UWA+ STARTER
OrgMind: Psychology to Guide Your Future Career PSYCM101
This micro-credential is designed to empower students to explore their professional strengths and design their career journey. Students will develop skills to enhance their employability, as well as understanding how to obtain and maintain meaningful employment over their career.
Over a span of 10 weeks, this fully online experience will equip students with invaluable skills in self-management, interpersonal skills, communication, planning and organising, networking, and a forward-thinking approach to the evolving landscape of work. Designed to unlock your potential, elevate your skills and chart your course toward career success.
Upon successful completion of this micro-credential, you'll receive:
- Two PD Points
- A Certificate of Achievement
- A UWA Professional Development Transcript, listing all successfully completed micro-credentials
Delivery mode
- Fully online
- Course dates
- Term 2: 15 April 2024 - 28 June 2024
- Applications close
- Term 2: 15 March 2024
- Duration
- 10 weeks
- Total effort
- 55 hours
- Academic lead: Liz Pritchard
Cost -
UWA Starter fees –
$247.50 (inc GST) per micro-credential for students from participating partner schools
$55 (inc GST) per micro-credential for students from participating UWA Broadway Schools
$495 (inc GST) per micro-credential for students from non-partner schools
- Critical information summary
Term 3: 15 July 2024 - 20 September 2024
Term 3: 14 June 2024
What you'll learn
By completing the course, participants will:
Develop an understanding of employability (communication, interpersonal skills, networking, self management, planning and organising).
Describe your own professional strengths and areas for development as you relate to employability and the work context.
Communicate your employability to future employers.
Why study this course?
- Explore your professional strengths and design your career
journey. - Unlock your potential, elevate your skills, and chart your own success.
How does it work?
This micro credential will involve four 15minute lectures per week outside of school hours, private study, and two assessments worth 50% each.
The following topics will be covered:
- Introduction to work psychology
- Motivation
- Mindset
- Goal setting
- Self-leadership
- Personality and values
- Problem solving and decision making
- Feedback
- Team work
- The future of work
What's next after this course?
- Future study
- Students who successfully complete this micro-credential will:
- Receive a UWA Professional Development Transcript at the end of your studies, listing all completed UWA micro-credentials – great for uni entry and your resume!
- Earn 2 stackable PD Points - complete two more UWA Starter micro-credentials to earn 6 PD Points and gain credit for one unit towards selected UWA bachelor degrees.
- Gain points that can contribute towards admission to UWA via Experience-based entry.
Psychology
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Contact
Contact your secondary school for more information or to register for UWA Starter micro-credentials.