This module guides students on how to curate and maintain a professional creative portfolio. In the first semester, students are assigned to a supervisor who will provide guidance on suitable career paths and share skills development and work experience strategies.
Students will learn to produce a curriculum vitae and basic portfolio. In the second semester, students continue to refine both their career aspirations and build their portfolios. They will complete a self-directed project that includes experience creation for the hotel, retail, and food and beverage industry. They will learn the importance of a professional portfolio in the experience creation industries and how professionals leverage portfolios to document their professional development as they amass work experience. Upon completion of the module, students will be able to articulate why a professional portfolio is a continuous skill that requires regular maintenance – even by seasoned professionals.