Description

The La Trobe International Study Abroad Internships provide the opportunity to gain valuable industry experience within a relevant work environment.

Internships can be taken in two discipline areas: Sports Management and Media and Communications.

Centred around a carefully planned and customised 'practicum', internships are designed to formally integrate academic study with work experience related to the student's career objectives or field of study. It recognises and builds on the skills, knowledge and awareness that students bring with them to the course while broadening their experience of a wider social, cultural and global environment.

Students are given the opportunity to apply previous learning, acquire new knowledge and test career choices while developing their professional skills through hands-on experience and exposure to work and industry related issues.

Because the Internship is a recognised La Trobe University program, students may be able to transfer credit points back to their home institute. Students should check with their home institution prior to enrolling in the program.

Aims and objectives

* To familiarize students with the business practices, language, and culture of another country.
* To gain invaluable insight not only into their fields of study, but into the Australian business and cultural environment.
* To relate coursework to actual, on-the-job practical and technical applications and gain an understanding of the culture and environment of their industry.
* To develop existing skills, acquire new skills and enhance their knowledge and experience of the relevant industry as well as gain invaluable experience of working in an internationally focussed environment.
* To experience and reflect on what it is like to acquire skills in a foreign language and/or integrate into a foreign culture.
* To provide an opportunity for students to gain insight and knowledge into current issues and challenges in an Australian work environment and reflect on similarities and differences with their own country.
* To make a significant contribution to the workplace of the host organisation.

The following internships are available from 2011:

THS3SPR Sport Practicum
A 30 credit point practicum subject offered across semester 1 and 2 in a calendar year where we place students in an unpaid or paid internship type position. The contact hour requirement is 200 hours supplemented by 8 intensive professional development activities on campus.

THS3SMP Sport Management Project
A 15 credit point subject offered in semester 2 where students will participate in a directed project servicing an industry client. This could be as varied as delivering an event, engaging in a consulting project or undertaking some industry related research.

THS2VCL Victorian Champion's League
A 30 credit point subject (to be approved) where students will be engaged as franchise managers in teams of two to manage a Football Federation Victoria licensed franchise in the Victorian Champions League. The contact hour requirement is approx. one day a week for 5 months between October and January. Students will receive training from Football Federation Victoria and La Trobe sport management staff.

MST3INT Media Internship
In this unit students will develop contacts with, and work in, a media organisation. Students will develop an understanding of issues internal to the organisation such as its goals, structure, management and work practices. In addition they will be expected to develop an understanding of the organisation's relationship to its clients, audience and other parts of the media industry.

Highlights

Uniquely Australian, Uniquely La Trobe

La Trobe University provides Study Abroad students with the perfect balance: academic challenges in a variety of disciplines, combined with the chance to study in a welcoming and friendly cosmopolitan community.

Studying in Australia is a once in a life time opportunity. At La Trobe University we offer Study Aborad student the chance to discover Melbourne and Australia through a number of unique programs.

Study Abroad Ambassador Scholarships

La Trobe International is excited to announce 25 Study Abroad Ambassador scholarships, each to the value of A$1000 for students commencing in Semester 2, 2010.

Scholarships will also be available to students commencing in Semester 1, 2011.

All students are encouraged to apply, including those who are yet to submit their Study Abroad application, or who have already applied or even accepted a Study Abroad offer! To find out more about Study Abroad options at La Trobe, visit Study Abroad.

Study Abroad Internship Program

Today's competitive professional environment requires university graduates to have both practical experience as well as theoretical knowledge. La Trobe University's Study Abroad Internship Program offers you a unique opportunity to gain new skills in a professional context, test your career choices, and broaden your experience of a wider social, cultural and work environment.

It's a chance to balance you academic and career goals, plus you can gain credit points towards your home degree!

Outdoor Education

La Trobe University offers a special study abroad program in Outdoor Education (Adventure Education), at our Bendigo campus. This program allows you to experience excitement and adventure whilst learning more about yourself and the Australian environment.

The programs included extensive field trips to local National Parks, ski fields, the Murray River and much more!

Great Barrier Reef Field Trips

La Trobe University 's Department of Zoology offers exciting and adventurous field trips to the Great Barrier Reef's Heron Island , Kangaroo Island in South Australia , and the Mallee , an outback district in Victoria bordered by Big Desert and Little Desert.

Zoology Study Abroad Students are invited to take part in these unique trips. And any Study Abroad student is able to apply to take part in the Kangaroo Island trip in February

Australian Studies

Australian Studies is an innovative and challenging interdisciplinary program that offers students an understanding of the world in which they live, in the Australian context. Australian studies units are taught by many world renowned academics from the disciplines of anthropology, cinema studies, English, history, media studies, politics, sociology, drama and more.

