INTR3103 International Practicum

2016

4.5

13 x 2-hour seminars per semester

1 of GLOB3002, INTR3002 has been successfully completed

The completion of at least 9 units of second-level topics from the International Relations major sequence.

ALL students planning to undertake and enrol in this practicum in second semester MUST attend the first session in Semester ONE in order to get crucial information about the expectations and limitations of this topic. Many practicum opportunities may take the full year to organise and complete - particularly if it involves overseas travel, but also for local placements and activities. Meetings will be held occasionally throughout both semesters to assess individual and group progress. Students can contact the convenor prior to the beginning of semester one to discuss practicum options. Field Placement consists of 30 hours.

Associated majors: International Relations

Flinders graduates will enter a globalised workforce and are likely to work in multinational teams in varied locations or in multicultural settings in Australia.

The purpose of this topic is to help prepare participants for this dynamic international future through experience in international contexts, both onshore and offshore. The experience might be through participation in an approved international volunteer program or practicum (either offshore or onshore); or through an approved program of reflection on prior international experience. In this case, international experience might include participation in suitable travel, migration, refugee experience, military service, work abroad or suitable other. Preliminary thinking about doing this topic should include attending information sessions within the School of History and International Relations; looking on the School website for material promoting various opportunities; and discussing your ideas with the Topic Convenor, the Bachelor of International Relations Program Advisor or the Flinders Careers Centre. With the support of these advisors you will organise a work placement or determine your reflective experience in a field that directly touches your own interests and attend seminars and workshops that enhance your relevant work skills and expand your international mindset.

This topic aims to

• facilitate, recognise and reward international work or work-related experience for each student
• cultivate students' capacity to reflect on their experiences through at least one of the frameworks of experiential learning, reflective practice, or action learning
• develop an awareness of complications and opportunities attending work in an international context
• help students apply learning from topics in their degree majors to decision-making in their international work or work-related experience
• support students' developing scholarly communication (written and oral; formal and informal; descriptive and analytic)

Students who have successfully completed this topics will be able to

• demonstrate they have undertaken approved international experience and/or approved reflection on international experience
• identify complications and opportunities attending work in an international context
• use prior learning to enrich their international experience and support associated decision making
• report on their experience:orally and in writing