The degree includes two preparation units, a 300-hour internship, and a 600-hour placement, which are all designed to help you think about career direction, prepare for contemporary professional environments, gain early experience, and complete a more substantial near-graduation placement.

The internship and placement are both types of work experience. The internship is a shorter exploratory stage of early professional experience, and the placement provides more substantial professional experience for when you are further advanced in your degree and can contribute at a higher level.  

Our dedicated work-integrated learning team will help you to identify, source, and formalise suitable opportunities. Both the internship and placement should be broadly aligned with the skills and direction of your study, but the alignment is intentionally interpreted with some flexibility.

Your 300-hour internship can be completed part-time across a semester, full-time during a break, or through another approved arrangement. This is particularly useful if you are already in part-time professional work and would prefer not to suspend all other commitments.

Some of the placements will be paid and some may not be, depending on the employer, the industry, and the nature of the role. If your existing work/job is sufficiently relevant and can be documented properly, existing employment may count toward the required hours.