Name: Melissa Connor
Location: Nexus 10, 10 Pulteney Street, Adelaide
Telephone: 8313 3438
Email: melissa.connor@adelaide.edu.au

Information for students, go to the Professions Internship Program

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Identify skills and capabilities that intersect effectively with the needs of industry.
2. Apply and practice good communication skills in a variety of professional and/or cultural contexts.
3. Reflect and evaluate on experiences that might lead to future employment.
4. Use communication and presentation skills to provide briefs, reports and presentations in line with current professional standards.
5. Demonstrate the application of research skills to critically evaluate information and communicate to others.

Learning Resources for this course are available on the MyUni course site. These include; academic readings, assignment how-to guides, video modules and rubrics.

For more information on Internships see the Professions Internship Program website.

Course resources and rubrics are available on MyUni.

This course is based on the principles of experiential learning and requires students to be placed in a business environment with workplace supervision and mentoring. Students will also be expected to meet one-on-one with an academic supervisor to discuss the nature of their academic project for assessment.

The academic staff member will be available throughout the duration of the work placement to advise or assist you with any content-related issues you face in the workplace. There are also online video modules to complete.

In addition to the scheduled contact, students are required to undertake sufficient research, group and individual study hours, and assessment preparation to make up the balance of the 156 hour minimum workload for this course.

The course follows the principles of Work Integrated Learning, with a majority of the learning activities occuring in the workplace and in collaboration with the host organisation project supervisor.

#	Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Length	Learning Outcomes
1	Online Modules x 3	Individual	10%	10-15 Minutes each	1,3
2	Journals x 3	Individual	30%	500 words each journal	2-4
3	Reflective Report	Individual	50%	3,000 words	1, 3
4	Host organisation Supervisor feedback	Individual	10%	N/A	1, 3, 4, 5
	Total		100%

Any modifications to assessment dates should be negotiated directly with the academic supervisor.

• Students must complete the program to the satisfaction of their host organisation as well as an academic supervisor to be eligible to pass this course, otherwise it will result in a fail.
• Extensions to the due date of individual assessment may be granted under special circumstances. Students applying for an extension based on medical or compassionate reasons must visit their medical practitioner, with the approved University Application for Assessment Extension, and have the medical practitioner complete it. A normal doctor's certificate will not be accepted.
• Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process.
• Assessment rubrics are provided in the Professions Internship Handbook and Course Guide.

Refer to MyUni for assessment information and rubrics

Assignment 1 – Internship Online Modules 10%
Due Date: Week 1 and Week 13 of semester

You are required to complete 3 Online Modules.

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Assignment 2 – Journal x 3 30%
Length: 500 words each Journal

This will document the activities you have undertaken, as well as key insights and reflections that you have on the benefits and value of the Internship. Discuss critical issues or tasks that you face and how you are going about responding to those.

Content you use might include (if approved by your host organisation):

• Internal Communications from within the organisation
• Photos, videos and screenshots of your “day to day”
• Simple “diarising” of your week
• Modelling and analysis, theories or formulas you are utilising

This journal should demonstrate that you are reflecting on your internship experience, comparing theory to practice and measuring your own progress towards objectives.

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Assignment 3 – Internship Reflective Report 50%
Due Date: Week 13 of semester (approximate length – 3,000 words in total)

In this task you will complete a reflective report of professional standard on the actual internship experience with discussion of connections or differences between theory and practice. You should also detail the outcomes of your internship placement and evaluate the outcomes achieved against those planned at the outset of the internship.

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Assignment 4 - Host organisation Supervisor feedback 10%
Due Date: Week 13

• Cover Sheet: Please submit, separate to your assignment, the completed University of Adelaide Assessment Cover Sheet providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work. Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments: You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing. Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Teaching Staff prior to submission.
• Extensions on Assessments:  An application for Assessment Extension should be made at least 5 days before the due date of the assignment to the Course Coordinator.  Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date.  Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine medical, compassionate or extenuating circumstances.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade. Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late. Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.
• Assignment Guidelines including Referencing Details: For Writing Resources, Referencing Guides and how to Avoid Plagiarism, make sure you take advantage of the resources of the Writing Centre