EUQ672 Career Development Programs
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| Unit code: | EUQ672 |
|---|---|
| Equivalent(s): | EUQ642, EUN670 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | It is assumed that students understand educational practices in education settings and have practitioner experiences within a related education field or support profession. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $592 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,468 |
| International unit fee | $4,740 |
Unit Outline: Session 1 2026, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | EUQ672 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | EUQ642, EUN670 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | It is assumed that students understand educational practices in education settings and have practitioner experiences within a related education field or support profession. |
| Coordinator: | Deborah Munro | d2.munro@qut.edu.au |
Overview
In this unit you will consider lifelong learning within the context of career. You will develop knowledge and skills which will enable you to lead the delivery of career development programs to a wide-ranging clientele in a range of career counselling contexts. The importance of effective and theoretically based career programs in preparing all individuals for lifelong career decision-making has long been recognised. As a practitioner, you need to develop skills to create innovative and flexible programs which will meet individual needs and have a solid theoretical foundation as the basis of your practice. You will consider the means by which varied theories and models of career development can inform your practice. This unit will enable you to construct effective career development programs which foster personal understandings of career, encourage individual construction of career and which are appropriate for diverse groups.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Evaluate scholarly literature and other evidence to determine cohort learning needs for Career education and development programs.
- Design and justify comprehensive CED programs, integrating advanced career education knowledge and addressing the needs of organisational cohorts.
- Communicate persuasively about CED programs to key stakeholders using a range of communication modes.
- Integrate theory, research, curriculum frameworks, learning and assessment approaches to inform CED programs and professional practice.
Content
This unit will cover the following:
- The role of the professional career development practitioner
- Career development theories
- CED curriculum frameworks
- The application of career development theory to career development programs
- The development and delivery of career education programs for specific cohorts and contexts
- Reflection on your own theoretical basis for career practice
- Current trends in the labour market
- Information and resource management
- Sustainability in career education and development
Learning Approaches
In this unit you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Online modules
- Online discussions
- Readings
- Learning activities
- Reflection on current and future practice and careers
This unit employs interactive and discussion-based learning and critical reflection on experience.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- opportunity for formative feedback in this unit will include feedback on a learning activity related to assessment task 1
- self-reflection on learning and personal and professional experiences
- feedback from peers as you investigate and discuss issues raised throughout the unit
- comments about summative assessment work included with your grade
- general summative assessment feedback posted to the whole cohort via the unit Canvas website.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessments in this unit:
1. Program Proposal – this task requires you to develop a proposal for a career development program relevant to your work context and to provide a justification for the choices made for this.
2. CED Program and Discussion Paper – this task requires you to develop and submit a career development program and sample lesson plan for your work context. You will outline the scope and content of this program. You will also write a discussion paper which explains and justifies the choices made in this program.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Program Proposal
You will conduct a needs analysis for a chosen cohort. You will develop a proposal which advocates for the establishment and implementation of a Career Development program which is specific to your work context and outline the key logistics for this program. You will present your proposal as a recorded presentation, followed by a viva voce (oral examination) where you will respond to questions about your proposal.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
GenAI prohibited: The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Assessment: Career Development Program and Discussion Paper
Develop a 10-week (or equivalent) CED program based on your Assignment 1 proposal. You will use Gen AI to support the development of your program. Submit this program together with one fully developed lesson plan for one session. Write a discussion paper that explains and justifies the choices you have made in the CED program you have designed for your chosen cohort and how these will best support their CED learning.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
GenAI allowed: The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
The following prescribed text will need to be purchased for this unit. The other resource materials will be used throughout the unit.
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
McCowan, C., McKenzie, M., & Shah. (2022). Introducing career education and development: A guide for personnel in educational institutions in both developed and developing countries. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Recommended text(s)
Arthur, N., Neault, R., & McMahon, M. (Eds). (2019). Career theories and models at work: Ideas for practice. CERIC.
McMahon. (2015). Ideas for career practitioners : celebrating excellence in career practice Australian Academic Press.
Patton, W., & McMahon, M. (2021). Career development and systems theory: Connecting theory and practice (4th ed.). Brill.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with general participation in this unit. Workplace Health and Safety protocols associated with computer use will apply.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EQ60 Graduate Certificate in Education
- Discuss and evaluate advanced discipline-specific knowledge related to professional educational practice.
Relates to: ULO4, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Critically analyse and evaluate activities, contexts, and phenomena related to professional practice in the discipline of education.
Relates to: ULO1, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Design and justify innovative solutions to authentic problems of educational practice through the application of discipline-specific knowledge and skills.
Relates to: ULO2, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Source and evaluate scholarly and professional literature and apply it to educational contexts and scenarios.
Relates to: ULO1, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Employ a range of communication modes to transmit knowledge, skills, and ideas to others.
Relates to: ULO3, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper
EQ74 Master of Education
- Discuss, evaluate, and integrate advanced discipline-specific knowledge related to professional educational practice and research.
Relates to: ULO4, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Critically analyse and evaluate complex activities, contexts and phenomena related to professional practice and scholarship in the discipline of education.
Relates to: ULO1, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Design and justify innovative solutions to authentic problems of educational practice, drawing on discipline-specific knowledge and skills to lead and influence positive change.
Relates to: ULO2, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Apply theories and research methods to ethically explore educational issues/phenomena and practices.