Melbourne is the ideal environment for Australian Studies students, offering a range of unique cultural resources such as, the Ian Potter Gallery and the National Gallery of Victoria, both exhibiting some to the finest collections of Australian and international art in the world.

Discover Australia Unit

Discover Australia is a semester length unit offered as that allows students to combine an in-depth study of Australian issues with comparative analyses of other countries and cultures in the region and the world.

The unit is multi-disciplinary and promotes active learning through the use of web activities, film, plus lectures, intensive workshops and some excursions.

The topics covered in this unit include:

* Aboriginal Australia
* From convicts to free settlers
* Race relations, landrights and reconciliation
* Immigration and multiculturalism - what works?
* The politics of water
* Governance - states/nation/region
* The city and the bush
* Cultural icons - sports/sex/violence and poetry?
* Gender - from Germaine Greer to Kylie Minogue
* National identity in film and literature
* Australia in a globalising world
* Is Australia in Asia?

Aboriginal Australia

This subject examines the main defining features of Aboriginal life in Australia. It looks at the relationship between the pre-colonial past and the contemporary situation where Aboriginal people are an indigenous minority. Students gain an understanding of the Dreaming, family life, politics, foraging and connections to land as key elements of Aboriginal identity. These are also examined in the context of contemporary issues such as the Aboriginal art market, the stolen generation, ATSIC, welfare economics and land rights legislation. The subject also looks at how indigenous Australians are represented in the public domain.

MBA Study Aborad program

The Postgraduate Business Administration Study Abroad program enables students to commit to a period of overseas study for one or two terms rather than for an entire Master’s degree program. Students benefit from the flexibility, while gaining an invaluable overseas experience at La Trobe University, which has a considerable reputation for excellence in teaching and research.

The program is therefore suitable for:

* Students wishing to obtain Advanced Standing (credit) towards their graduate degree program in their home institution. Note this is not a degree qualification
* People in the early stages of their professional career, with a need to undertake a short term introductory study program in international business and management
* Experienced business people wanting to undertake a short term advanced/specialised program of study in international business and management, from an internationally recognised Australian graduate school of management.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Qualifications

Internship Qualifications:
1. have completed the equivalent to two years of an Australian Bachelors degree
2. satisfy the prerequisites for the relevant academic subject (course) component
3. have a minimum GPA of 3.0 (or equivalent
4. meet the English Language Requirements for Undergraduate study at La Trobe University

Application Process:
1. a C.V. (curriculum vitae), including information about your work experience, career aspirations and computer skills
2. 2 written academic and/or professional references
3. a statement of purpose explaining why you want to undertake an internship (maximum 500 words)
4. if your chosen discipline area is Graphic Design or Ceramics, you will also be required to submit a folio of your work - please bear in mind that folios will not be returned

Intern Types

• Business Admin, Management
• Media (Radio, TV, & Film)
• Communications

Languages

• Chinese
• English
• French
• Greek
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Latin
• Sanskrit
• Spanish

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

2011 AUD 8500 (or ~USD7000) per semester for stadnrad Study Aborad program 2011 AUD 9870 (or ~ USD 8000) for MBA Study Abroad program

Program Fees Include:

Tuition fees only

Experience Required

no

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Transcript
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

two weeks

Post Services Include

• Job and Internship Network
• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad

La Trobe University's Mission Statement

The student population at La Trobe represents many cultural groups, a wide range of ages & many different social & professional backgrounds. This diversity provides an exciting environment for students who wish to experience the Australian way of life. La Trobe University's main campus is located in Bundoora, about 15 kilometres (8.5 miles) from central Melbourne. Offering a wide variety of undergraduate, postgraduate, study abroad and internship programs, the campus is situated on 500 acres of Australian Bushland, where you can see countless breeds of native birds and other Australian fauna and flora in their natural environment. Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, is home to 3.5 million citizens from numerous cultural backgrounds and is famous for its multiculturalism. Set around beautiful parks and gardens & surrounded by endless stretches of beach, Melbourne was voted the Most Liveable City in the World, and it is sure to live up to its name in every possible way! Known is the sporting, corporate and cultural capital of Australia, Melbourne offers major sporting events, such as the Australian Tennis Open, the Melbourne Cup and the Motorcycle and Formula One Grand Prix. And is host to international film, arts, and comedy festivals, and countless free street and community festivals reflecting the city's cultural diversity. Along with the Melbourne Bundoora Campus, La Trobe University also offers courses around Victoria. Two regional campuses at Bendigo and Albury/Wodonga have plenty to offer the international student looking for a uniquely Australian experience. These regional settings are perfect for the student looking for a uniquely Australian experience.

Year Founded

1964