Unit Synopsis
Undertaking an internship or work-integrated learning (WIL) provides you with experiences to advance your work readiness and opportunities to demonstrate your skills in your chosen discipline while working in an authentic environment. During the internship, you will put into practice the knowledge and skills you have gained while studying your discipline units. YYou will reflect on developing your practical skills and your learning experiences in the context of WIL, while also putting into practice your teamwork and communication. You will spend ten weeks with your internship host during your last term and the remaining three weeks on campus.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 12 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.25 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisites: You must have completed all units in your course except this one and passed all those units on the first attempt. Anti-requisites: COIT13230 Application Development Project, COIT13232 Business Analysis Project or COIT13236 Cyber Security Project. Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 0% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Unit Coordinator's reflection
Additional internship opportunities for undergraduate ICT students are anticipated.
Expanding the number of internship placements is recommended.
The Work Integrate Learning (WIL) team has been constantly trying to find more internship opportunities for ICT students each term.
Source: Unit Coordinator's reflection
Reviewing the assessment marking criteria would be beneficial, as some aspects may not be clear to the students. This could help improve understanding and enhance the overall learning experience.
The marking criteria for all assessments need to be reviewed to ensure clarity and consistency.
The assessment instructions have been updated with further details. This recommendation will continue into the following term.
Source: Teaching team
Some of the assesment marking criteria could be improved with further clarity.
Review the marking criteria for all assessments and improve them as needed.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Apply academic knowledge and skills in an authentic work environment
- Communicate an understanding of the relevance of legal and ethical issues related to your discipline
- Work collaboratively in teams in the context of a workplace
- Critically reflect on the strengths and weaknesses in your knowledge and skills, considering both your academic discipline and workplace experience.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is adopted by organisations, governments and individuals in many countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles. ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile.
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA 9 (the SFIA code is included):
- Technology service management (ITMG)
- Methods and tools (METL)
- Application support (ASUP)
- Problem management (PBMG)
This unit will also contribute to skills related to the major, depending on the job role.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | ||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | |
| 5 - Team Work | • | • | ||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | ||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | |
| 9 - Social Innovation | • | |||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |