GISC415-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Geospatial Data Science Internship

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

This course enables students to utilise skills and knowledge gained from the Geospatial Data Science postgraduate programmes within industry, government and non-profit organisations while gaining career-related work experiences, exploring compatibility with specific careers and companies, and developing professionalism. Sponsorship for internship positions may be available.

Learning Outcomes

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.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Entry is limited to students enrolled in the programmes and subject to the approval of the Programme Director.

Restrictions

Subject to the approval of the Programme Director against normal or previous employment.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 14:00 - 15:00 Ernest Rutherford 225 (17/7)
Ernest Rutherford 260 (24/7-7/8, 11/9, 2/10)
14 Jul - 10 Aug
8 Sep - 14 Sep
29 Sep - 5 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 14:00 - 16:00 Ernest Rutherford 263 Geog/Geol Flexible Learning
6 Oct - 12 Oct

Course Coordinator

Vanessa Bastos

Assessment

CV: Week 5, Fri 5pm 10%
Cover letter: Week 6, Fri 5pm 10%
Workplace evaluation: Week 12+1, Fri 5pm 40%
Self-evaluation and reflection: Week 12+1, Fri 5pm 20%
Mock Interview: Weeks 11 and 12, TBC 20%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Bolles, Richard Nelson; What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-changers ; 2016;

Burnett, William, and David J. Evans; Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work ; 1st; 2020.

Trigwell ,K. and Reid ,A; Introduction: Work based Learning and the Students' Perspective ; 1998 (Higher Education Research & Development 17( 2), 141-154).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,213.00

* 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 3 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment on the departments and faculties page .

All GISC415 Occurrences

  • GISC415-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025