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Unit of Study SOY00247 - Business Internship (2015)

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  • Enrolment information

    It is strongly recommended that you have completed a substantial portion of your chosen major before considering a placement ie. your employer will likely require you to use the knowledge gained in your specific major to complete tasks associated with your role.

Unit description

Experience in the business workplace plays an important role in the educative process by providing students with the opportunity to apply and assess the theory studied at University in the context of workplace practice. This unit introduces students to the requirements of the working environment and allows them to practice and refine workplace skills under supervision in structured settings, allowing students to be better prepared for entry to the workforce after graduation. Students are responsible for finding their own positions for Internship.

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Not currently available in 2015

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 apply concepts and principles of business studies in a way that is appropriate to meet the requirements of the work environment in a chosen discipline
2 demonstrate capability and willingness to undertake a range of duties required for employment in a business context/discipline ie. Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Human Resource Management etc.
3 explain the nature, scope, breadth and variety of employment in your chosen sector/discipline
4 better appreciate the nature of corporate behaviour and culture from an employee perspective
5 recognise the nature of the skills and attitudes required for success as a manager or supervisor in the student's major field of study
6 demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills in proposing solutions to real business problems.

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

  1. apply concepts and principles of business studies in a way that is appropriate to meet the requirements of the work environment in a chosen discipline
    • GA4:
  2. demonstrate capability and willingness to undertake a range of duties required for employment in a business context/discipline ie. Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Human Resource Management etc.
    • GA2:
  3. explain the nature, scope, breadth and variety of employment in your chosen sector/discipline
    • GA4:
  4. better appreciate the nature of corporate behaviour and culture from an employee perspective
    • GA6:
  5. recognise the nature of the skills and attitudes required for success as a manager or supervisor in the student's major field of study
    • GA4:
  6. demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills in proposing solutions to real business problems.
    • GA1: