Professional and Community Engagement Internships

Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) internship courses provide an opportunity for practical application of disciplinary theory, skills, and knowledge during an internship in an approved business or community organisation. PACE courses are specialised, hybrid courses: half of the course takes place in the classroom where you have the opportunity to develop your professionalism and broaden the application of your academic discipline, and half the course takes place in the workplace where you can put that knowledge to use. PACE students learn to provide productive outcomes, develop strategies, and enhance their employability skills. In PACE390, you will spend a designated period working on a project for a business or a community organisation; carry out ongoing personal and professional development assignments; complete a project that links your disciplinary knowledge to the knowledge acquired through your internship practice; present and share your experiences with the other students in your cohort. Course Aims: To develop an ability to evaluate the relationship between discipline knowledge as it applies to a workplace. To build capacities for understanding multicultural perspectives and ways of being included but not limited to Maori and Pacific perspectives; To build employability competencies that are reflective of industry standards.