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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Amin Beheshti
Contact via +61 (2) 9850 6344
Room 365, BD Building
By Appointment
Yan Wang
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Credit points |
Credit points
20
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(Admission to MInfoTechNetworking or MInfoSysMgmt or MInfoTechCyberSec and 60cp at 8000 level) and WAM>=75
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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 students gain experience in industry. Students work with both industry and academic supervisors to complete a major IT project or a few smaller IT projects in situ. 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. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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The unit is assessed through three components: Mid-term Report & Presentation, Internship Presentation, and Internship final report. The unit does not have hurdle assessments.
This is a part-time internship unit (20 Credit Points). The student works 2.5 days/week at the work place. For full-time internship the students will require to enroll in COMP8860 + COMP8851 units in 1 semester.
In full-time internship unit (40 Credit points), the student works 5 days/week at the work place. This is the only difference between the full-time and part-time internship units in terms of learning outcomes. This would naturally affect the length of the reports submitted as well as the projects completed within the internship duration.
The Company offers a job to the candidate after internship: The student's quality of work exceeded the company expectation, the student's effort was well above Company's expectations, the student was very professional and the student strongly desired to improve and learn.
The Company would shortlist the candidate and invite him/her for an interview, after the internship: The student's quality of work met the company expectations, the student's effort was sufficient, the student was sufficiently professional, and the student sufficiently desired improvement and learning.
The Company would shortlist the candidate but NOT invite him/her for an interview, after the internship: The student's quality of work was below standard but met the company expectations, the student's effort was poor, the student was not professional, the student had little desire for improvement and learning.
The student's quality of work didn't met the company expectations but the student's effort Provided sufficient evidence of the achievement of projects's learning outcomes.
The student's quality of work didn't met the company expectations and the student's effort did not provide evidence of attainment of project's learning outcomes.
Late Submission
No extensions will be granted without an approved application for Special Consideration. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late. For example, 25 hours late in submission for an assignment worth 10 marks – 20% penalty or 2 marks deducted from the total. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted.
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Provided by the workplace (Monday to Friday).
Report submissions and presentations have to be submitted on ilearn.
Presentations are held in week5 and week13 in a Postgraduate workshop and schedule will be declared on ilearn.
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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.
Week5 and week13 presentations are compulsory for the students.
There is no final examination but you are expected to submit an Internship report. If you apply for Disruption to Study for your final report, you must make yourself available for weeks 5 and 13. 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. Second-chance hurdle examinations will also be offered in the week 14. Results will be released by end of week 14. You will be notified shortly after that date of your eligibility for a hurdle retry and you must also make yourself available during that week to take advantage of this opportunity.
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
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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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23/02/2020 | Assessment Tasks updated. |