In this capstone unit, students will apply knowledge and skills developed throughout the course in culminating projects and case scenarios focused on significant contemporary real-world issues in a diverse range of disciplines. Scientific innovations and discoveries will be explored to identify historic, current and emerging scientific perspectives, recognising the multidisciplinary approach needed to address these global challenges. Science informed policy and ethical practices will be considered. An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural focus will illustrate the importance of culturally-responsive scientific practices to secure preferred/sustainable futures. Students will curate evidence of their practice through their course and reflect on their learning through their ePortfolio to demonstrate their understanding of professionalism and career-readiness through disciplinary initiatives.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate career-readiness, a clear professional identity, and insight into the personal attributes, capabilities and knowledge necessary to meet the standards expected by their profession;

2. Critically reflect on learning and skills development throughout their course and consider their ongoing development in their professional lives to achieve sustained self-directed globally-relevant learning;
3. Critically analyse the impact of individual actions on others in professional science settings and the impact and role of collaborative multidisciplinary science in society;
4. Synthesise high-level conceptual and practical understanding and scientific knowledge to collectively develop useful ethical and culturally responsive solutions to real-world problems for preferred/sustainable futures;
5. Critically evaluate scientific research in order to make judgements on contemporary case scenarios which highlight emerging scientific issues and the importance of policy informed by science; and
6. Demonstrate effective communication skills for a range of specific and non-specific audiences.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline

Prerequisites

Must have passed 48 credit points including 11720 Professional Practice 2 (Science)

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.