In this course you will engage in a research project based on an issue relating to your professional context. It is designed as a capstone experience to enable you to synthesize and integrate knowledge, connect theory and practice as well as demonstrate holistic achievement of program learning outcomes.
The capstone experience requires you to identify, gather and utilise data and information to respond to a problem, need or industry issue. You will creatively explore real-world issues, simulating the role of policy worker in the professional practice context. The course provides an opportunity for you to more deeply investigate a particular area of scholarship and professional practice in the field.
It may be possible for you to align your project with your professional work if you are already employed in the sector, or to conduct the project in conjunction an organisation that you have a relationship with. This needs to be approved by the course coordinator.
In this course, you will also undertake learning activities/assessment to:
Support your career development by creating artefacts that demonstrate your policy skills, knowledge, and abilities. Past students have used these during employment processes or as the basis for a submission to a scholarly journal.