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Industry Internship (AGRI30041)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
For application processing/enrolment use enquiry link: https://forms.your.unimelb.edu.au/4747166?SID=a3xOY000000018z
For assessments/LMS - rosgall@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 1
For application processing/enrolment use enquiry link: https://forms.your.unimelb.edu.au/4747166?SID=a3xOY000000018z
For assessments/LMS – rosgall@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
For application processing/enrolment – Contact Careers & Industry team with hyperlink of this form https://forms.your.unimelb.edu.au/4747166?SID=a3xOY000000018z
For assessments/LMS - rosgall@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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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 the Careers and Industry team in the Faculty of Science.
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 be responsible for identifying a suitable work placement prior to the semester. Applications for credit need to be submitted via the Internships Portal at least 3 weeks prior to internship commencement and within the Key Dates mentioned on the website. More information is available on the subject webpage here: https://science.unimelb.edu.au/students/plan-your-study/internship-subjects. If you have problems finding a placement you should contact the Careers and Industry team in the Faculty of Science at enquiry link: https://forms.your.unimelb.edu.au/4747166?SID=a3xOY000000018z
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: 19 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
A minimum of 100 credit points of Level 1 study (completion of Year 1)
AND
Confirmation of enrolment in this subject will require approval by the Subject Coordinator or the Careers and Industry team in the Faculty of Science 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: 19 April 2024
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: 19 April 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Ros Gall Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 6-hour workshops plus 80 hours industry placement. 4 hours of oral presentation workshops. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 January 2024 to 16 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 11 January 2024 Census date 19 January 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 February 2024 Assessment period ends 8 March 2024 Summer Term contact information
For application processing/enrolment use enquiry link: https://forms.your.unimelb.edu.au/4747166?SID=a3xOY000000018z
For assessments/LMS - rosgall@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Ros Gall Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 6-hour workshops plus 80 hours industry placement. 4 hours of oral presentation workshops. Total time commitment 170 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
For application processing/enrolment use enquiry link: https://forms.your.unimelb.edu.au/4747166?SID=a3xOY000000018z
For assessments/LMS – rosgall@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Ros Gall Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 6-hour workshops plus 80 hours industry placement. 4 hours of oral presentation workshops. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
For application processing/enrolment – Contact Careers & Industry team with hyperlink of this form https://forms.your.unimelb.edu.au/4747166?SID=a3xOY000000018z
For assessments/LMS - rosgall@unimelb.edu.au
What do these dates mean
Visit this webpage to find out about these key dates, including how they impact on:
- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- 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.
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: 19 April 2024
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:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Agriculture Major Sustainable Production Major Production Animal Health
Last updated: 19 April 2024