Relates to: Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Employ a range of communication modes to transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences in professional and scholarly contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper
Unit Outline: Session 3 2026, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | EUQ672 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | EUQ642, EUN670 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | It is assumed that students understand educational practices in education settings and have practitioner experiences within a related education field or support profession. |
| Coordinator: | Deborah Munro | d2.munro@qut.edu.au |
Overview
In this unit you will consider lifelong learning within the context of career. You will develop knowledge and skills which will enable you to lead the delivery of career development programs to a wide-ranging clientele in a range of career counselling contexts. The importance of effective and theoretically based career programs in preparing all individuals for lifelong career decision-making has long been recognised. As a practitioner, you need to develop skills to create innovative and flexible programs which will meet individual needs and have a solid theoretical foundation as the basis of your practice. You will consider the means by which varied theories and models of career development can inform your practice. This unit will enable you to construct effective career development programs which foster personal understandings of career, encourage individual construction of career and which are appropriate for diverse groups.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Evaluate scholarly literature and other evidence to determine cohort learning needs for Career education and development programs.
- Design and justify comprehensive CED programs, integrating advanced career education knowledge and addressing the needs of organisational cohorts.
- Communicate persuasively about CED programs to key stakeholders using a range of communication modes.
- Integrate theory, research, curriculum frameworks, learning and assessment approaches to inform CED programs and professional practice.
Content
This unit will cover the following:
- The role of the professional career development practitioner
- Career development theories
- CED curriculum frameworks
- The application of career development theory to career development programs
- The development and delivery of career education programs for specific cohorts and contexts
- Reflection on your own theoretical basis for career practice
- Current trends in the labour market
- Information and resource management
- Sustainability in career education and development
Learning Approaches
In this unit you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Online modules
- Online discussions
- Readings
- Learning activities
- Reflection on current and future practice and careers
This unit employs interactive and discussion-based learning and critical reflection on experience.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- opportunity for formative feedback in this unit will include feedback on a learning activity related to assessment task 1
- self-reflection on learning and personal and professional experiences
- feedback from peers as you investigate and discuss issues raised throughout the unit
- comments about summative assessment work included with your grade
- general summative assessment feedback posted to the whole cohort via the unit Canvas website.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessments in this unit:
1. Program Proposal – this task requires you to develop a proposal for a career development program relevant to your work context and to provide a justification for the choices made for this.
2. CED Program and Discussion Paper – this task requires you to develop and submit a career development program and sample lesson plan for your work context. You will outline the scope and content of this program. You will also write a discussion paper which explains and justifies the choices made in this program.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Program Proposal
You will conduct a needs analysis for a chosen cohort. You will develop a proposal which advocates for the establishment and implementation of a Career Development program which is specific to your work context and outline the key logistics for this program. You will present your proposal as a recorded presentation, followed by a viva voce (oral examination) where you will respond to questions about your proposal.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
GenAI prohibited: The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Assessment: Career Development Program and Discussion Paper
Develop a 10-week (or equivalent) CED program based on your Assignment 1 proposal. You will use Gen AI to support the development of your program. Submit this program together with one fully developed lesson plan for one session. Write a discussion paper that explains and justifies the choices you have made in the CED program you have designed for your chosen cohort and how these will best support their CED learning.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
GenAI allowed: The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
The following prescribed text will need to be purchased for this unit. The other resource materials will be used throughout the unit.
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
McCowan, C., McKenzie, M., & Shah. (2022). Introducing career education and development: A guide for personnel in educational institutions in both developed and developing countries. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Recommended text(s)
Arthur, N., Neault, R., & McMahon, M. (Eds). (2019). Career theories and models at work: Ideas for practice. CERIC.
McMahon. (2015). Ideas for career practitioners : celebrating excellence in career practice Australian Academic Press.
Patton, W., & McMahon, M. (2021). Career development and systems theory: Connecting theory and practice (4th ed.). Brill.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with general participation in this unit. Workplace Health and Safety protocols associated with computer use will apply.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EQ60 Graduate Certificate in Education
- Discuss and evaluate advanced discipline-specific knowledge related to professional educational practice.
Relates to: ULO4, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Critically analyse and evaluate activities, contexts, and phenomena related to professional practice in the discipline of education.
Relates to: ULO1, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Design and justify innovative solutions to authentic problems of educational practice through the application of discipline-specific knowledge and skills.
Relates to: ULO2, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Source and evaluate scholarly and professional literature and apply it to educational contexts and scenarios.
Relates to: ULO1, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Employ a range of communication modes to transmit knowledge, skills, and ideas to others.
Relates to: ULO3, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper
EQ74 Master of Education
- Discuss, evaluate, and integrate advanced discipline-specific knowledge related to professional educational practice and research.
Relates to: ULO4, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Critically analyse and evaluate complex activities, contexts and phenomena related to professional practice and scholarship in the discipline of education.
Relates to: ULO1, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Design and justify innovative solutions to authentic problems of educational practice, drawing on discipline-specific knowledge and skills to lead and influence positive change.
Relates to: ULO2, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Apply theories and research methods to ethically explore educational issues/phenomena and practices.
Relates to: Career Development Program and Discussion Paper - Employ a range of communication modes to transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences in professional and scholarly contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Program Proposal, Career Development Program and Discussion Paper