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2024 unit information
Trimester 1: Placement
Trimester 2: Placement
Trimester 3: Placement
Enrolment by application only. Refer to note below.
Completion of 4 credit points prior to enrolling in this unit.
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.
Experiences are largely program based, and students will be provided clearer guidelines based on program when applying. Generally, experiences will require 80-160 hours of contact as part of planned program and may require substantial time developing project outside of regular assessment.
Students must attend and participate in experience-based activities on the scheduled days, as outlined in their agreement/experience outline. All students will be required to have completed specific WIL pre-placement modules (approximately 2 hours) prior to commencing their first WIL experience.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
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.
This unit provides students with the opportunity to undertake an authentic learning experience with an innovative and entrepreneurial focus. The experience undertaken will allow students to develop their critical thinking, communication and self-management skills as they gain exposure to real world experiences as an entrepreneur and innovator.
Students will critically reflect upon their experience, relevant graduate attributes and employability competencies through a progressive assessment process.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:
Develop a business model/idea, design and execute business validation experiments and iterate possible solutions to customers’ needs/problems.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2
GLO6: Self-management
ULO3
Communicate in professional settings with a diverse range of others for professional purposes.
ULO4
Evaluate and evidence skills in working with others in professional settings.
Assessment Description
Assessment 1: (Portfolio) Learning Portfolio designed around the WIL experience
A learning portfolio is comprised of a range of different assessment tasks which can include a written report, a supervisor evaluation, a presentation, and a post-experience reflective task.
Specific task details will be available on the Unit Site.
Any group-based tasks do not constitute more than 50% of the overall assessment for the unit
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.
Students must successfully complete the WIL pre-placement modules to ensure they are aware of relevant support services and the rights and responsibilities of themselves and their host before they can attain access to the unit dropboxes, attend all sessions, and submit the reflection assessment task as part of the portfolio to evidence a minimum proficiency in the aligned course learning outcomes included in this unit
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library at the link here: MWL717 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.
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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