Overview

Flinders graduates in international relations and political science will enter a globalised workforce to which they can contribute a range of skills and knowledge attributes developed and honed during their studies. The purpose of this topic is to help prepare participants for this dynamic future through work-based experience in domestic … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

  • Facilitate, recognise and reward domestic and/or international work or work-related experience for each student
  • Cultivate students' capacity to reflect on their experiences through at least one of the frameworks of experiential learning, reflective practice, or action learning
  • Develop an awareness of complications and opportunities attending work in a domestic or international context
  • Help students apply learning from topics in their degree majors to decision-making in their domestic or international work-related experience
  • Help students reflect on and develop life skills through a domestic or international work-related experience
  • Support students' developing scholarly communication (written and oral; formal and informal; descriptive and analytic).

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
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Evaluate experience after undertaking an approved domestic or international experience and/or approved reflection on this experience
2.
Assess complications and opportunities attending work in a domestic or international context
3.
Integrate prior learning to enrich your domestic or international experience and support associated decision making
4.
Evaluate life skill competencies in real-world contexts
5.
Discuss your experience orally and in writing

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Requisites information

Pre-requisites:

Assumed knowledge

A basic knowledge of core concepts of International Relations and Political Science from completed studies.

Additional information

Special enrolment conditions

Topic approval is required for enrolment in this topic. Students should apply via lodging an Ask Flinders request.