Workplace Learning

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, Justice and Behavioural Sciences 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 - Workplace Learning 1 (35 hour placement)
• BUS220 - Workplace Learning 2 (70 hour placement)
• BUS370 - Workplace Learning 3 (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.

• Hume Building Society
• Bush and Campbell
• Albury Central Inc.

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 Business & Accounting Students
• Upcoming Placements for Business & Accounting Students (Competitive Selection)

Staff Contacts

Elizabeth Bracken Sub-Dean Workplace Learning and Accreditation
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6338 4857
Email: ebracken@csu.edu.au

Jenny Grainger Manager, Workplace Learning
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6933 4280
Email: jgrainger@csu.edu.au

Kirrily Welsh Senior Workplace Learning Officer
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6933 2911
Email: business-wpl@csu.edu.au

Loren Edmanson Workplace Learning Officer
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6933 2481
Email: business-wpl@csu.edu.au

Judy Wong Workplace Learning Officer
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6933 2698
Email: business-wpl@csu.edu.au

Workplace Learning Unit
Email: business-wpl@csu.edu.au

* Information on the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Workplace Learning site is correct at the time of publication.