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Business and Economics Internship (BUSA90525)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Off Campus
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
For all application enquiries contact FBE-internships@unimelb.edu.au
For academic enquiries please contact the subject coordinator, Ms Sharon Soltys, ssoltys@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 1
For all application enquiries contact FBE-internships@unimelb.edu.au
For academic enquiries please contact the subject coordinator, Dr Sharon Shan, sharon.shan@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
For all application enquiries contact FBE-internships@unimelb.edu.au
For academic enquiries please contact the subject coordinator, Dr Sharon Shan, sharon.shan@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - Off Campus Semester 1 - Off Campus Semester 2 - Off Campus |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject involves the completion of a professional work placement, integrating academic learning in business & economics areas of study. Students will gain an improved knowledge of employability skills, workplace culture, and career pathways. Students will be required to undertake pre-placement online modules designed to equip students with employability skills and techniques for creative problem solving, as well as learning tasks throughout the placement period. The placement will draw on students' specific discipline skills associated with the specialisation of their degree.
Internships may be paid, or unpaid provided they comply with the Fair Work Act.
This subject is intended to provide students with the opportunity to apply their business knowledge in an industry setting under the joint supervision of an industry and an academic mentor. Students can either apply for a University-sourced internship or apply to have a self-sourced internship approved for credit. Applications should be submitted by the due dates published on the MBS website. Selection into this subject is based on suitability of the placement, and demonstrated motivation to benefit from the program, and timely submission of the application.
The subject coordinator will have final approval of all selected students. Enrolment will be capped and subject to meeting the relevant academic program requirements and availability of appropriate internship opportunities.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Identify and articulate their knowledge and skills and apply them to relevant business organisational contexts and work-settings, as well as linking them to specific professions and career pathways
- 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
- See themselves as beginning professionals and potential change agents rather than inductees into an existing work environment
- Demonstrate high-level interpersonal, oral, and written skills developed through interaction in various contexts and with a range of people.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- 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;
- Flexibility, adaptability, time management and organisational skills as a result of their participation in the workplace;
- Understanding of organisational culture and ethics, safe work practices, and the diversity of workplaces;
- Analytical, problem-solving, research and report writing skills;
- Ability to manage and plan work;
- Capacity for lifelong learning, self-reliance, and professional development;
- Demonstrate key attributes sought by employers including interpersonal skills, time management, commercial acumen, initiative, and independent learning.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into or selection of one of the following:
- MC-MGMT Master of Management
- MC-MGMTMKT Master of Management (Marketing)
- MC-MGMTHRE Master of Management (Human Resources)
- MC-MGMTACT Master of Management (Accounting)
- MC-MGMTAFN Master of Management (Accounting and Finance)
- MC-MGMTFIN Master of Management (Finance)
- MC-IB Master of International Business
- MC-ACTSC Master of Actuarial Science
- MC-ECO Master of Economics
- MC-AEMTRCS Master of Applied Econometrics
- MC-AECOENH Master of Applied Econometrics (Enhanced)
- MC-DMKTG Master of Digital Marketing
- MC-FINANCE Master of Finance
- MC-FINENH Master of Finance (Enhanced)
- MC-ENTRPSP Master of Entrepreneurship
- MC-ETRENH Master of Entrepreneurship (Enhanced)
- MC-MKTCOMM Master of Marketing Communications
Students must submit an application via the MBS website for review by the Subject Coordinator.
Students must have capacity in their degree to complete an internship as a general elective. If students wish to complete an internship as a discipline specific elective or as a capstone subject, they must first seek approval from their Program Director.
Students who organise their own work placement, must have that placement approved by the Subject Coordinator prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
For information on how to apply:
https://mbs.unimelb.edu.au/career/apply-your-learning/internship
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Online Preparatory Modules and online tests
| Prior to the commencement of the work placement | 50% |
Satisfactory work placement (minimum 90-hours)
| Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Reflective Practice Module and reflective writing task (500 words)
| Throughout the teaching period. Final task due two weeks after the completion of the workplace experience. | 25% |
Career Planning and E-portfolio module
| Due two weeks after the completion of the workplace experience. | 25% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term - Off Campus
Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Total of 169 hours: • Online pre-placement modules and associated online tests, total 12 hours. • 500-word Employability Skills Action Plan, total 8 hours • 500-word Employability Skills Report, total 8 hours • Online post-placement modules and associated online test, total 6 hours. • 2,000-word post-placement essay, total 30 hours • Minimum 105 hours of satisfactory work placement Total time commitment 169 hours Teaching period 21 November 2022 to 26 February 2023 Last self-enrol date 9 December 2022 Census date 20 January 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 January 2023 Assessment period ends 10 March 2023 Summer Term contact information
For all application enquiries contact FBE-internships@unimelb.edu.au
For academic enquiries please contact the subject coordinator, Ms Sharon Soltys, ssoltys@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 1 - Off Campus
Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Total of 169 hours: • Online pre-placement modules and associated online tests, total 12 hours. • 500-word Employability Skills Action Plan, total 8 hours • 500-word Employability Skills Report, total 8 hours • Online post-placement modules and associated online test, total 6 hours. • 2,000-word post-placement essay, total 30 hours • Minimum 105 hours of satisfactory work placement Total time commitment 169 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
For all application enquiries contact FBE-internships@unimelb.edu.au
For academic enquiries please contact the subject coordinator, Dr Sharon Shan, sharon.shan@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 - Off Campus
Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Total of 169 hours: • Online pre-placement modules and associated online tests, total 12 hours. • 500-word Employability Skills Action Plan, total 8 hours • 500-word Employability Skills Report, total 8 hours • Online post-placement modules and associated online test, total 6 hours. • 2,000-word post-placement essay, total 30 hours • Minimum 105 hours of satisfactory work placement Total time commitment 169 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 contact information
For all application enquiries contact FBE-internships@unimelb.edu.au
For academic enquiries please contact the subject coordinator, Dr Sharon Shan, sharon.shan@unimelb.edu.au
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Off-campus study
This subject has a workplace component
This subject involves the completion of a professional work placement, integrating academic learning in business & economics areas of study. Students will gain an improved knowledge of employability skills, workplace culture, and career pathways. Students will be required to undertake pre-placement online modules designed to equip students with project management skills and techniques for creative problem solving. The placement will draw on students' specific discipline skills associated with the specialisation of their degree.
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Last updated: 31 January 2024