Overview
Students critically integrate theory with professional practice through reflection, mentoring, and scholarly inquiry, supported by work-integrated learning and engagement in leadership, co-curricular activity or community-based learning.
About this paper
| Paper title | Special Topic: Learning Through Experience |
|---|---|
| Subject | Business Studies |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,053.30 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 54 200-level points
- Restriction
- BSNS 301, MANT 370
- Schedule C
- Commerce
- Notes
- Candidates must undergo a selection process; admission is subject to approval from the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Commerce)
- Teaching staff
To be advised when paper next offered.
- Textbooks
To be advised when paper next offered.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
Scholarship, Critical Thinking, Self-awareness, Lifelong Learning, Ethical Reasoning, Global and Cultural Perspectives, Inquiry and Analysis, Problem Solving, Communication, Collaboration, Professionalism.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.- Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Integrate theory and practice by critically applying advanced business, leadership, or organisational theories to complex real-world contexts
- Demonstrate reflective and reflexive capability by critically evaluating own assumptions, values, and behaviours in professional and leadership settings.
- Analyse organisational and societal contexts using ethical, cultural, and sustainability lenses, including consideration of Te Tiriti o Waitangi where relevant
- Evaluate impact and effectiveness of professional or leadership practice using evidence, feedback, and scholarly frameworks
- Evaluate impact and effectiveness of professional or leadership practice using evidence, feedback, and scholarly frameworks
- Communicate complex insights clearly and persuasively through academically rigorous written, oral, and reflective formats suitable for both scholarly and professional audiences
- Collaborate and engage professionally with mentors, peers, and stakeholders, demonstrating responsibility, initiative, and constructive contribution.
Timetable
Overview
Students critically integrate theory with professional practice through reflection, mentoring, and scholarly inquiry, supported by work-integrated learning and engagement in leadership, co-curricular activity or community-based learning.
BSNS 351 gives you the opportunity to apply your academic learning to a genuine workplace or organisational challenge. You may work as a student consultant on a client project arranged through the paper, or draw on an approved internship or placement, existing employment, or a substantive University or community role. Across all pathways, you will investigate a real problem, test your initial assumptions against relevant evidence, and develop well-justified recommendations or future actions. Through the experience, you will strengthen your professional judgement and critically reflect on what you have learned and how it will inform your future practice.
About this paper
| Paper title | Special Topic: Learning Through Experience |
|---|---|
| Subject | Business Studies |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 54 200-level points
- Restriction
- BSNS 301, MANT 370
- Schedule C
- Commerce
- Eligibility
Enrolments for this paper are limited and requires departmental permission. View more information about limitations of enrolment.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Textbooks
To be advised when paper next offered.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
Scholarship; Lifelong learning; Interdisciplinary perspective; Critical thinking; Information literacy; Research; Ethics; Cultural understanding; Environmental literacy; Communication; Self-motivation; Teamwork
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.- Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Integrate theory and practice by applying relevant business, organisational and professional concepts and frameworks to a genuine workplace or organisational problem.
- Critically analyse a workplace or organisational problem by testing assumptions against appropriate evidence, considering alternative perspectives, and developing justified and feasible recommendations or future actions.
- Evaluate the wider context of professional practice, including relevant ethical, cultural, sustainability and stakeholder considerations, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi where appropriate.
- Communicate evidence, analysis and recommendations clearly and persuasively in forms appropriate to both academic and professional audiences.
- Work effectively and professionally, independently and with others, demonstrating initiative, responsibility and constructive engagement with relevant stakeholders.
- Critically reflect on professional learning and practice by evaluating assumptions, decisions, feedback and experience, and identifying implications for future practice.