ACC318 - Communication and Creative Arts Internship B

Unit details

Note: You are seeing the 2019 view of this unit information. These details may no longer be current.
Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1, Trimester 2 and Trimester 3: Internship unit

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Bronwyn Kirby

Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Bronwyn Kirby

Trimester 3 Unit Chair:

Bronwyn Kirby

Prerequisite:

This internship unit can only be undertaken after the successful completion of 12 credit points (or equivalent) of which at least 4 must be core units in the course or major in which the student is enrolled and seeking the placement

Students also require permission from the Head of Discipline and/or Unit Chair who will take into account a range of factors including academic history and the nature of the placement

Enrolment in an internship unit is dependent on the availability of a suitable workplace or equivalent and agreed project or program of work

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

AAV384, ACD321, ACM321, ACP321, ACV309, ALC313, ALJ322, ALW351, ALX321

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Online independent learning and a minimum of 100 internship placement hours with an approved host organisation.

Note:

All students must complete the following three-step internship application process:

  1. Prepare: Complete the ArtsEd Pre-Internship Program in CloudDeakin.
  2. Secure: Identify, research and contact potential host organisations. Negotiate your tasks, goals, hours, and supervision arrangements.
  3. Register: *Apply online to have your internship approved. Students cannot commence their internship or enrol in this unit until they have applied online and received approval from the Faculty of Arts and Education Work Integrated Learning team.

*Please note that internship applications need to be registered at least two weeks before commencing an internship. Students will have the best success if they commence their research, planning and preparation early.

Please contact the Faculty of Arts and Education WIL Team for more information -  prepare, secure and register an internship: deakin.edu.au/artsed-wil

Content

This Internship unit, available to all students in Communication and Creative Arts courses, is an internship placement with an approved host organisation. Internships may be undertaken across a very broad range of industries such as creative arts industry sectors, corporate/government/community organizations, associations and practitioners involved in the fields of writing/publishing/editing, visual communication design, dance/performance/theatre production, film, video, television, radio, sound, animation, web design, photography, visual arts, and communications/digital media.

Students may take both of the Communication and Creative Arts Internships A & B (ACC317 & ACC318), subject to approval, either sequentially or at the same time to enable longer or more intensive placement, or to experience two different placements.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) - Workplace profile (1600 words or equivalent) - 40%

Assessment 2 (Individual) - Internship Reflection (2000 words or equivalent) - 50%

Assessment 3 (Individual) - Behavioural Interview Preparation (600 words or equivalent) - 10%

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