COIT13238 - Industry Work Placement

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General Information

Unit Synopsis

Industry Work Placement provides you with an opportunity to reflect on the Information and Communications Technology course through a paid, supervised Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience. You will apply the knowledge and skills that you have gained in your academic units to this work environment. You will practise your soft skills such as teamwork and communication skills in an authentic work environment. You will reflect on your strength and weaknesses in knowledge and skills, related both to your discipline and workplace experience for future improvement. You will evaluate how your university studies prepared you for the industry. Your industry supervisors will also provide you with feedback to assist this reflective process.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Application Development major:

Pre-requisites: COIT12200 Software Design and Development AND COIT12207 Internet Applications AND COIT12208 ICT Project Management

Co-requisites: COIT13229 Applied Distributed Systems AND COIT13234 Mobile Software Development

Business Analysis major:

Pre-requisites: COIT12203 Workflow Analysis and Management AND COIT12208 ICT Project Management

Co-requisites: COIS13013 Business Intelligence AND COIT13231 Enterprise Analysis and Modelling

Cyber Security major:

Pre-requisites: COIT12202 Network Security Concepts AND COIT12208 ICT Project Management

Co-requisites: COIT13146 System and Network Administration AND (COIT13240 Applied Cryptography OR COIT13229 Applied Distributed Systems)

Head of Course approval is required for any deviation from the requisites for your major.

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).

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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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Undergraduate 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 100%

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.

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

No previous feedback available

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.

Source: The Unit Coordinator's reflection
Feedback:
 More placements for students are expected.

Recommendation:
 Continuously improve the industry engagement plan from the school level: more industry engagement activities are recommended.

Action Taken:
 Industry engagement activities are organised. All students in this unit have been successfully placed.
Source: Student Feedback, Self Reflection
Feedback:
 Students enjoyed their placements, as this presented them with a great learning opportunity.

Recommendation:
 Student learning can be enhanced by being in regular touch with the Unit Coordinator to gain guidance on any workplace issues faced during placements

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply ICT knowledge and skills in an authentic work environment
  2. Practise soft skills such as teamwork and communication skills in an authentic work environment
  3. Evaluate how your university studies prepared you for a job in the industry
  4. Critically reflect on strengths and weaknesses in knowledge and skills, related both to your discipline and workplace experience.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is adopted by organisations, governments and individuals in many countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles. ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile.

This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA 8 (the SFIA code is included):

  • Specialist advice (TECH)
  • Technology service management (ITMG)
  • Methods and tools (METL)
  • Application support (ASUP)
  • Problem management (PBMG)
  • Learning and development management (ETMG)
  • Professional development (PDSV)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
5 - Team Work • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • • •
9 - Social Innovation • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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