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Unit of Study HOTL6017 - Industry Internship A (2025)

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    The purpose of work integrated learning is to apply knowledge and skills from the current degree to the work placement. As such, advanced standing for prior work experience will not be considered for this unit. Please note that Industry Internship A is an advanced unit and should only be attempted towards the end of your course.

Unit description

Assists students to critically reflect on the relationship between their academic studies and the workplace environment by providing a minimum 300 hours (maximum 450 hours) of practical workplace experience over a dual term period within the larger hospitality environment. This unit enables students to gain an understanding of the requirements of their chosen sector.

Unit content

Students are required to complete an internship of a dual term duration by undertaking productive work at an operational / supervisory level with an appropriate hospitality organisation, in Australia or overseas.

Students are responsible for finding their own internship placement. On finding a position, students must submit a Notice of Placement form to seek approval from the Unit Assessor as to the position's eligibility for an internship, prior to commencing their placement.

Unit Assessor approval is required for the Internship appointment.  In approving the internship, the UA will consider the appropriateness of the internship for a Masters level student.  In particular, the UA will look for evidence of the internship providing novel and challenging opportunities for the student; either in novel operating areas, or roles, or in positions that expose the student to additional supervisory and management responsibilities.

Industry Internship A may be taken immediately prior to taking Industry Internship B with the same employer to form a minimum 600-hour (maximum 900 hour) placement of two x dual terms across the 2 units.

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Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the nature, scope, breadth and variety of employment in your chosen sector

demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate the skills and attitudes required for successful employment in your chosen sector

demonstrate the ability and capability to apply concepts learnt at THSA to engage in meaningful and productive employment in your chosen sector

demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to reflect upon the challenges of being a successful employee in your chosen sector.