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Unit description

Assists students to reflect, at a higher level, on the relationship between their academic studies and the workplace environment, by providing a minimum 300 hours of practical workplace experience over a further 10 week period following successful completion of Industry Internship A.

Unit content

Students have the opportunity to complete an extended internship within an appropriate hospitality organisation, in Australia or overseas. In most cases, Industry Internship B will be completed in the same organisations as was chosen for Industry Internship B.

Industry Internship B may only be taken after successful completion of Industry Internship A to form a 600-hour 20 week placement across the 2 units. Unit Assessor approval is required for both Internship units.

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1Review and adjust workplace goalsCommunication and social skills
2Evaluate challenges and design solutions within the work environment of a hotel settingCreativityLifelong learning
3Be a reflective hotel professionalCreativityCommunication and social skills
4Apply appropriate leadership concepts to the current workplace settingCreativityLifelong learning

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Review and adjust workplace goals
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  2. Evaluate challenges and design solutions within the work environment of a hotel setting
    • GA2: Creativity
    • GA5: Lifelong learning
  3. Be a reflective hotel professional
    • GA2: Creativity
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  4. Apply appropriate leadership concepts to the current workplace setting
    • GA2: Creativity
    • GA5: Lifelong learning

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every session. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Fee information

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