Graduate Attributes
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We want to help you develop a broad range of knowledge, skills and attitudes valued by employers in addition to the degree-specific content knowledge and skills you develop as you study as part of our learning community. We have developed University-wide graduate attributes to unify our vision of what our graduates will know and be able to do. In conjunction with feedback from employers, the Faculty of Economics and Business has developed discipline specific graduate attributes which should be read in conjunction with the University of Sydney policy on generic graduate attributes.
There is further information for students on the ITL Graduate Attributes website.
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| Learning Goals | Faculty Graduate Attributes |
|---|---|
| Be open to new ways of thinking and appreciate the importance of intellectual curiosity and reflection as the foundation for continuous learning. | Personal and Intellectual Autonomy Graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Business will be able to work independently and sustainably, in a way that is informed by openness, curiosity and a desire to meet new challenges. |
| Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning through continuous reflection on personal and professional experiences, self-evaluation and self-improvement. | |
| Demonstrate a willingness to meet new challenges and deadlines. | |
| Demonstrate a capacity to work independently including the ability to plan and achieve goals. | |
| Display a commitment to achieving a broad vision that aims to balance personal, intellectual, emotional, physical and social needs, and that can be sustained. | |
| Identify, define and analyse problems and recommend creative solutions within real-world constraints. | Research and Inquiry Graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Business will be able to create new knowledge and understanding through the process of research and inquiry. |
| Apply economic, political, legal, commercial and business theories and concepts to problems and practice. | |
| Critically evaluate underlying theories, concepts, assumptions, limitations and arguments in disciplinary and cross-disciplinary fields of study. | |
| Develop coherent arguments when recommending solutions and critically evaluating theories in major fields of study. | |
| Appreciate the advancing nature of knowledge frontiers through research. | |
| Display a deep respect for others and act with integrity in all aspects of their personal and professional life and contribute as a global citizen. | Ethical, Social and Professional Understanding Graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Business will hold personal values and beliefs consistent with their role as responsible members of local, national, international and professional communities. |
| Demonstrate the capacity to deal with ethical and other issues in business, government and social contexts in relation to their personal and professional lives. | |
| Demonstrate an appreciation of the complex and dynamic nature of professional work. | |
| Work with people from diverse backgrounds with inclusiveness, open-mindedness and integrity. | |
| Demonstrate an ability to participate in a broad range of complex and changing social, political and economic contexts. | |
| Appreciate that communication develops learning and learning communities. | Communication Graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Business will recognise and value communication as a tool for negotiating and creating new understanding, interacting with others, and furthering their own learning. |
| Negotiate and create shared understandings by respectfully interacting with people from diverse backgrounds. | |
| Confidently and coherently communicate, orally and in writing, to a professional standard in major fields of study. | |
| Display leadership by inspiring others in personal, professional and global contexts. | |
| Employ technologies effectively in communicating information relevant to practice in major fields of study. | |
| Conduct research using archives, libraries, the web and other sources of information. | Information Literacy Graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Business will be able to use information effectively in a range of contexts. |
| Apply research principles and methods for gathering and analysing data/information relevant to major fields of study. | |
| Employ technologies effectively in gathering information from written, oral and electronic sources. | |
| Manage, analyse, evaluate and use information efficiently and effectively. | |
| Appreciate the economic, legal, social, ethical and cultural issues in the gathering and use of information. |
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