Course overview
Both the coursework and work integrated components of this capstone course will allow you to build and apply your animal behaviour discipline-specific skills, your research skills as well as personal skills relevant to workplace settings. Included within the course is a research component for you to produce original work which strengthens and demonstrates your analytical, research and problem-solving skills; graduate-ready qualities that are essential for future employment. During your placement, you will develop an understanding of the value of animal behaviour knowledge to the relevant industry. Training will be provided in career development skills and employability, and how to build professional networks and their importance to lifelong learning and career progression. Associated with this; you will learn how to create a professional profile so that you can identify the correct job opportunity, get that job and shape your career progression. This capstone will directly add to your experiences and resume while consolidating your confidence and the ability to contribute to a workplace. Throughout this course, which includes a 120hour placement, you will gain an awareness of the strengths you offer to a future employer.
Course learning outcomes
- Identify skills and capabilities that intersect effectively with the needs of industry in the area of animal behaviour.
- Apply and practice good communication skills in a variety of professional and/or cultural contexts.
- Reflect and evaluate on the animal behaviour workplace experiences that might lead to future employment.
- Use communication and presentation skills to provide reports and presentations in line with current professional standards.
- Identify personal abilities and thereby be in a position to plan a career pathway in the area of animal behaviour and construct the required profile demonstrating the necessary employability attributes.
- Develop research goals in association with the needs of industry, and perform, analyse and communicate that research.