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This subject requires you to do a practical placement, please see Additional Requirements for more information.
Professional Placement
Postgraduate | TAS-HEJ708 | 2023
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- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
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 your 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-2023 - Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
Additional requirements
- Placement requirements - A minimum of 10 days placement or equivalent is required
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
PostgraduateTAS-SCM-GDI