Overview

The International Internship is an opportunity for students to undertake an extended 'real world learning' experience and gain valuable work experience in an international setting. This unit will support the development of students’ professional knowledge and capabilities, cultural competencies, and career development through observation of work practice in an international setting, participation in discussions and reflection on work, self-management, cultural contexts and internship experience. The unit allows students to work with an organisation for an extended period (30 to 60 days).

On completion of the unit, students will have:

  • Engaged meaningfully in work environments in an international context
  • Critically evaluated the relationship between theory and practice within a disciplinary area
  • Critically reflected on the interactions between disciplinary knowledge, practice and career development
  • Reflected on professional development and self-awareness in relation to cultural competency development
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Negotiate work integrated learning goals that are relevant to your discipline and workplace expectations.
  • Apply appropriate disciplinary skills and knowledge and critically reflect on their use in a real-world international workplace setting
  • Demonstrate effective professional communication for a range of audiences within the workplace and industry
  • Reflect on work, self-management, and learning throughout the internship for improved knowledge, practice, cultural competency and career development.
  • Reflect on industry feedback for improved practice and career development.

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online Contact 
Online Learning Activities
1.50  12 weeks  18
Placement
Placement
25.00  12 weeks  300
Specified Activities
Internship preparation and cross-cultural training (hurdle requirement)
These activities comprise a mix of online learning modules and a pre-internship preparation workshop
5.00  1 week  5
TOTAL     323

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Online Discussion Threads Individual  0% 2,4,5
Progress Evaluation Individual  0% 1,3,4,5
Learning Plan Individual  0% 1,3
Presentation Individual  0%
2,3,4

Hurdle

This is a Pass Only unit and you must submit and pass all assessment to be awarded a pass. You are also required to attend a mandatory induction session prior to departure for internship preparation and cross-cultural training.

Content

This unit provides supported work-based learning in a real-world international context and the objectives of this unit are educational, not commercial. Students will be situated in a workplace setting and be supported by an industry supervisor and educators through teaching and supervision.

 Topics for the unit comprise:

  • Professional reflective practice
  • Cultural Competency
  • Global Citizenship
  • Career Development Learning

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.