Handbook home
Forest Internship Project (FRST90035)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Year Long
Overview
Availability | Year Long - Online |
---|---|
Fees | Look up fees |
This subject involves definition and development of an industry-related project, and develops skills in project management, problem solving and planning and reporting investigations. The subject aims to provide students with a high-level employment experience with government, industry or non-governmental organization (NGO). Students will develop a good understanding of employer expectations of forest science graduates in the work environment and the skills required to function with excellence in the workplace.
Students will be required; with assistance from the subject coordinator, to source both a host-industry and academic supervisor (within the School of Ecosystem and Forest Science) in their area of interest and define a project in consultation with them. This project may relate to an applied scientific, economic or sociological or managerial topic. Each student will prepare a Project Plan which includes the relevant information regarding the projects aims, context in relation to industry, approaches to be used, relevant background knowledge and potential outputs to their host-industry.
Students will then spend a period of 4-6 weeks working on their project, including any possible time off site within their host-industry. Students will work in close collaboration with the host-industry and academic supervisor during this period. At the completion of the project work, students will be required to submit a Project Main Report on the work they have undertaken and the relevant findings that have come from it. Students will also be required to present their findings to an audience, including host-industry members, as part of the Project Seminar.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject aims, through the completion of a defined project, to:
- Provide the student with opportunities to relate their formal academic learning to industry practices, problems or issues.
- Teach the student how to effectively design a project that identifies and provides knowledge toward practices, problems or issues affecting industry; to implement and manage the project; and to report on the project findings, including recommendations to the Industry.
- Provide experiences and encouragement that promotes professionalism in the student and a desire to continue in their chosen career.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Undertaking an internship is conditional upon obtaining approval from a supervisor.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Project Plan (2000 words) 25% due end of March,
- Project Main Report (5000 words) 60% due end of October,
- Project Seminar (30 mins) 15% due first week in November,
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Year Long - Online
Principal coordinator Gerd Bossinger Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Up to 200 hours of project work (including time within an industry setting) and report writing/preparation. Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 May 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Year Long contact information
Time commitment details
200 hours
Additional delivery details
For detailed information and the application process, refer to the Faculty of Science website:
http://science.unimelb.edu.au/students/enrich-your-studies/forest-internship-project
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
None
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
- Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022