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Commerce Internship Programme

• How To Apply
• Internship Placement Roles
• Prerequisites
• Costs and Scholarship
• Assessments
• International and Study Abroad Students
• Careers Services
• Information for Organisations
• Support team
• Contacts

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New Subject COMM390

This subject 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 will be available to all onshore Commerce students, including both Domestic and International students, on a competitive basis.

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 will be spread over eight weeks with two days per week. However, this may change depending on the student and organisational requirements. Students cannot independently choose their organisation.

How To Apply

To be considered for COMM390, you must apply for specific roles, a process which is similar to a job interview. Firstly, you must put together a cover letter and current resume and apply through the link below. If you are short-listed for a role you will be contacted to attend an interview with a pre-selected Industry Partner. Successful students from the interview will be enrolled by the Internship Team in COMM390.

APPLY HERE - Applications close Week 8, Friday 18^th September.

(Study Abroad Students - Click Here)

 

In applying you will be asked to provide your personal details, the role you wish to apply for and to upload a cover letter (maximum one page) and your current resume (maximum 2 pages).

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Internship Placement Roles

You will be required to nominate one (1) to three (3) of the following roles on your online application form. These roles should correspond with the discipline in which you are interested.

 

Accounting

• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Cost Accounting
• Auditing

Finance

• General Finance
• Banking
• Risk and Insurance
• Investment Analysis

Economics

• Economics for Business
• Economic Policy
• Analysis and Research
• Budgeting

Management

• Human Resources
• Strategic Management
• Supply Chain Management

Marketing

• Strategic Marketing
• Marketing Research and Analysis
• Advertising and Communications
• Public Relations

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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 and Scholarship

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

There are two types of placements available-

1. Scholarship placement opportunity

Some Host Organisations are offering a Learning Scholarship of $1,600. These incentivised positions are only made available at the discretion of the Host Organisation and the Commerce Internship Programme Director.

 

2. Non-Scholarship placement opportunity 

Placement opportunities without the scholarship are also available. 

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Assessments

COMM390 assessment will consist of the following:

 

E-log	15%	Daily logs of your experience
Modules	60%	3 X 20% modules. You will be required to answer questions based on individual learning modules
E-reflective Journal	25%	Structured reflection on your learning experience
	100%

 

All assessments are conducted through this subject’s (COMM390) eLearning site. On this site students download the assessment templates and upload all e-logs, modules and their reflective journal.

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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 Programme

APPLY HERE - Study Abroad Interships
(Applications Now Open - Applications Close 8^th November 2009.)

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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/assistance/workshops1.html

Resume review service

http://www.uow.edu.au/careers/assistance/applications.html

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Information for Organisations

Organisations that might be interested in taking part in the Commerce Internship Programme, can contact Dr Mike Clements at clements@uow.edu.au to arrange a time to meet or discuss the opportunities and benefits that you can receive through this programme.

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Support Team

The internship team consists of an Academic Director, a Student Coordinator/Lecturer and discipline specialists from the Faculty of Commerce.

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Contact details

Program Enquiries

Dr Mike Clements, Director Industry Partnerships

Ph. 4221 5497

E. clements@uow.edu.au

 

Bonnie Cord, Coordinator Commerce Internship Programme

Ph. 4221 3756

E. bcord@uow.edu.au

 

Student Enquiries

Graham Bowrey

Ph. 4221 3858

E. graham_bowrey@uow.edu.au

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