Credit Points 10

Coordinator Jayne Bye Opens in new window

Description Professional Business Experience provides students with an opportunity to build career-relevant skills through a work-integrated learning experience. Students will undertake one of the following options to complete this subject – work-based internship (by approval), business project, international or domestic study tour, startup project, or volunteering experience. Students will work with the Professional Business Experience coordinator to create an individualised learning plan, designed to provide opportunities to apply knowledge and skills gained in their program and build professional skills. Completing Professional Business Experience will enhance student job-readiness and build graduate employability. To be eligible to enrol in this subject, students must have completed 120 credits points of their Bachelor of Business program.

School Business

Discipline Business and Management, Not Elsewhere Classified.

Student Contribution Band

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Level Undergraduate Level 3 subject

Equivalent Subjects BUSM 3009

Restrictions

This subject is restricted to Bachelor of Business students who have completed 120 credits points of study in programs:

1818 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business 
1819 Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Business 
1820 Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of Business 
2786 Bachelor of Business 
2788 Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws 
2840 Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
2804 Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) 
3800 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Business 
3737 Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology/Bachelor of Business
3738 Bachelor of Information & Communication Technology/B Business (Accounting)
3744 Bachelor of Information Systems/Bachelor of Business 
3745 Bachelor of Information Systems Advanced/Bachelor of Business 
4748 Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Business  

Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

1. Develop a plan for a professional learning experience that applies discipline knowledge and supports professional skill development.
2. Critically reflect on your professional learning and skill development from your professional experience.
3. Communicate the value of professional experience for career readiness using the concepts and language of graduate employability.

Subject Content

• Professional business experience preparation – understanding the goals of work-integrated learning
• Writing a learning contract
• Graduate employment and graduate employability – planning next steps and planning for a career
• Professional skills and capacities for employability
• Using diverse experience to build your employability narrative