Courses & Units

Tourism Internship A HGA717

Introduction

This unit is designed to allow you to prepare for your tourism internship through the development of skills related to field work, empirical research, project planning and work place communication. During this unit, you will be given the opportunity to create a case for an internship project in an environmental, tourism or cultural heritage context. Once this is done you will undertake an internship at a tourism or cultural heritage business. This may be self-organised, or organised by coordinators, depending on your employment situation. You will undertake a standalone project, with defined objectives and outcomes- to be determined in consultation with managers from the business and the unit coordinator. You will be assigned an Industry Mentor from within the organisation who will support you and provide an assessment on your performance. Students wishing to undertake this unit are required to express their interest with the unit coordinator six weeks prior to the beginning of their chosen semester of study. Placement cannot be guaranteed as this will depend on the number of available internships and the suitability of the student. A select number of internships will be pre-arranged by the unit coordinator throughout the year. These internships will be matched with students who express interest in undertaking the unit and are deemed suitable by the unit coordinator. Students are also encouraged to find their own internships. If they do, six weeks notice is required prior to the commencement of the semester to give the unit coordinator adequate time to ensure the viability of the proposed internship.

Summary

Unit name	Tourism Internship A
Unit code	HGA717
Credit points	25
College/School	College of Arts, Law and Education School of Social Sciences
Discipline	Sociology and Criminology
Coordinator	Doctor Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta
Delivered By	University of Tasmania

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1	On-Campus		International	Domestic

Key

: On-campus
: Off-Campus
: International students
: Domestic students

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 1	26/2/2024	22/3/2024	15/4/2024	2/6/2024

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Unit census dates currently displaying for 2024 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2024 will be available from the 1st October 2023. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

Critically reflect on the knowledge and skills that are important in completing your internship.
Create a plan for your internship project in the tourism or cultural heritage environment.
Communicate your work using oral and written forms.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
080700	$4,080.00	$3,195.00	not applicable	$5,512.00

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Requisites

Prerequisites

50 credit points

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

HGA714

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	On campus Workshops: 6 x 2 hour workshops (delivered over 4 blocks) MyLO Online Content: Online modules (readings, activities, mini lectures) fortnightly (6 x 2 hour modules in total)
Assessment	Presentation of Feasibility and project plan (10%)\|Peer Review Feasibility and project plan (20%)\|Podcast (20%)\|Feasibility and project plan (50%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Teaching Pattern

On campus Workshops: 6 x 2 hour workshops (delivered over 4 blocks)

MyLO Online Content: Online modules (readings, activities, mini lectures) fortnightly (6 x 2 hour modules in total)

Assessment

Presentation of Feasibility and project plan (10%)|Peer Review Feasibility and project plan (20%)|Podcast (20%)|Feasibility and project plan (50%)

Timetable

View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

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