Work Integrated Learning Placement - Robotic and Biomedical Engineering (3 months)
Overview
This unit aims to support students to understand their discipline within the world of work by situating learning in a real-world context. This unit provides students the opportunity to test and understand their learnings from university via sustained paid experience working in industry.
This unit requires students to negotiate realistic learning objectives, reflect on industry feedback to develop practice and link their understanding of theory to the realities of daily work over a three month period.
Unit learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Negotiate realistic work objectives
- Contrast perceptions of your discipline studies while at university with the realities of industry practice
- Demonstrate effective communication for a range of audiences including industry
- Reflect on and evidence new disciplinary learnings within the context of industry
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Lecture | 1.00 | 1 week | 1 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Fieldwork | 1.00 | 2 weeks | 2 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Placement Placement | 31.25 | 12 weeks | 375 |
| TOTAL | 390 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation Survey | Individual | 15 - 25% | 2,3,4 |
| Mid-Placement Review | Individual | 20 - 30% | 2,3 |
| Preliminary Plan | Individual | 10 - 20% | 1,2 |
| Reflection | Individual | 35 - 45% | 2,3,4 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:
- an overall mark for the unit of 50% or more
Content
- Students will work (paid) in the industry or community placement to which they are assigned, under the supervision of their Industry Supervisor for 50-60 days in industry
- Students will, with guidance from a discipline-specific Swinburne Academic Supervisor, reflect on their professional placement experience to draw links with discipline knowledge and document the development and growth of their employability skills
- Students will be required to respond to feedback from stakeholders in ways that inform and improve future practice
- Structured learning activities will allow students the opportunity to identify and measure learning and to share experiences for a variety of audiences
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.