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OLES2617: Design Your Future
2025 unit information
The contemporary world of work is complex and evolving. It demands purposeful planning, resilience, and agility that challenges traditional linear career-paths. Getting into a degree is one thing; forging your path with purpose is another. In this unit, students draw on academic and industry stakeholder insights as well as self-reflective practice to examine one of the most fundamental of complex problems - how to design your own future. They will analyse their own ambitions and apply these to the creation of a career/life plan shaped by consideration of desired social impact. Whether students know where they want to end up or not, design thinking methodologies will encourage them to reflect on their current state - strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes - and the kinds of activities that fulfill them. Reflection will translate to action, as students conceptualise and begin the life that they would like to lead. They will design future pathways, learn new ways of framing problems, and gain insight on how to hone decision making. Students will also harness the creative power of their peers to generate possibilities for how to prototype and test their ideas and embark on the first step of their chosen 'life'.
Unit details and rules
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Psychology Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand how to apply the design thinking approach to developing their life/career
- LO2. Understand how to apply the design thinking approach to developing their personal values and making ethical choices
- LO3. Employ design thinking tools to navigate future uncertainty of their University experience
- LO4. Employ design thinking tools to navigate the future uncertainty of their career/life
- LO5. Analyse their own ambitions and apply these to the creation of a career/life and impact plan
- LO6. Analyse their own goals and resources, leveraging industry and peer insights
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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