Internship: Personal and Career Growth

Internship: Personal and Career Growth gives students an opportunity to put their academic skills into practice and develop a professional identity. Through the completion of 80 to 100 hours of self-sourced work placement, students will test themselves in a workplace environment, explore an industry of their interest and transfer generic academic skills, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and writing, to real-world, workplace situations. In addition to developing as professionals, students will engage in a process of self-discovery. A combination of seminars, peer work and academic consultations will enable students to identify areas of personal and professional growth and contextualise their placement experiences in relation to contemporary workplace trends and expectations, and potential future pathways. In this subject, students will learn by doing and reflecting on their actions, capturing their learnings in a personal/professional portfolio.