APE301 - Professional Practice Internship
Unit details
Year: | 2020 unit information |
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Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 3, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of trimester. Last updated: 5 October 2020 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online Trimester 2: Online Trimester 3: Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Katherine Barrand Trimester 3: Tony Chalkley Trimester 1: Tony Chalkley |
Prerequisite: | Must have approval of the Unit Chair and have completed APE201 or APE202 |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | This unit will include 100-160 supervised placement hours. No formal class attendance is required, but learning resources are provided |
Content
This unit provides students with an opportunity to undertake an internship with an approved organisation as a means to develop the student’s ability to apply disciplinary knowledge, employ transversal skills in professional settings, and evidence attainment of graduate attributes that enhance future employment prospects and independent career planning.
Internship units are normally undertaken in third year (or equivalent) and enrolment is subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should look at the Faculty Student Mobility website information (deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/internships/) and are strongly advised to complete the pre-internship modules.
| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | |
ULO1 | Identify and set appropriate professional development learning goals to be achieved via completion of a discipline-relevant placement in a professional setting | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving GLO6: Self-management |
ULO2 | Explain and evidence how disciplinary knowledge gained via a specified major sequence was utilised during the placement | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO3 | Reflect critically on progress towards learning goals over the duration of the placement | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management |
ULO4 | Evaluate and evidence the impact of the placement on the development of career-relevant transversal skills and capabilities | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management |
ULO5 | Articulate and evidence how the placement has contributed towards attainment of at least one Deakin Graduate Learning Outcome | GLO2: Communication GLO5: Problem solving |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Trimester 1:Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 (Individual) - Report | 1000 words | 20% | Week 1 or 2 |
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Journal | 1500 words | 30% | Week 6 or 7 |
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Final report | 2000 words | 40% | Week 10 or 11 |
Assessment 4 (Individual) - Presentation | 2 minutes | 10% | Week 11 |
Assessment
Trimester 3:Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 (Individual) - Report | 1000 words | 20% | Week 1 or 2 |
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Journal | 1500 words | 30% | Week 6 or 7 |
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Final report | 2000 words | 40% | Week 10 or 11 |
Assessment 4 (Individual) - Presentation | 2 minutes | 10% | Week 11 |
Assessment
Trimester 2:Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 (Individual) - Report | 1000 words | 20% | Week 1 or 2 |
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Journal | 1500 words | 30% | Week 6 or 7 |
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Final report | 2000 words | 40% | Week 10 or 11 |
Assessment 4 (Individual) - Presentation | 2 minutes | 10% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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