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COIT13239 - Undergraduate ICT Internship

General Information

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Brisbane
Cairns
Melbourne
Rockhampton
Sydney
Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Brisbane
Cairns
Melbourne
Rockhampton
Sydney

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).

Assessment Overview

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

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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.

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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
Feedback
More internship opportunities for undergraduate ICT students are expected
Recommendation
Develop more internship placements is recommended.
Action Taken
CQU is sourcing more host organisations directly.
Source: Unit Coordinator Self Reflection
Feedback
A navigation map would help students to find resources easily.
Recommendation
Added a navigation map as a guide for students to the ICT Internship Resources and the Internship Teams site.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator Reflection
Feedback
A professional video demonstrating how to work on ePortfolium would be helpful for the students to properly complete assessment 3.
Recommendation
An educational developer from the Learning Design and Innovation Directorate needs to be involved/requested to prepare the video presentation.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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