Professional Internship - Business
Overview
This unit provides students with an opportunity to apply and build upon knowledge and skills developed during their studies in a workplace setting. The unit prepares students for transition to professional practice and careers in the current and future world of work. Students will engage in and recognise and reflect on professional, ethical, sustainable, and inclusive practices in their workplace. This unit will support the development of students' professional knowledge, capabilities and career management through observation, participation, and reflection in a range of work integrated learning tasks and assessments.
Requisites
16-February-2025
01-June-2025
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Apply university learnings and disciplinary knowledge and reflect on their use in a workplace setting
- Negotiate work integrated learning goals and objectives that are relevant to your discipline and workplace expectations
- Demonstrate foundational workplace capabilities, professionalism and ethical and inclusive practices
- Reflect on work, self-management, and learning throughout the internship for improved practice and career development
- Reflect on industry feedback for improved practice and career development
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture | 2.00 | 1 week | 2 |
| Live Online Class | 1.00 | 5 weeks | 5 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 1.50 | 12 weeks | 18 |
| Placement Placement | 10.00 | 12 weeks | 120 |
| TOTAL | 145 |
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning Plan | Individual | 10 - 20% | 2 |
| Reflection | Individual | 40 - 50% | 1,3,4,5 |
| Reflective Piece | Individual | 30 - 40% | 1,3,4,5 |
Content
This unit provides supported work-based learning in a real-world context and the objectives of this unit are educational, not commercial. Students will be situated in a workplace setting and be supported by an industry superviosr and academic teaching and supervision. Â
Students will:
- be supported to contribute knowledge, skills and practices from their university studies into a professional context relevant to their disciplinary course of study.Â
- required to demonstrate an understanding of the connection between academic knowledge, practical application and critically reflect on this professional experience in relation to future practice and career
Topics for the unit comprise:
- Planning for learning and career
- Professional reflective practice
- Ethical, sustainable, and inclusive professional practice
- Professional networking
- Planning for professional future and career
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.