role of cultural diversity in how environmental solutions are approached. The integration of the placement with academic learning will allow students to help solve authentic environmental problems or address real issues faced by organisations operating in the international environmental sphere. Placements are for a minimum two-weeks or for a negotiated period to a minimum of 80 working hours.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Gauge their capacity to learn collaboratively with a chosen international environmentally focused organisation. | GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO2 | Organise and practice an independent international and or cross-cultural engagement. | GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO3 | Synthesise their ability to live, work and learn in an unfamiliar professional and cultural context. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Justify their ability to make well-informed personal and professional decisions in international and cross-cultural contexts. | GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO5 | Evaluate their personal skills and integrate links between lessons learned from their international placement and the discipline knowledge gained from their course of study. | GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO6 | Analyse their ability to communicate in various different ways and in different cultural contexts. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 Host organisation evaluation | Form completed by both student and host organisation | 30% | At the completion of placement |
| Assessment 2 Reflective learning report | Reflection report | 40% | Prior to placement and after placement |
| Assessment 3 Placement symposium presentation | YouTube video or narrated presentation | 30% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for SLE225 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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