FINA635-26S1 (D) Semester One 2026 (Distance)

Illustration Internship

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 February 2026
End Date: Sunday, 21 June 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 1 March 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 10 May 2026

Description

This course supports students to experience a short ‘internship’ as an opportunity for professional learning relevant to the student’s illustration career interest. Students will undertake an illustration project according to a creative brief supplied by an external client, whether business (advertising agencies, design studios, animation studios, magazine and newspaper, publishing houses, UC services), community group, or other organisation or individual. Students are encouraged to engage with a client which aligns with the students interests and intended trajectory of professional work. This course supports students to develop skills and analytical approaches to work adaptively within a professional landscape, and navigate the challenges of working with clients, including receiving feedback and working towards fulfilment of an externally provided project. Students will create a project proposal, the final project deliverable, and a recorded presentation of their learning and experience.

Learning Outcomes

Conceptualize and plan a suitable project proposal meeting the client’s brief and outlining clear schedule of deliverables, identifying the processes and stages of illustration process and project management.

Problem solve, take risks, and test ideas, methods and materials in the realization of the proposed project.

Engage with client feedback professionally whilst maintaining creative confidence and value of personal artistic vision.

Engage with the module to a professional level, committing the required amount of hours to the development of the body of work required, working independently, responding and interacting professionally with client and to feedback, and delivering project on time.

Critically reflect on and evaluate processes, methods, outcomes and their implications in future creative practice.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Permission of the Programme Director.

Course Coordinator

Hilary Tapper

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Project Proposal 15%
Project Deliverable 60%
Presentation 25%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,344.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Creative and Digital Arts .

All FINA635 Occurrences

  • FINA635-26S1 (D) Semester One 2026 (Distance)