Business Placement
PostgraduateTAS-BAA7082024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Business Placement
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Apply acquired skills, capabilities and knowledge from university studies to a work-based project
- Critically analyse learned skills and knowledge required to complete a practical work-based project.
- Communicate in discipline and context specific language within a work-based project.
- Module 1: An introduction to the placement program, assessment items and expectations for the semester
- Module 2: Employability Skills, LinkedIn, Introduction of Context, Action and Result (CAR)
- Module 3: Reflection, Resume and Interview application Context, Action and Result (CAR) technique
This subject is available in a number of postgraduate degrees, HDR, or combined postgraduate degrees, offered by the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics (TSBE).
You will undertake a work-based project with a public, private or not-for-profit business. Placements are matched and related to your course with a designated placement mentor from the organisation supporting student learning during the placement period. The subject is at level 700 and integrates work and learning.
- Recorded Presentation and Briefing Document (30%)
- Placement Application and Engagement (40%)
- Showcase Presentation and Reflection (30%)
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:
Elective
- TAS-MPA-MAS-2024 - Master of Professional Accounting
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Please note, enrolment in this unit is subject to an application and acceptance process which can be found at https://www.utas.edu.au/corporate-internship-program/student-information and in consultation with the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics Business Placement Coordinator.
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
Master of Professional Accounting
PostgraduateTAS-MPA-MAS