23999 Business Internship
6cp; Students must attend all lectures prior to starting an internship.; availability: students need to have completed 48 credit points of study with a minimum overall weighted average of 55 to enrol in this subjectRequisite(s): 48 credit points of completed study in 48 cp from spk(s): Business Faculty Bachelor's Degree OR 72 credit points of completed study in 72 cp from spk(s): Business Faculty Bachelor's Combined Degree OR 72 credit points of completed study in 72 cp from spk(s): Bachelor's Combined Degree with Business Faculty OR 72 credit points of completed study in 72 cp from spk(s): Bachelor's Combined Honours with Business Faculty
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Anti-requisite(s): 21999 Business Internship AND 22999 Business Internship AND 24999 Business Internship AND 25999 Business Internship AND 94680 Entering Professional Life (6cp) AND 94681 Entering Professional Life (8cp)
Undergraduate
Description
In this subject, students undertake an internship with an organisation in a capacity relevant to their academic studies. This assists in developing employment skills, knowledge and contacts which can contribute to their career goals. Through their internship, students are exposed to the professional functions and activities relevant to their field of study (major or business sub-major). A written reflection and report on the outcomes of the internship is required. Students must undertake 100 – 180 hours of work with a host organisation. 180 hours is the maximum, which is equivalent to 4.5 weeks of full-time experience. The terms and time frame of the experience are flexible and may be negotiated between the student and host organisation. The internship must be based on an agreed and approved program of work that aims to achieve predetermined learning objectives.
Students must achieve a minimum overall weighted average mark of 55 to enrol in this subject. It is the responsibility of students to source their own internship. Students must enrol in this subject prior to undertaking an internship.
Recognition of prior learning (exemption) is not granted for this subject.
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