Work Experience/Placement
Duration
- 1 Semester
Contact hours
- 60 hours (approx.) industry placement
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
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This subject aims to promote the value of effective membership in and an understanding of the importance of networking within professional environments. Students are placed in professional placements and are required to reflect on what it means to be part of a professional community.
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Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Placement takes place in a supervised work environment. NB: This unit is not available to international students.
Assessment
Workplace Report 60%, Class Participation 20%, Placement 20%.
General skills outcomes
Students are expected to develop a number of graduate attributes, resulting in graduates who are:
- Capable in their chosen professional areas.
- Entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community.
- Operate effectively and ethically in work and community situations.
- Adaptable and manage change.
- Aware of local and international environments.
Content
This subject is designed to allow students, not currently employed by a media organisation, to undertake an extended workplace experience. Students who are currently employed by a media organisation will also be expected to write an extended report on their workplace or may elect to undertake placement at a different media organisation. As well as providing students with valuable contacts within the industry, this subject aims to encourage students to critically examine workplace practices in the media industry at a time of significant technological and cultural change.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Gowing, R. Making your work placement effective: a student guide to enriching workplace learning (Melbourne : RMIT Publishing, 1997).