Professional Practice (Internships A) (12144.1)
Please note these are the 2025 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-Campus Online |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Arts And Design |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
School Of Arts And Communications | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) |
In this unit students will undertake 100-hour internships, ideally in the workplace. Interns will work with industry supervisors to apply their disciplinary and academic learning in real-world contexts, develop employability skills and strengthen the skills and knowledge needed to contribute to and excel in their professions. Internships will only be available to students who demonstrate readiness to learn in the workplace and are accepted into the internship prior to enrolment.
Enrolment in this unit is subject to entry requirements. Please direct enquiries and unit registration forms to FADInternships@canberra.edu.au
1. Reflect on and evaluate the standards of performance and practice expected in the workplace and the profession, and how professional skills and knowledge align with these expectations;
2. Analyse the role and application of theoretical ideas and knowledge in professional contexts;
3. Solve problems and make appropriate and ethical decisions in the workplace using information, professional and disciplinary knowledge and consideration of different perspectives; and
4. Acquire, articulate and apply a range of transferable employability skills.
1. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
Enrolment in this unit is subject to entry requirements. Please direct enquiries and unit registration forms to FADInternships@canberra.edu.au
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Reflect on and evaluate the standards of performance and practice expected in the workplace and the profession, and how professional skills and knowledge align with these expectations;
2. Analyse the role and application of theoretical ideas and knowledge in professional contexts;
3. Solve problems and make appropriate and ethical decisions in the workplace using information, professional and disciplinary knowledge and consideration of different perspectives; and
4. Acquire, articulate and apply a range of transferable employability skills.
Graduate attributes
1. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.
Availability for enrolment in 2025 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-Campus | Mr Ian McHugh |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | Online | Mr Ian McHugh |
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