Last chance to study this subject for 2025—enrol by 13 July
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This subject requires you to do a practical placement, please see Additional Requirements for more information.
Professional Placement
PostgraduateTAS-HEJ7082025
- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025,
- 21 July 2025
- Price from
- $2,894
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Professional Placement
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Critically reflect on your experiences and observations while on placement.
- Create content at or above industry standards.
- Drawing on the relevant literature, contextualise your experiences on placement with the current debates and developments in the creative industries sector at a national and global level.
- Critically reflect on how your practice on placement was informed by the workplace realities, challenges and opportunities in the relevant sector.
- Refer to MyLO for study topics
In this work integrated learning subject, you will work with industry partners for no less than 80 hours (10 days) to gain workplace experience in the creative industries. At the end of this subject, you will have a portfolio of creative work undertaken while on placement. You are required to arrange an internship in consultation with the Subject Coordinator before semester, and no later than week 1, before being eligible to enrol.
- Reflective Journal (30%)
- Portfolio and Reflexive Essay (70%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-SCM-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
Additional requirements
- Placement requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Work Integrated Learning – A minimum of 10 days placement or equivalent is required. Consultation – Minimum single consultation with subject coordinator no later than Week One.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
PostgraduateTAS-SCM-GDI