MWL318 - Internship

Unit details

Year	2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Practical Experience (Placement) Trimester 2: Practical Experience (Placement) Trimester 3: Practical Experience (Placement) Enrolment by application only. Refer to note below.
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 1: Ruby Ma Trimester 2: Ruby Ma Trimester 3: Ruby Ma
Prerequisite:	Completion of 8 credit points prior to enrolling in this unit.
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	Nil
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:	Contact hours will vary based on experience. All offerings will comprise of WIL experience related contact (approximately 80-160 hours) plus approximately 20-40 hours for individual reflection and assessment. Some experiences may require additional compulsory orientation events.
Typical study commitment:	Contact hours will vary based on experience. All offerings will comprise of WIL experience related contact (approximately 80-160 hours) plus approximately 20-40 hours for individual reflection and assessment. Approved placements may extend to 240 hours maximum. Students must attend and participate in experience-based activities on the scheduled days, as outlined in their agreement/experience outline.All students are required to complete specific WIL pre-placement modules (approximately 2 hours) prior to commencing their first WIL experience.
Note: Business & Law Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units are by application only and quotas may apply. Please visit the website for further information and how to apply. Please contact the Faculty WIL team at bl-wil@deakin.edu.au for any enquiries. Please use your Deakin email and state your student ID in all correspondence.

Content

The unit is designed to allow students to undertake a short-term (80-160 hours) business placement as part of their studies and provides them with an opportunity to explore suitable vocations, gain practical employment experience and develop professional work habits such as teamwork, ethical conduct, effective workplace communication and self-management.

Students will critically reflect upon their experience, relevant graduate attributes and employability competencies through a progressive assessment process.

Learning Outcomes

ULO	These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
ULO1	Work constructively and collaboratively with a diversity of others in a professional setting.	GLO7: Teamwork
ULO2	Plan, monitor, evaluate and reflect on professional learning and skill development.	GLO6: Self-management
ULO3	Communicate in professional settings with a diverse range of others for professional and academic purposes.	GLO2: Communication

Assessment

Assessment Description	Student output	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Portfolio) Learning Portfolio designed around the WIL experience A learning portfolio is comprised of a range of different assessment tasks. In this unit the portfolio consists of 4 individual assessment tasks, a pre-planning report, your host’s evaluation, response (a report and/or presentation) evidencing your achievement of the unit learning outcomes and a recorded interview. Specific task details are available on the unit site. The group-based tasks do not constitute more than 50% of the overall assessment for the unit.	equivalent to 4,000 words	100%	Various submissions are due over the course of the program based on your internship dates.

Assessment Description

Student output

Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)

Indicative due week

Assessment 1: (Portfolio) Learning Portfolio designed around the WIL experience

A learning portfolio is comprised of a range of different assessment tasks. In this unit the portfolio consists of 4 individual assessment tasks, a pre-planning report, your host’s evaluation, response (a report and/or presentation) evidencing your achievement of the unit learning outcomes and a recorded interview. Specific task details are available on the unit site.
The group-based tasks do not constitute more than 50% of the overall assessment for the unit.

equivalent to 4,000 words

100%

Various submissions are due over the course of the program based on your internship dates.

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.

Hurdle requirement

Hurdle requirement:

1. Students must successfully complete the WIL pre-placement modules before they can attain access to the unit dropboxes.

2. Achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the portfoliotask that requires reflection on the ULOs to evidence a minimum proficiency.

3. Students must attend all scheduled sessions.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for MWL318 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

Unit Fee Information

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