GEOG415-15S2 (C) Semester Two 2015

Geography Internship

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2015
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 October 2015

Description

This course allows Geography students to apply their discipline specific skills within business, government, industry and non-profit organisations while gaining work-related experience.

This course allows geography students to utilize knowledge gained from previous geography courses within business, government and non-profit organisations while gaining career-related work experiences, exploring compatibility with specific careers and companies, and becoming more mature professionally. It is designed to prepare you for transition from university into employment with practical experience of work in a relevant organisation.

Learning Outcomes

  • The aims of this course are to:

  • Apply geographical knowledge in a real world setting

  • Students to gain an awareness of the breadth of research and applications undertaken in industry, government or academia

  • Develop research and communication skills

Prerequisites

Entry subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

Malcolm Campbell

Notes

This course will be run subject to a minimum number of enrolments and finding suitable internships.

Previous Intern Comments

“I recommend the Internship course to everyone doing the Post Graduate Diploma or Masters in Geographic Information Science.”

“Since completing the Internship course, I continued to work for … and I have just got a permanent position”

“really helpful experience as I have been able to use my GIS skills on real life projects”

Comments about our interns

“helped me with work I couldn’t do myself”
“work was carried out unsupervised and with enthusiasm.”
“integrated well into our team and was able to work on his own and as part of a team as required”
“showed good levels of self-direction and motivation regardless of the task at hand”

Internships frequently asked questions

Q: How am I placed in an internship?
A: The internships are offered by a variety of organisations. So, usually we don’t know until just before the course begins what internships and projects will be offered. We then make an effort to place students with the best match for both them and the organisation.

Q: What assessments are there?
A: This is covered in the course outline. (link). The main assessments are a CV and cover letter, an interview (if selected) and a final report. You must also complete 150 hours in an intern organisation.

Q: How does the organisation assess my performance as an intern?
A: This is done by the organisation using the form contained in the course outline.

Q: Is it likely that I will be employed in the same organisation after an internship?
A: Previous interns have had a variety of outcomes. Most have been employed (particularly those in GIS), some have been employed by the intern organisation, other have found employment with similar organisations elsewhere in NZ. Generally, we have found that interns are more likely to secure employment.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,891.00

* 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.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 2 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

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