Overview
Human Service 306 Critical Reflection for Practice is a project course that students normally take following completion of two years of study at the junior level. The assignments are the project components that will consolidate your learning.
In addition, HSRV 306 looks ahead to the planning of the remainder of your coursework, to consolidate strengths and address limitations, by positioning you to self-assess your progress as you complete more courses. Its design requires you to make sense of the learning you are acquiring and to share some of it with your tutor and peers in your capacity as a human services educator.
As a student registered in HSRV 306, you will self-assess educational goals and prepare to implement a personal learning plan. While you study, you will look back at the post-secondary education you have already completed and look forward to your completion of an undergraduate degree, academic credential, or other educational goals. You will be asked to take stock of your learning experiences and goals, and to get firmly established in your program of study at Athabasca University, in part, by interacting with your peers in the context of interprofessional communication and education.
Outline
Developing your project introduces you to degree completion. Students will work through the following steps toward completion of their project.
- Step 1: Getting Started
- Step 2: Foundations: Reflections on the Program
- Step 3: Annotated Research Bibliography
- Step 4: Research Essay Outline
- Step 5: Research Essay, and Project Completion
Evaluation
To receive credit for HSRV 306, you must complete four graded assignments and achieve an overall course composite grade of D (50 percent)or higher. The weightings for each assignment are as follows.
| Activity | Weight |
| Assignment 1: Narrative Reflection and Learning Plan (Step 2 - Throughout the course) | 30% |
| Assignment 2: Research Bibliography (Step 3) | 25% |
| Assignment 3: Research Essay Outline (Step 4) | 15% |
| Assignment 4: Research Essay (Step 5) | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.
The course uses a combination of online resources and academic support. There is no course package.
Course Information
This Course Information provides essential information specific to the course and the procedures you should follow to complete the course successfully.
Student Manual
The Student Manual provides essential generic information about studying at Athabasca University and outlines the procedures you should follow to complete the course successfully.
Learning Contract
The Learning Contract, along with your tutor, will guide you through the process of fulfilling the requirements of the course.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the HSRV 306 challenge registration, you must complete all required components, and achieve an overall grade of at least D (50 percent).
| Activity | Weight |
| Part 1 - Guided Bibliography | 25% |
| Essay Outline | 25% |
| Part 2 - Research Essay | 50% |
| Total | 100% |
Challenge for credit course registration form