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Industry Internship (AGRI30041)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville) and On Campus (Parkville)
Please refer to the return to campus page for more information on these delivery modes and students who can enrol in each mode based on their location.
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - On Campus Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject involves completion of a minimum of 80 hours work placement integrating academic learning, employability skills and attributes and an improved knowledge of organisations, workplace culture and career pathways. The placement is supplemented by pre- and post-placement classes designed to introduce skills for developing, identifying and articulating employability skills and attributes and linking them to employer requirements. The placement should draw on specific discipline skills associated with the course of enrolment. Pre-placement seminars will also include consideration of career planning and professional skills.
Students are responsible for identifying a suitable work placement, prior to the start of the teaching period, with support from the Subject Coordinator and Faculty Enrichment Officer.
In the semester prior to the placement students should access the Careers & Employability Studio: https://careers.unimelb.edu.au/students/career-and-employability-drop-in-sessions drop in sessions, workshops and resources to help identify potential host organisations. Students will need to commence their approaches to organisations at least 4 weeks before the placement. More information is available on the Faculty website: http://students.fvas.unimelb.edu.au/fvas-programs/industry-placements. Placements must be approved by the Subject Coordinator or Faculty Enrichment Officer prior to commencement. If you have problems finding a placement you should approach the Subject Coordinator or Faculty Enrichment Officer well in advance of the teaching period.
On completion of the subject, students will have completed and reported on a course-related project in a workplace. They will also have enhanced employability skills including communication, interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving, organisational and time-management, and an understanding of career planning and professional development.
NOTE: this subject is exempt from the usual course progression rules and students in the Bachelor of Agriculture are permitted to undertake this subject after the completion of Year 1.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Identify and articulate their knowledge and skills and apply them to relevant organisational contexts and work-settings; as well as linking them to specific professions and career pathways
- Produce original work in an appropriate format which demonstrates analytical, research and problem-solving skills
- Review and reflect on the process and output of a work project/placement to articulate their academic and career development learning from the experience
- Understand the value of industry and professional networks and their importance to self-reliance, lifelong learning and career progression
Generic skills
- Demonstrated flexibility, adaptability, time management and organisational skills as a result of their participation in the workplace
- Ability to communicate effectively in a professional workplace and to work with and interact with a wide range of people inside and outside their host organisations, including working in teams
- Understanding of organisational culture and ethics, work practices, and the diversity of workplaces
- Demonstrate analytical, problem-solving research, and report-writing skills
- Ability to manage and plan work
- Capacity for initiative and enterprise
- Capacity for lifelong learning, self reliance and professional development
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
a minimum of 50 credit points of completed undergraduate study
AND
Confirmation of enrolment in this subject will require approval by the Subject Coordinator or Faculty Enrichment Officer and be based on students having secured a host organisation and submitted details of their internship placement via the EMS database prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
Research material used for other subjects must not be used in any of the assessment pieces for this subject.
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Career case study based on an information interview with an employee in your placement
| During the assessment period | 25% |
Placement experience essay
| During the assessment period | 50% |
Individual or team presentation on a work-related or discipline-specific topic
| During the assessment period | 25% |
Hurdle requirement: 80 hours of satisfactory work placement | N/A | |
Hurdle requirement: Attendance at the two day workshop | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Summer Term - On Campus
Principal coordinator Ros Gall Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 6-hour workshops plus 80 hours industry placement. 4 hour oral presentation workshop Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 5 January 2021 to 19 February 2021 Last self-enrol date 14 January 2021 Census date 22 January 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 February 2021 Assessment period ends 12 March 2021 Summer Term contact information
- Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery
Principal coordinator Ros Gall Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Two 6-hour workshops plus 80 hours industry placement. 2x 2hr oral presentation workshops in weeks 11 and 12 of semester Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 July 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Placement to be equivalent to two weeks full-time employment or a total of 80 hours. Students may undertake this one day per week during semester (10 days) or more intensively eg. three days/week for three weeks, if enrolled in intensive availability of the subject.
Information regarding placements can be viewed at Internships
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
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About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022