Overview

The aim of this unit is to provide students with an advanced, second six month work integrated learning experience that will further develop their understanding of the applied discipline and have an opportunity to collaborate in generating solutions to complex industry challenges, leading to advance their workplace collaboration, communication practice and career development that informs, enhances and improves future practice. This unit requires students to reflect on their professional placement experience to draw links with discipline knowledge and document the development and growth of their work integrated learning capabilities. Students are provided with supervised and directed experiential learning opportunities in the real-world context of their professional placement.

Requisites

Prerequisites
WEI20001 Work Experience in Industry A
ACC20017 Integrated Professional Placement A - Accounting and Information Systems
AVA20016 Integrated Professional Placement A - Aviation
BUS20010 Integrated Professional Placement A - Business
CVE20011 Integrated Professional Placement A - Civil and Construction Engineering
DDD20031 Integrated Professional Placement A - Design
EEE20009 Integrated Professional Placement A - Electrical and Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering
ENG20003 Integrated Professional Placement A - Engineering
FTV20018 Integrated Professional Placement A - Film and Television
GAM20007 Integrated Professional Placement A - Games and Interactivity
HEA20003 Integrated Professional Placement A - Health
ICT20013 Integrated Professional Placement A - Information and Communication Technology
LAW20021 Integrated Professional Placement A – Law
INF20019 Integrated Professional Placement A - Information Systems
MDA20016 Integrated Professional Placement A - Media and Communication
NPS20003 Integrated Professional Placement A - Science
PSY20014 Integrated Professional Placement A - Psychological Sciences
RME20003 Integrated Professional Placement A - Robotics and Mechatronics, and Biomedical Engineering
SOC20018 Integrated Professional Placement A - Humanities

Rules

Pre-requisite
WEI20001 Work Experience in Industry A
AND
Integrated Professional Placement A - (Discipline): One of ACC20017, AVA20016, BUS20010, CVE20011, DDD20031, EEE20009, ENG20003, FTV20018, GAM20007, HEA20003, ICT20013, LAW20021, INF20019, MDA20016, NPS20003, PSY20014, RME20003, SOC20018

Co-requisite
WEI20002 Work Experience in Industry B

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Independently apply disciplinary knowledge and methods to complex challenges within a supervised workplace context
  • Effectively apply a range of strategies for communicating, completing tasks, and relating well with others to contribute to solutions to complex industry challenges.
  • Enact ethical principles in the workplace context.
  • Use critical reflective practices in WIL for the ongoing process of clarifying and pursuing one’s professional purpose.

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Class
2.00  1 week  2
TOTAL     2

 

All Applicable Locations

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)

Online

Learning activities

0.92 26 week  24
TOTAL     24

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Placement Portfolio Individual  0%  1,2,3
Placement Portfolio Individual  0%  2,3,4
Placement Portfolio Individual  0%  2,3,4

Hurdle

This is a Pass Only unit and you must submit and pass all assessment to be awarded a pass.
Students must submit and pass all the PASS ONLY assessments in Work Experience in Industry B.

Content

This unit is undertaken concurrently with Work Experience in Industry B. Together the units provide supported work-based learning in a real-world context.

In this unit students will:

  • build on the previous units of study to continue work in the industry or community placement to which they are assigned, under the supervision of an Industry Supervisor
  • with guidance from a discipline-specific Swinburne Academic Supervisor, reflect on their professional placement experience to draw links with discipline knowledge and evidence the development and growth of their work integrated learning capabilities
  • be required to respond to feedback from stakeholders in ways that inform and improve future practice
  • undertake structured assessment for learning that will allow students the opportunity direct their learning and reflect on it, leading to advanced capabilities in applying discipline to practice, practice of work and career development practice.

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.