Program Overview

BIO683 - Professional Placement

Overview

To view overview information, please note that this unit is a professional placement.

Academic Contacts

Academic contacts for this unit are available upon selection of a specific offering.

Offerings

The following offerings are available for this unit:

• MURDOCH-H-PLACEMENT-2025-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Full Year-H
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Placement
  • Start year: 2025
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: No
• MURDOCH-S1-PLACEMENT-2025-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 1-S1
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Placement
  • Start year: 2025
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: No
• MURDOCH-S2-PLACEMENT-2025-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 2-S2
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Placement
  • Start year: 2025
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: No
• MURDOCH-Y-PLACEMENT-2025-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Full Year-Y
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Placement
  • Start year: 2025
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: No

Enrolment Rules

To enrol in this unit, students must meet the following criteria:

• Enrolment in M1248 Master of Biosecurity or M1311 Master of Food Security
• GPA of 2.5 or above
• Completion of 24 credit points
• Approval of Academic Chair

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Exercise critical thinking and professional judgement to develop a career plan and plan a relevant real-world learning experience
2. Integrate and apply previous learning and knowledge to policy, practice, and problem-solving in a workplace setting
3. Display professionalism in the workplace, including teamwork, reliability, effective communication, time management, and organisational, cultural, and social awareness
4. Express and reflect on their experiences and progress as a professional
5. Receive and respond to feedback in a workplace setting

Additional Information

• Unit content: Content in this unit is tailored to the specific work placement
• Other notes: Students are required to undertake an internship within a chosen organisation involving at least 120 hours of participation in workplace activities

Unit Details

• Unit version: 17
• Version start date: 01/01/2026
• Owning college: College of Environmental and Life Sciences
• Owning school: Agricultural Sciences
• Credit points: 6
• Work-integrated learning: Work placement