Commerce Internship Program

How To Apply
Prerequisites
Costs
Assessments
International and Study Abroad Students
Careers Services
Information for Organisations
Support team
Contacts

Exciting opportunities to apply your learning

This subject (COMM390) provides an opportunity for students to integrate and apply their university knowledge in an industry context. It has been designed for students undertaking any Commerce major and has a primary focus on work experiential learning.

This subject has a minimum prerequisite requirement of 48 credit points at 100 level. It is offered as a 6-credit point elective subject. The subject is available to all onshore Commerce students, including both Domestic and International students, on a competitive basis. There are also intakes for Study Abroad students, see information below.

This is an elective undergraduate subject and as such is not available to Honours and Masters students.

The internship requires the student to work for 16 days in a pre-selected organisation. These working days are spread over eight weeks with two days per week during session. However, this may change depending on the student and organisational requirements. Students cannot independently choose their organisation.

How To Apply

The application process for COMM390 is highly competitive and similar to that of a job interview. Firstly, you must put together a maximum 3 page document (1 page cover letter and 2 pages for current resume) and apply for roles through the link below. If you are short-listed you will be contacted to attend an interview with a pre-selected Industry Partner, who will make the final selection. Successful students from the interview will be enrolled by the Internship Team in COMM390.

Applications for Spring 2012 will open 19 March to 13 April 2012 - Apply here

Short listing of applications to take place between 16 April - 1 May 2012

Interviews to be conducted 24 April - 11 May 2012

Study Abroad Students - Click here

In applying you will be asked to provide your personal details, your discipline and to upload one document that includes a cover letter (maximum one page) and your current resume (maximum 2 pages).

To help you learn from the Internship Programme application process, please refer to the following document - click here

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Prerequisites

You must currently be enrolled in and studying a Commerce major at UOW and have COMPLETED 48 credit points at 100 level. You are welcome to apply if you are a student enrolled in a Bachelor degree outside of Commerce, if you are studying a Commerce major.

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Costs

Normal subject fees apply. Students are responsible for any personal costs such as transport to and from their Host Organisation.

There are no scholarship placements available.

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Assessments

COMM390 assessment will consist of the following:

E-log	20%	Daily logs of your experience
Reflective Learning Part A	40%	Critical discussion of theories associated with internship and learning experiences.
Reflective Learning Part B	40%	Reflection on the actual internship experience with discussion of connections or differences between theory and practice
	100%

All assessments are conducted through this subject’s (COMM390) eLearning site. On this site students download the assessment templates and upload all assessments.

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International and Study Abroad Students

International students studying commerce at UOW who have completed the prerequisites can also apply for this subject. This is under the condition that you are studying and are on campus for both the semester when applications are submitted and for the semester for which the internship will take place.

Study Abroad students who will be applying to study commerce at UOW in the next semester, can also apply for the program. Conditions of this placement are provided in the attached document.

Study Abroad Information- Internship Program

Study Abroad Internships- Apply here

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Careers Services

When putting your cover letter and resume together, you may like to get help from UOW Careers Service, see www.uow.edu.au/careers/. Appointments to see Careers can now be made at Commerce Central.

Workshops on job search skills

http://www.uow.edu.au/careers/help/workshops/current/

Resume review service

http://www.uow.edu.au/careers/help/resources/

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Information for Organisations

Organisations that might be interested in taking part in the Commerce Internship Program, can contact us on (02) 4221 3756 or via email comm-intern@uow.edu.au to arrange a time to meet or discuss the opportunities and benefits that you can receive through this program.

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