Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Amin Beheshti
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Credit points |
Credit points
8
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ITEC812(D) and permission by special approval
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The industry-based internship unit helps MIT students gain experience in the industry. For the major part of the unit, students work with both an industry and an academic supervisor to complete a major IT project or a few smaller IT projects. Project topics will be agreed between the University, the student and the industry partner. Candidates may complete the project work at the industry partner's location or their own place of employment, subject to University approval. Assessment will be based on a combination of written reports and presentations. This unit provides an opportunity for students to complete an internship part-time over the course of a semester.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
This is a part-time internship unit. The student works 2.5 days/week at the work place. Whereas in itec897, student works full-time at the work place. This is the only difference between the two internship units in terms of learning outcomes. This would naturally effect the length of the reports submitted as well as the projects completed within the internship duration.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Mid-term Report & Presentation | 40% | No | Week 5 |
Internship Presentation | 10% | No | Week 13 |
Internship office report | 50% | No | Week 13 |
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 40%
This report and its presentation is evaluated by the unit convenor. The presentation is worth 10%, and the mid-term internship report 30%.
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 10%
A 15 minute presentation with powerpoint (or related) slides, articulating experiences gained in the internship, thoughts, reflections etc.
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 50%
This report is presented to both the unit convenor and the internship company and evaluated by the supervisor at the work place. Internship office report has two separate evaluations as follows:
1. Internship Grade
Your response to this question will be worth 25% of your intern’s final academic result. Please use the following guidelines to establish what grade you will assign to your intern:
0-14 the intern's quality of work was below standard the intern's effort was poor the intern was not professional the intern had little desire for improvement and learning 15-19 the intern's quality of work met your expectations the intern's effort was sufficient the intern was sufficiently professional the intern sufficiently desired improvement and learning
20-25 the intern's quality of work exceeded your expectation the intern's effort was well above your expectations the intern was very professional the intern strongly desired to improve and learn
2. Intern Reference
Please provide a written reference for the student to use when applying for future jobs. The response from this question will be given to the intern in an official letter. Please provide a minimum of 4 sentences for this reference.
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
Provided by the workplace (Monday to Friday).
Report submissions and presentations have to be submitted on ilearn.
Monday to Friday is typically spent at the workplace.
Student must schedule either a meeting with the convenor of the course or send emails fortnightly on the progress of the internship.
There is no final examination but you are expected to submit an Internship report. If you are not available at that time, there is no guarantee an additional examination time will be offered. Specific examination dates and times will be determined at a later date.
There are no hurdles in this unit.
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When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use of IT Resources Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.
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