PSY6095 - Forensic Practitioner

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

There is no content as such; this module is all about you putting your experience and knowledge into practice in a forensic field of your choice. It will be a requirement that you have access to a forensic population/workplace and that a minimum of 3 hours per week (or the equivalent) will be spent within this workplace. Supervision will be provided relevant to the negotiated assessment.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Forensic placement
Hours: 30
Intended Group Size: 20

Group preparatory session
Hours: 2
Intended Group Size: 20

Individual supervision
Hours: 3

Guided independent study
Hours: 115

Further details relating to assessment (if applicable) The assessment will be negotiated between the student, module co-ordinator and the organisation. Students choosing this module must already have access to work in a forensic/criminal justice setting for at least two hours a week for 10 weeks. The student is responsible for arranging this and students who do not have a prior arrangement with a suitable organisation will not be able to take this module.

Assessment:

001 Reflective account; 500 words; mid semester 2 20%
002 Negotiaed assessment; 2,000 words; end of semester 2 80%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Russell Woodfield
Level - 6
Credit Value - 15
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6YL

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