Undergraduate - UnitAZA3744 - School of Social Science workplace 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	South Africa School of Social Sciences
Offered	South Africa First semester 2015 (Day) South Africa Second semester 2015 (Day) South Africa Summer semester A 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Rika Swanzen

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 ProgramSummer Arts Program (http://www.monash.edu/students/courses/arts/summer-program.html) page for further information.
The unit is offered as a Winter Semester unit - see the Winter Arts ProgramWinter Arts Program (http://www.monash.edu/students/courses/arts/winter-program.html) page for further information.

Synopsis

This internship unit allows students to merge theory with practice, and to gain first-hand, practical experience in an area in which they may wish to pursue a career after they graduate. It consolidates and extends on the knowledge students have learnt from core units and other 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 thereby allowing them to be involved in an area of interest. Separate internship programs are drawn up for each student who successfully applies for enrolment in this unit. Selection will be based primarily on academic merit.

Outcomes

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

Critically reflect on, analyse, evaluate and undertake tasks relevant to the workplace.
Communicate effectively and foster improved interpersonal relations.
Exhibit practice-based skills, facilitating efective work within an organisation.
Display insight in a work environment and an enhanced understanding of the professional values needed to operate professionally in an African and South African work environment by effective solving of diverse work related problems.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 75%
Exam: 25%

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.