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MECO6928: Media and Communication Internship
This Department of Media and Communications (MECO) capstone unit of study offers Master degree students a placement with a host organisation, for 20 days (140 hours), in roles related to their degree. Internships provide work-integrated learning opportunities to enhance employability. Typical placement tasks include multi-media content creation, social media communication, digital media design and engagement, public relations and client-facing media, editing and publishing, health promotion and marketing.
| Code | MECO6928 |
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| Academic unit | Media and Communications |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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48 credit points including 18 credit points of core units from Media Practice or Publishing or Strategic Public Relations or Health Communication or Digital Communication and Culture degree tables |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6932 or MECO6935 or MECO6947 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Apply knowledge and skills developed in the degree program to complete scheduled tasks in specific organisational settings, and be able to explain the concept of work-integrated learning.
- LO2. Critically reflect and comment on the process of integrating degree and workplace learning, and evaluate its impact on your employability.
- LO3. Research and write an industry report exploring the employment outlooks for digital, media, and communication professionals, and evaluate one or more current issues and/or challenges in your specific industry sector.
- LO4. Create conceptual media production that supports professional practice, networking and/or job-seeking, scrutinise, and evaluate the challenges of maintaining a professional online presence.
- LO5. Be familiar with the ethical issues and professional relationships encountered in media and communications industry settings, and be able to explain their importance.
- LO6. Present information clearly and succinctly in written, oral, and visual forms.
Unit outlines
Unit outlines will be available 1 week before the first day of teaching for the relevant session.
- Semester 1, 2023 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive June, 2023 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2023 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive December, 2023 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 1, 2020 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2020 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 1, 2021 [Normal day] - Remote
- Semester 1, 2021 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2021 [Normal day] - Remote
- Semester 2, 2021 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive December, 2021 [Block mode] - Remote
- Intensive December, 2021 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 1, 2022 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive June, 2022 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2022 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive December, 2022 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive June, 2020 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive December, 2020 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive June, 2021 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive June, 2021 [Block mode] - Remote
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