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PPMP20017 - Project Management Internship

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit places successful applicants with a suitable pre-approved host organization for 10 weeks. It provides students with an opportunity to experience a real-life work environment as part of their Master program studies and is classified as vocational placement in the Australian Fair Work Act. This means the focus is on learning rather than performing employee tasks, and host organisations are required to commit to facilitating this learning. Students continue to enjoy access to CQU IT systems, facilities and staff for support, and are obliged to submit both SET Work Integrated Learning (WIL) reports as well as academic assignments to successfully complete the unit. These are intended to document and reflect on the learning experiences and on the host organisation's contribution to the intern's professional development. A virtual or physical site visit by university staff is held during the term as an additional quality control measure.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: Most internships are offered through a provider. To be eligible, students need to apply for an internship, pass all units on the first try, and complete all other units in their study plan prior to undertaking an internship. The student requires a minimum GPA of 5.75. To ensure these criteria are met prior to forwarding eligible applications to WIL for processing, the Student Advisers review all applications. The students must undergo a series of interviews with providers and potential internship host organisations before being placed with a host. Only after all processes are completed and students are offered a placement are they enrolled in this unit. Permission to enrol ensures that students do not self-enrol. If you do not pass all prior units on the first attempt, you will not be eligible to enrol in this unit, and therefore, you must either enrol in 'Research Stream' units or 'Practicum Stream' units.

Anti-requisites: If you have completed any units from the 'Research Stream' or 'Practicum Stream' you cannot enrol in this unit.

 

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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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 Postgraduate 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: SUTE
Feedback
The unit offers a valuable opportunity to practice real-life experiences which shaped the students' learning.
Recommendation
Keep the good practice by offering the students the opportunity to have the internship within relevant host companies.
Action Taken
SET WIL is to discuss the potential match of interns with host organisations with the Unit Coordinator before placement. Proposed position descriptions for the interns are now subject to approval from the Unit Coordinator.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The unit gives the students the opportunity to experience the working culture on an international platform. It allowed the students to develop other skills (eg: IT skills, stress management, communications etc) apart from Project management skills.
Recommendation
Ensure that the students are making progress in their internship and the allocated tasks meet their expectations.
Action Taken
The host prepares a task list that the CQUniversity WIL Team and the Unit Coordinator agree upon to ensure the intern will achieve the unit Learning Outcomes (LOs). Learning Outcomes include teamwork, operating in a real working environment, the intern's self-reflection capabilities, and the application of PM knowledge and skill.
Source: SUTE/Email
Feedback
The unit seems to require lots of paperwork/ assessment to complete which takes extra effort.
Recommendation
A unit update proposal to review and update the assessment tasks as well as the unit learning outcomes is deemed necessary since the unit is now being part of the Master of Construction Management course.
Action Taken
An Update Unit Proposal will be proposed in order to align with Learning Outcomes of the Master of Construction Management course, and streamline the assessment requirements.
Source: Student Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Students were highly satisfied with the overall quality of the unit
Recommendation
Expand internship opportunities to offer more students internship options. Continue with regular student discussion forums and guidance. Increase interaction with host organizations.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student Unit Evaluation
Feedback
More video resources would be helpful, update the current ones if needed
Recommendation
New resources to be uploaded to assist students with work situations encountered. Update or replace existing audio-visual materials.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Learning material could be better organised.
Recommendation
The Moodle site will be streamlined, and fuller use of other platforms such as MSTeams will be made to make learning materials more accessible to students.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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