JN3300 - Industry Internship

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

Students enrolling in this subject must consult with the subject co-ordinator, who will be responsible for organising a suitable placement.

This subject introduces students to work-integrated learning. After early-semester weekly seminars prepare and educate professional practice skills, JN3300 students take up industry placements to gain valuable hands-on experience. Internships require professional relationships between each student and the organisation in which they are placed, as they work to meet their obligations under negotiated agreements. Interns write or otherwise produce publishable work, providing important material for resumes after graduation. In the later part of semester, JN3300 seminars enable students to showcase and analyse their experiences in the workplace.

Learning Outcomes

• to practise working to industry deadlines;
• to develop a portfolio of published, broadcast or public relations material;
• to develop skills to industry standards and to learn the demands and pressures of the work environment.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Assumed Knowledge:

To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Amy Forbes
Contact hours:	12 hours workshops/Seminars 80 hours professional experience
Assessment:	presentations (25%); portfolio of published or broadcast work, supervised and signed off by workplace supervisor. other appropriate material may be included with the agreement of the jcu supervisor (30%); assignments (15%); supervisor's report (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Attendance at the nominated workplace for stipulated working hours is essential.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Lindsay Simpson
Contact hours:	12 hours workshops/Seminars 80 hours professional experience
Assessment:	presentations (25%); portfolio of published or broadcast work, supervised and signed off by workplace supervisor. other appropriate material may be included with the agreement of the jcu supervisor (30%); assignments (15%); supervisor's report (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Attendance at the nominated workplace for stipulated working hours is essential.
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 6
Census Date 24-Jun-2010
Face to face teaching (First face-to-face meeting will be on 11 June 2010. Placements will be assigned. Other meeting dates will be arranged with students.)
Coord/Lect:	Dr Amy Forbes.
Contact hours:	10 hours workshops/Seminars 95 hours professional experience
Assessment:	supervisor's report/appraisal (30%); assignments (30%); portfolio of published or broadcast work, supervised and signed off by workplace supervisor. other appropriate material may be included with the agreement of the jcu supervisor (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Attendance at the nominated workplace for stipulated working hours is essential.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.