Course Coordinator:Lynette Maguire (lmaguire@usc.edu.au) School:School of Business and Creative Industries
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Blended learning | You can do this course without coming onto campus, unless your program has specified a mandatory onsite requirement. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
This Work Integrated Learning (WIL) course is designed to provide you with an opportunity to experience the workplace and work in your chosen profession, while enhancing your employability skillset and expanding your professional network. You will apply the knowledge and skills gained from your university studies to workplace tasks and activities while at the same time, seek to develop new knowledge and professional skills in the workplace. You must perform satisfactorily in all assessment tasks and complete a minimum 96 hours of vocational placement to pass this course.
Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
Blended learning | |||
Placement – Weekly (one day) placement with an industry host business ordinarily. Can be negotiated between host and USC. | 96hrs | Week 1 | Once Only |
Online | |||
Placement – Weekly (one day) placement with an industry host business ordinarily. Can be negotiated between host and USC. | 96hrs | Week 1 | Once Only |
300 Level (Graduate)
12 units
Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | Professional Standard Mapping * Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | |
1 | Apply theoretical knowledge to practical and professional situations. | Knowledgeable |
PC3, PC3.1, PC6, PC6.2 |
2 | Participate and reflect on the culture and professional expectations of the workplace and industry. | Ethical |
PC4, PC4.1, PC5, PC6, PC6.1 |
3 | Reflect on the relationship between the internship and your growth as a professional practitioner and develop improvement strategies. | Creative and critical thinker |
PC2.1, PC6, PC6.1 |
4 | Collaborate with responsibility and accountability with an industry partner to design, coordinate and implement a project or complete work activities. | Engaged |
PC2, PC2.1, PC3, PC3.1 |
5 | Demonstrate effective communication skills in project management, problem solving, and presentation. | Engaged |
PC1, PC1.1, PC1.2, PC1.3 |
CODE | COMPETENCY |
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | |
PC1 | Communication |
PC1.1 | Written Communication |
PC1.2 | Oral Communication |
PC1.3 | Digital Literacy |
PC2 | Collaboration |
PC2.1 | Teamwork |
PC3 | Creative and Critical Thinking |
PC3.1 | Problem Solving |
PC4 | Community Consciousness |
PC4.1 | Social Responsibility and Sustainability |
PC5 | Cultural Awareness |
PC6 | Career-ready |
PC6.1 | Self-management |
PC6.2 | Discipline Knowledge |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Successful completion of 192 units. Permission is required for enrolment - please contact the Course Coordinator.
Not applicable
BUS331, CMN312, CMN316 and CMN313
Not applicable
Limited Grading (PNP)
Early feedback will be provided within Task 1.
Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
All | 1 | Written Piece | Individual | 1000 words |
Week 4 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
All | 2 | Written Piece | Individual | 1,200 words |
Week 11 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
All - Assessment Task 1:Placement Learning Plan | |||||||||||||
Goal: | In this assessment task, you will apply your communication and organisational skills to develop a Placement Learning Plan, in collaboration with your placement supervisor. You will document clear and specific learning goals for your placement and identify the resources and strategies you will use to achieve those goals. |
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Product: | Written Piece | ||||||||||||
Format: | Using the template provided, and in collaboration with your placement supervisor, you will develop a proposal for your Placement Learning Plan that is structured to allow for the successful completion of placement goals and objectives within the available 96 hours of the placement. This Plan is to be written in the first person. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Collaboration, Problem solving, Organisation |
All - Assessment Task 2:Professional Reflection | ||||||||||||||||
Goal: | In this assessment you will reflect on your placement learning experience in relation to the discipline knowledge, skills and capabilities you have developed throughout your program, showing how your placement experience has extended and enriched your learning and supported your development as an emerging professional. |
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Product: | Written Piece | |||||||||||||||
Format: | A written professional reflection, to be written in the first person. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving, Organisation, Information literacy |
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
May vary depending on the nature of the industry placement Placement proposal negotiation and discussion prior to week 1 Students must attend the pre-placement orientation workshops held in O Week.
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
This course will be graded as Pass in a Limited Grade Course (PU) or Fail in a Limited Grade Course (UF) as per clause 5.1.1.3 and 5.1.1.4 of the Grades and Grade Point Average (GPA) - Academic Policy.
In a course eligible to use Limited Grades, all assessment items in that course are marked on a Pass/Fail basis and all assessment tasks are required to be passed for a student to successfully complete the course. Supplementary assessment is not available in courses using Limited Grades.
You must contact your Course Coordinator and provide the required documentation if you require an extension or alternate assessment.
Refer to the Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs – Procedures.
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