University of Technology Sydney

41037 Work Integrated Learning 1

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UTS: Engineering: Professional Practice and Leadership
Credit points: 12 cp

Subject level:

Undergraduate

Result type: Pass fail, no marks

Requisite(s): (41036c Professional Experience 1 AND (41035 Professional Practice Preparation 1 OR 31016 Career Management for IT Professionals))
The lower case 'c' after the subject code indicates that the subject is a corequisite. See definitions for details.

Description

This subject runs concurrently with 41036 Professional Experience 1 (PE1) – the subject outlines should be read in conjunction.

This subject is designed to enhance and broaden the experiential learning students gain from their internship. This is achieved through regularly reflecting on workplace experiences as well as regularly documenting formative experiences in various aspects of engineering practice that demonstrate growth in understanding and capability. The documentation developed by each student during this subject is of further value to them in the following subject, 41038 Professional Practice Reflection 1 (PPR1).

Subject learning objectives (SLOs)

Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

1. Identify personal and professional development needs through workplace performance reviews. (F.1)
2. Reflect on personal and professional experience within their professional context. (F.1)
3. Document personal and professional development in aspects of engineering practice required for effective workplace participation. (F.1)

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)

This subject also contributes specifically to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

  • Reflective: FEIT graduates critically self-review their performance to improve themselves, their teams, and the broader community and society. (F.1)

Contribution to the development of graduate attributes

This subject will develop those graduate attributes that are essential for effective professional practice. Individual students can choose which elective Aspects of Practice they make Development Claims for and this will determine, to some extent, which graduate attributes are developed and to what level.

Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies

This subject contributes to the development of the following Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies:

  • 3.2. Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
  • 3.5. Orderly management of self, and professional conduct.

Teaching and learning strategies

Assessment tasks are designed as opportunities to develop self-assessment skills, reflective skills, goal setting skills and to develop and document capability in aspects of professional engineering practice. These take the form of performance appraisal documents and reflective learning journal entries.

Assessment

Assessment task 1: WIL 1 Learning Journal Part A – Beginning of Internship Planning

Intent:

Students keep records of their meetings with their workplace supervisor in which they discuss the requirements of their Position Description and set goals and metrics for their work. Students document and reflect upon significant workplace learning experiences.

Objective(s):

This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs):

1, 2 and 3

This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

F.1

Type: Journal
Groupwork: Individual

Assessment task 2: WIL 1 Learning Journal Part B – Mid-Internship Formative Review

Intent:

Students keep records of their meetings with their workplace supervisor in which they discuss the requirements of their Position Description and review goals and metrics for their work. Students document and reflect upon significant workplace learning experiences.

Objective(s):

This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs):

1, 2 and 3

This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

F.1

Type: Journal
Groupwork: Individual

Assessment task 3: WIL 1 Learning Journal Part C – End of Internship Summative Review

Intent:

To undertake and document a Final Performance Review with the workplace supervisor, to reflect on further significant learning experiences in order to improve workplace capability, and to document development of understanding and application of further aspects of professional engineering practice encountered in the workplace.

Objective(s):

This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs):

1, 2 and 3

This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

F.1

Type: Journal
Groupwork: Individual

Minimum requirements

In order to pass this subject, students must attempt each assessment task by the due date and achieve a complete grade in each.
At the end of the internship, lodgment of Evaluation Forms on CareerHub triggers the following checks:

1) Completion of the requirements for 41036 Professional Experience 1; 2) Satisfactory completion of the requirements 41037 Work Integrated Learning 1.