Overview
This unit places successful applicants with a suitable pre-approved host organization for 10 weeks. It provides students with an opportunity to experience a real-life work environment as part of their Master program studies and is classified as vocational placement in the Australian Fair Work Act. This means the focus is on learning rather than performing employee tasks, and host organisations are required to commit to facilitating this learning. Students continue to enjoy access to CQU IT systems, facilities and staff for support, and are obliged to submit both SET Work Integrated Learning (WIL) reports as well as academic assignments to successfully complete the unit. These are intended to document and reflect on the learning experiences and on the host organisation's contribution to the intern's professional development. A virtual or physical site visit by university staff is held during the term as an additional quality control measure.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: Most internships are offered through a provider. To be eligible, students need to apply for an internship, pass all units on the first try, and complete all other units in their study plan prior to undertaking an internship. The student requires a minimum GPA of 5.75. To ensure these criteria are met prior to forwarding eligible applications to WIL for processing, the Student Advisers review all applications. The students must undergo a series of interviews with providers and potential internship host organisations before being placed with a host. Only after all processes are completed and students are offered a placement are they enrolled in this unit. Permission to enrol ensures that students do not self-enrol. If you do not pass all prior units on the first attempt, you will not be eligible to enrol in this unit, and therefore, you must either enrol in 'Research Stream' units or 'Practicum Stream' units. Anti-requisites: If you have completed any units from the 'Research Stream' or 'Practicum Stream' you cannot enrol in this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback and UC observation
Learning materials and assessments were not fully aligned with the needs of the cohort.
The unit is to be updated to be relevant to both Master of Project Management and Master of Construction Management students. The revised Learning Outcomes will then inform revised assessments and curriculum.
Feedback from Student feedback
The lecturer provided valuable learning, and the WIL Team provided great support.
Continue to improve the unit to provide a valuable real-life work experience and instill employability skills in graduates.
Feedback from Student feedback and UC observation
Site visits proved immensely valuable, however due to logistics were held late in the internship, and some had to be held online.
Start planning site visits as early as possible in the term and endeavor to conduct as many as possible in person.
- Apply and appraise acquired discipline knowledge and skill in the context of a real-life work environment.
- Discuss discipline-relevant legal and ethical issues in the performing of work duties.
- Display enhanced interpersonal and critical thinking skills in a real-life work environment.
- Critically reflect on the personal, professional and academic learning that has occurred during this experience.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 0% | ||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 0% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
z.abunada@cqu.edu.au
l.bauwmans@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to the internship
Chapter
Objectives of an internship
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Start of internship with Host organisation
Online meeting with UC and CQU SET Internships representative
Students introduce themselves
Clarification of roles and supervision
Introduction to assessments
Initial Q&A
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Self-reflective practice
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online meeting with UC and CQU SET Internships representative
Prepare student reflections for WIL week 4 submission
Assessment task discussion
Q&A
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online meeting with UC and CQU SET Internships representative
Highlight potential challenges to the achievement of the ULO's and unit objectives.
Assessment task discussion
Q&A
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Site visits commence
Discussions with host supervisors and students.
Issue resolution (if any) with CQU WIL.
Module/Topic
How are we doing: Mid-point evaluation
Chapter
Students to share the knowledge and skills they have gained
Challenges
New Experiences
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online meeting with UC and CQU SET Internships representative
Feedback from mid-point evaluation
Assessment task discussion
Q&A
Site visits continue
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Site visits continue
Module/Topic
Assessment 1A submission
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Final online meeting with UC and CQU SET Internships representative
Assessment 1A due Friday (presentation)
Q&A
Site visits continue
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Final week of internship within Host organisation.
Site visits finalised
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Assessment 1B submission
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1B due Friday (Portfolio)
CQU SET Internships final evaluation form due
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Presentation
This is a Pass/Fail assessment and ALL students are expected to submit on time. Failing to submit the assessment item may lead to Fail grade.
Students prepare, record and submit a presentation on their progress in achieving the Unit Learning Outcomes through their engagement in the Host organisation.
A Powerpoint template is provided. Deliverables are a Powerpoint presentation document, and a Youtube link to the recorded presentation.
Students may also expect to provide an oral presentation- if requested- during an ad hoc zoom meeting
This assessment is a pass/fail, non-graded assessment.
No submission method provided.
- Apply and appraise acquired discipline knowledge and skill in the context of a real-life work environment.
- Discuss discipline-relevant legal and ethical issues in the performing of work duties.
- Display enhanced interpersonal and critical thinking skills in a real-life work environment.
- Critically reflect on the personal, professional and academic learning that has occurred during this experience.
2 Portfolio
Students prepare a portfolio of weekly work performed towards achievement of the Unit Learning Outcomes, for the full duration of their engagement in the Host organisation.
A MS Word template is provided. Deliverable is the completed portfolio per week including final reflections.
Week 12 Friday (6 June 2025)
This assessment is a pass/fail, non-graded assessment. To pass the assessment, student Must submit the portfolio as per the MS Word template provided
No submission method provided.
- Apply and appraise acquired discipline knowledge and skill in the context of a real-life work environment.
- Display enhanced interpersonal and critical thinking skills in a real-life work environment.
- Critically reflect on the personal, professional and academic learning that has occurred during this experience.
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
