School: Business and Law

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  • Unit Title

    Professional Internship I
  • Unit Code

    FBL6505
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    5
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Kim FEDDEMA

Description

In this unit, students will undertake an internship with a public, private or not-for-profit organisation which is relevant to their academic studies. This will enable students to develop a broad range of work-related skills, knowledge and contacts which will enhance their technical and professional capabilities and career goals. Students must complete a minimum of 225 hours of work with a host organisation. The terms of the internship are flexible and may be negotiated between the student, Unit Coordinator/Lecturer and host organisation. Students will be expected to take responsibility for their own learning outcomes. Internship hosts will be secured through the School of Business and Law Work Integrated Learning team or can be organised by the students themselves. Any opportunities secured by students will be vetted to ensure they provide a meaningful learning experience. Terms of payment, if any, will be negotiated on an individual basis. Enrolment into this unit is by application ONLY and enrolment into the course will not guarantee a place on the internship program. Entry requires students to participate in a recruitment and selection process. As this unit focuses on the personal and professional development of the individual, no RPL will be considered for this unit.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed 120 credit points.

Incompatible Rule

Incompatible with BUS6900 Management Practicum.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply technical skills and knowledge to a relevant program of work in a professional work environment.
  2. Demonstrate ethical behaviour and professional conduct in a work environment.
  3. Demonstrate the use of professional capabilities required to succeed in a professional work environment.
  4. Produce a professional skills portfolio which demonstrates critical reflective practice and effective contribution to the work environment.

Unit Content

  1. Completion of internship in an approved, professional work environment.
  2. Professional conduct and ethical behaviour in the workplace.
  3. Interacting, collaborating and networking with professionals in an Australian work environment.
  4. Development of a professional portfolio to demonstrate application of disciplinary knowledge and professional capabilities in a professional work environment.
  5. Self-assessment and critical reflection of performance and contribution to the professional work environment.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 11 x 1.5 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 21 x 1.5 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

WIL - Internship, Clinical or Professional placement (off-campus)

Students will undertake, and be assessed on, authentic activities through engagement with industry and community partners.

Work done in an actual workplace in which the student applies discipline-specific knowledge and skills, supervised by an industry professional separate from an ECU campus or location.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will be required to participate in an on-campus or online induction on the requirements and procedures for completing an Internship, including documentation and risk management compliance. Student learning will be directed by the Unit Coordinator/Lecturer and there will be ongoing liaison between the Unit Coordinator/Lecturer and student to ensure effective performance in the program of work and achievement of learning outcomes during the Internship period. Students will need to maintain regular email contact and may be asked to participate in face-to-face, online or telephone meetings with the Unit Coordinator/Lecturer.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProgram of Work Appraisal25%
PortfolioPortfolio75%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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