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Internship (ENGR90033)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Semester 1
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - Dual-Delivery Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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AIMS
This subject involves students undertaking professional work experience with a Host Organisation, generally at the Host Organisation’s premises. Students will work under the supervision of both an academic mentor and an external supervisor at the Host Organisation.
By completing their internship as part of this subject, students will receive support in navigating their placement, guidance on maximising their learning from the experiences they gain and training in how to use these experiences when seeking employment.
This subject uses structured reflection to help students develop the professional skills and competencies required by engineers and IT professionals. Each student is allocated an academic mentor to assist them in their development and support their well-being.
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Intended learning outcomes
At the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Discuss communication in an engineering and IT workplace using examples from their internship, with a focus on the relevance of context, purpose, empathy and relationships.
- Discuss teamwork, team development, team roles and/or leadership within the engineering and IT workplace using examples from their internship.
- Use a structured approach to reflect on the professional competencies required by their discipline, their own level of competency and to formulate personal professional development plans.
- Present their internship experiences in the context of seeking engineering and IT employment.
- Discuss and critique professional accountability of an engineer or IT professional focusing on safety, ethics and data management.
Generic skills
- Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
- Ethical conduct and professional accountability.
- Professional use and management of information.
- Effective team membership and team leadership.
Last updated: 28 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Note that not all specialisations will have sufficient available credit points to allow students to complete ENGR90033. Please check the handbook entry for your course or contact your course coordinator.
Admission into or selection of one of the following:
- MC-BIOMENG Master of Biomedical Engineering
- MC-CIVENG Master of Civil Engineering
- MC-ELECENG Master of Electrical Engineering
- MC-ENVENG Master of Environmental Engineering
- MC-MECHENG Master of Mechanical Engineering
- MC-MTRNENG Master of Mechatronics Engineering
- MC-SOFTENG Master of Software Engineering
- MC-IS Master of Information Systems
- MC-IT Master of Information Technology
- MC-IT100 Master of Information Technology
- MC-IT150 Master of Information Technology
Admission into or selection of one of the following:
- Biomedical specialisation (formal) in the MC-ENG Master of Engineering
- Civil specialisation (formal) in the MC-ENG Master of Engineering
- Electrical specialisation (formal) in the MC-ENG Master of Engineering
- Environmental specialisation (formal) in the MC-ENG Master of Engineering
- Mechanical specialisation (formal) in the MC-ENG Master of Engineering
- Mechanical with Business specialisation (formal) in the MC-ENG Master of Engineering
- Mechatronics specialisation (formal) in the MC-ENG Master of Engineering
- Software specialisation (formal) in the MC-ENG Master of Engineering
- Structural specialisation (formal) in the MC-ENG Master of Engineering
There is an application process for this subject:
Students may apply for university-sourced internships through a competitive process, or source their own internships.
Students intending on using a self-sourced internship must apply to have it approved by the ENGR90033 subject coordinator by contacting engit-placements@unimelb.edu.au.
An application for a student-sourced internship must be made at least two weeks before the teaching period commencement date.
Students are likely to find the internship subject to be significantly more challenging than most other subjects due to the very high workload requirements of being on an industry placement, and the need to adapt to an industry environment. As such, students completing the internship subject as part of a full study load will need to manage their time very carefully.
Please do note, 'At Risk' students are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Students should also avoid completing a 25-point industry-based final year project concurrently with the internship subject. Students who wish to do so should first discuss their plans with the Engineering and IT Placements team (engit-placements@unimelb.edu.au).
Certain degrees have options of specialisations. These specialisations can use up available electives. If you are considering a specialisation please seek course advice from STOP 1 and/or your Course Coordinator before considering the Internship subject (ie. before applying for any internships). If you enrol in the internship subject, you may later find that you have used up 25 points of electives, preventing you from taking certain specialisations. For that reason it is important to course plan very carefully.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90473 | Business Practicum |
Summer Term (Off Campus)
July (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90485 | Global Business Practicum |
June (Off Campus)
January (Off Campus)
November (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
CHEN90028 | Chemical Engineering Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
GEOM90017 | Spatial Industry Internship | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
ENGR90027 | Engineering Project | Not available in 2024 |
25 |
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: 28 March 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Initial Reflection which addresses the intended learning outcomes (ILOs) 2 and 3. Requires approximately 10 hours of work.
| Week 3 | 5% |
Continuous assessment, consisting of 3 Engagement Reports of no more than 800 words each. Addresses intended learning outcomes (ILOs) 1, 2, 3 and 5. Requires approximately 16 hours of work in total. Engagement Reports will be due throughout the semester at approximately regular intervals starting around week 5.
| Weeks 5, 8 and 11. | 30% |
Seminar Presentation (5 minutes duration per student) and facilitate a 15-minute discussion/activity on professional accountability. Students will typically present and facilitate as part of a pair. Addresses intended learning outcome (ILO) 5. Requires approximately 6 hours of preparation. The presentation and discussion will occur during the seminars. Seminars will be held around week 7 of semester.
| Week 7 | 15% |
Oral Presentation on work undertaken and reflection against the Intended Learning Outcomes. Addresses intended learning outcomes (ILOs) 1, 2, and 4. Requires approximately 12 hours of work in total. Presentations are held in approximately week 10 of semester.
| Week 10 | 20% |
Final Reflection on work undertaken and a job application. The reflection and job application (excluding resume) will be no more than 3,000 words. Addresses intended learning outcomes (ILOs) 1, 2, 3 and 4. Requires approximately 12 hours of work in total.
| During the examination period | 30% |
Additional details
This subject is a pass/fail subject. The successful completion of this subject will result in a CMP (for completed) on your academic transcript. No mark will be awarded, and your performance in the subject will not affect your weighted average mark (WAM).
Last updated: 28 March 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Brice Shen Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 10 hours including 4 hours of seminars, 3 hours of workshops, 2 hours of mentor meetings and 1 hour of presentations. Total time commitment 400 hours Teaching period 27 November 2023 to 23 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 14 December 2023 Census date 19 January 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 February 2024 Assessment period ends 1 March 2024 - Semester 1
Coordinator Brice Shen Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 10 hours including 4 hours of seminars, 3 hours of workshops, 2 hours of mentor meetings and 1 hour of presentations. Total time commitment 400 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
- Semester 2
Coordinator Brice Shen Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 10 hours including 4 hours of seminars, 3 hours of workshops, 2 hours of mentor meetings and 1 hour of presentations. Total time commitment 400 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
Time commitment details
320 - 350 hours workplace commitment and 70 hours of take home assignments and independent study.
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Additional delivery details
Students will spend a minimum of 320 hours on placement, with no more than 350 hours credited towards the subject, most of which will be completed during the teaching period. In order to accommodate this, the "Summer term" will start at the end of November/beginning of December.
Last updated: 28 March 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 Specialisation (formal) Biochemical Specialisation (formal) Biomedical Specialisation (formal) Chemical Specialisation (formal) Environmental Specialisation (formal) Civil Specialisation (formal) Electrical Specialisation (formal) Software Specialisation (formal) Structural Specialisation (formal) Mechanical Specialisation (formal) Mechatronics Specialisation (formal) Spatial - Links to additional information
Last updated: 28 March 2024