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AVBS4000: Professional Development
2025 unit information
The professional development unit of study is completed in the final year of the AVBS degree, with the aim of creating job-ready graduates. We aim to empower students to encourage self-awareness, reflection, and strategic career planning. In Professional Development students participate in a range of career focused activities that encourage students to integrate experiences from their professional placements with their degree coursework to prepare them for the workforce. Students participate in a CV writing workshop where students learn how to prepare a professional CV and cover letter for a current graduate job in animal science. We hold seminars across the semester and a careers day where representatives from a broad range of animal industries that employ AVBS graduates present on graduate pathways and career opportunities. This network is largely comprised of AVBS graduates that present their perspectives on how to best prepare for a career after graduation. The unit is scaffolded across the semester to build toward the final assessment which is an interactive oral assessment mock job interview.
Unit details and rules
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Science
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Life and Environmental Sciences Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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ANSC3106 and AVBS2011 and AVBS2012 and AVBS2013 and AVBS2014 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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AVBS3000 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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Professional Placements Program - they should have undertaken 40 days of industry placements (during years 1-3) prior to enrolling in this UoS. Reporting is captured via SONIA and Canvas across their degree |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Experience and Evaluate the major and emerging animal industries first-hand
- LO2. Understand and evaluate the production, development, finance, marketing, research and management of domestic, native and exotic animals and animal products across a range of environments and managerial systems
- LO3. Analyse the current issues associated with animal science in a global context
- LO4. Apply the range of interpersonal skills necessary to establish a professional rapport with clients, colleagues and academics
- LO5. Synthesise the learnings from your degree to develop particular interests that may inform your choice of career
- LO6. Develop and practise skills in CV writing and job interview techniques
- LO7. Execute skills in professional consultant-style report writing.
- LO8. Critically reflect on the pivotal relationships between your degree, the rural environment, your professional placements, and your personal beliefs and values and those of your peers, community and society.
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Semester 1 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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