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Arts Research Internship (ARTS90033)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: arts-gr@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject allows students to undertake a 3 months internship with a host organisation in an area relevant to their potential career destination. Students may undertake a defined research project within the host organisation and/ or participate in team-based research or business activities, while also being exposed to the broader operational contexts of an organisation.
The internship will provide students with the opportunity to apply their research skills and capacity in an organisational context, gain practical experience and build professional networks in order to further enhance their career options. Students will have the opportunity to further develop their employability skills including communication, interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, organisational, project-management and time-management skills, and gain a greater understanding of career planning and professional development considerations and employer expectations.
Prior to placement students may be required to undertake preparatory seminars and/or online training modules covering topics that will include professional standards of behaviour and ethical conduct, working in teams, time management and workplace networking. Placements must be approved by the student’s supervisor in consultation with the Subject Coordinator.
Students may be required to sign a confidentiality agreement and/or assign ownership of any intellectual property generated during the internship to the host organisation.
If primary research is carried out during the internship, obtaining relevant ethics approval is the responsibility of the host organisation.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Enhance capacity to apply theory to practice in a relevant context
- Develop skills in conducting effective and timely research, analysis and reporting in an organisational context
- Gain significant insight into the complexities of professional decision making and management
- Demonstrate the ability to apply relevant research methodologies rigorously and appropriately
- Acquire knowledge of the conditions, cultures and practices of a workplace
- Gain practical vocational experience in an industry setting
- Understand the value of industry and professional networks and their importance to self-reliance, lifelong learning and career progression
- Demonstrate and critically reflect upon key professional attributes sought by employers (such as communication and interpersonal skills, project management skills, team work and initiative).
Generic skills
- 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, safe work practices, and the diversity of workplaces
- 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: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students must apply for this subject with an expression of interest form prior to enrolment and must comply with host organisations’ prerequisites
Current students must be admitted to the DR-PHILARTS Doctor of Philosophy – Arts, and have completed confirmation
Students in the DR-PHILARTS Doctor of Philosophy – Arts with a candidature status set to Under Examination (having submitted thesis).
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 |
|---|---|---|
Proposal
| Commencement of internship | 20% |
Presentation
| During the examination period | 20% |
Report
| During the examination period | 60% |
| Hurdle requirement: Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Placement of 200 hours Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Email: arts-gr@unimelb.edu.au
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- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Off-campus study
This subject has a workplace component
Placement of 200 hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024