Undergraduate - UnitAMU2744 - Workplace learning internship

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	School of Arts and Social Sciences, Malaysia
Offered	Malaysia Summer semester B 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Sharon A Bong

Notes

The unit has an internship component - contact the Unit Coordinator for further information
The unit is offered as a Summer Semester unit - see the Summer Arts Program pageSummer Arts Program page (http://www.monash.edu/students/courses/arts/summer-program.html) for further information

Synopsis

The internship provides students with the opportunity to integrate theory with practice, and to gain first-hand experience in working in the area of specialty in which they want to pursue after graduation. The work placement is aimed at consolidating and extending what they have learnt from core units and other Degree units, through experiential learning. The unit develops their understanding of the application of academically obtained knowledge and skills in a workplace environment, and facilitates their acquisition of work-based networks for potential employment opportunities. Separate internship programs are drawn up for each student.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the unit, students will be able to demonstrate:

The ability to analyse and undertake a workplace task;
Enhanced communication skills;
The development of skills applicable for working within an organisation;
Gained experience in professional ethics (integrating value issues in practice and assessing critically the use of professional knowledge, skills and communication).

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Sharon A Bong

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Communications
International studies
Journalism
Writing

Prerequisites

Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units.

Prohibitions

Any other Workplace Learning Internship unit