Program

Diploma of Prof. Practice - 7018

This Program is no longer accepting new enrolments

Program Summary

Faculty: DVC (E) Board of Studies

Contact: www.dpp.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 1 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 6

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 48

Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Award(s):

Diploma of Professional Practice

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Program Description

The Diploma of Professional Practice is equivalent to one year of fulltime study and consists of 48 units of credit. The Diploma is designed to be taken on a part-time basis and concurrently with an undergraduate program. To facilitate this concurrency the program is delivered in blended learning delivery mode.

The program is also available to post graduate coursework students who can demonstrate minimal work experience.

The Diploma aims to improve students’ understanding of the knowledge, skills and capabilities required of successful professionals. Feedback from employers shows that while they value academic achievements, they also seek graduates who have the necessary skills to be effective in the workplace, are globally aware, and have the potential to be future leaders. Students will develop the employability skills sought by graduate employers through formal work placement opportunities and courses aimed at developing global citizenship and leadership.

During the placements students will reflect upon themselves as professional practitioners and develop their skills in global citizenship and effective leadership and teamwork. On completion of the Diploma students will have developed a deeper understanding of, and capability for, leadership, and professional practice in the workplace and the international community. They will have increased their competitiveness in the graduate recruitment process and their ongoing career management skills.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

At the end of the program, students should have acquired all of the following learning outcomes:

1. Scholars who are:
  • capable of independent and collaborative enquiry
  • rigorous in their analysis, critique and reflection
  • ethical practitioners
  • capable of effective communication
  • information literate
  • digitally literate
2. Professionals who are:
  • capable of independent, self-directed learning
  • capable of operating within an agreed Code of Practice
3. Global Citizens who are:
  • culturaly aware and capable of respecting diversity and acting in socially just/responsive ways
4. Leaders who are:
  • collaborative team members

Program Structure

Students are required to complete courses from 4 related groups:

Group A (18UOC) - Courses provide students with an introduction to the central concepts of professional practice, and workplace, global citizenship, leadership, and thereby opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to plan, engage in, and critically reflect upon their experience and learning during their work placements.

Group B (12UOC) - Courses are electives, selected from a wide range of undergraduate courses and may be credited from the concurrent undergraduate program (see Prescribed List of Electives).
The electives provide students with opportunities to either:
  • further prepare themselves for their work placement by undertaking courses that provide them with particular knowledge, skills and/or dispositions necessary to work effectively in their proposed Professional Practice (PP) settings (e.g., language/indigenous/legal/cultural studies); or
  • increase their effectiveness during the PP.
Group C (12UOC) - Courses provide students with opportunities to:
  • develop, negotiate and arrange a plan for their period of Professional Practice (PP);
  • prepare themselves for their period of PP;
  • complete their period of PP; and
  • critically reflect upon their performance in their chosen PP setting; or
  • reflect on the contribution of their community service activities to their development as leaders, professional practitioners, and global citizens.
Group D (6UOC) – The capstone course provides students with opportunities to demonstrate, via a portfolio, how they have developed their capabilities as professional practitioners, leaders and global citizens through completion of the Diploma.
List of Courses

Group A (18UOC)
Group B (12UOC)

Elective 1 (6UOC)
Elective 2 (6UOC)

See Program Rules for further information on electives.
Group C (12UOC)
Group D (6UOC) - Capstone
Admission and Enrolment

Students normally apply for admission to the program on completion of the first semester of their primary undergraduate or postgraduate coursework studies. Admission is by application directly to the University via the application process available on the DPP website. Approval is sought from the student’s primary program authority.

Domestic students can enrol in the program concurrently with their undergraduate degree program, and would typically take some Diploma courses in the Summer Term as well as Semester 1 and Semester 2. Domestic students who wish to complete the DPP after completion of their primary degree program will need to apply for admission and enrol in the DPP before they complete their primary degree.

International students must apply to undertake the program as a one year full-time program at the completion of their primary program. UNSW International Students apply via UNSW Apply Online:Apply

Note: The program is not available to students enrolled at UNSW Canberra at ADFA.

Students enrolled in Medicine and Exercise Physiology programs are not permitted to enrol in the DPP but can take DIPP1110, DIPP1111 and DIPP1112 as General Education courses.

Sample Program

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General Education Requirements

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Honours

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Academic Rules

Program Rules
  1. The program requires completion of 48UOC.
  2. A minimum of 36 units of credit must be completed within the DPP.
  3. Students can enrol in the DPP concurrently with their primary undergraduate degree program with the approval of their primary program authority.
  4. Postgraduate coursework students with minimal work experience will be considered for the DPP.
  5. Students will normally be able to enrol in the DPP after first semester if they are in good standing. Offers will be conditional until students are confirmed as being in good standing.
  6. Postgraduate coursework students who apply for the DPP during their first year of study at UNSW may need to wait until their first semester's results have been released.
  7. Domestic students who wish to complete the DPP after completion of their primary undergraduate or postgraduate degree program will need to apply for admission and enrol in the DPP before they complete their primary degree.
  8. International students will have to apply to undertake the program as a one year full-time program at the completion of their primary program.
  9. Students may be able to overload by 6 UOC in the DPP and the primary undergraduate degree program in Semesters 1 and 2.
  10. Students will be able to enrol in a maximum of 12 UOC in Summer Term.
  11. Students are required to complete courses from 4 related groups.
  12. Group A, C and D courses are compulsory.
  13. Group B Electives must be from the Prescribed List of Electives (PLE) approved by the DPP Program Office. Students who wish to count electives which are not on the PLE will need to make an appeal to the DPP Program.
  14. Undergraduate students can apply to count up to 12 UOC from their primary undergraduate degree program towards the Group B elective requirements. Courses must meet the criteria for a Group B course.
  15. Postgraduate coursework students may apply to have up to 12UOC from previous studies considered as electives for the DPP.
  16. Undergraduate students may count up to 12UOC of DPP courses towards primary degree program General Education requirements only.
  17. DIPP1112 is a prerequisite for DIPP1310.
  18. DIPP1310 is a prerequisite for DIPP1311.
  19. Completion of all Group A and Group C courses is a pre-requisite for the Group D capstone course, DIPP1410.

Fees

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