Workplace Learning within the Faculty of Business
In order to provide industry with graduates who are better equipped for the workplace as well as respond to demands by students for employability skills and knowledge, the Faculty of Business have introduced work placements as part of the undergraduate Accounting and Business degrees.
Within the Bachelor of Business, students will have an opportunity to undertake a work placement in each year of their degree. Placements will grow in length (35 hours in year 1, 70 hours in year 2 and 120 hours in year 3), and in level of complexity over the course of the degree.
Within the Bachelor of Accounting, students will have the opportunity at the end of the second year of their degree to complete a 100 hour placement within a relevant organisation.
It is expected that students will progressively develop professional knowledge and an understanding of professional practice; employability skills such as communication, team work, and problem solving; and reflective practice skills enabling them to evaluate their own work practices while linking the theory of the classroom to practice in the workplace.
Subjects
The subjects within the Business Degree which contain a work placement component are:
- BUS110 - Professional Practice (35 hour placement)
- BUS220 - Business Placement (70 hour placement)
- BUS370 - Business Internship (120 hour placement)
The subject within the Accounting Degree which contains a work placement component is:
- ACC275 - Professional Practice in Accounting (100 hour placement)
Testimonial Videos
To hear about the work placement experience from the perspective of students and host organisations who have participated in the program, please click the links below.
Further Information
Further information for host organisations and students, including copies of the relevant forms and advertisements for upcoming placements, can be found on the following pages:
Information for Host Organisations
Information for Students
Upcoming Placements (Competitive Selection)
Staff Contacts
Associate Professor Jenny Kent
Academic Director, Workplace Learning
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6933 2378
Email: jekent@csu.edu.au
Sandra Finlay
Manager, Industry Liaison/ Workplace Learning
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6338 4263
Email: sfinlay@csu.edu.au
Freda Garside & Janette Noll
Workplace Learning Placement Officers
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6338 6603 / +61 (0) 2 6338 4081
Email: businessplacements@csu.edu.au
* Information on the Facutly of Business Workplace Learning site is correct at the time of publication.