The Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture at UNSW offers many WIL opportunities through their undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
Some programs have a mandatory WIL component to fulfil the requirements for professional accreditation (e.g. Education and Social Work). For details please see the information below which provides information on the WIL courses provided by each School in relation to their respective programs.
The School of Built Environment at UNSW offers an exciting WIL course as a gateway to working with a range of local and overseas built environment organisation that provide a first step to forging a career and building work-ready skills.
FADA6700 Professional Placement is an elective course available to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. This WIL course provides you with the opportunity to apply the theory and skills learned while studying within a professional workplace.
Global Opportunities
The I-A International Professional Placement Travel Grant program third and fourth year undergraduates as well as Masters level students are able to undertake FADA6700 Professional Placement in a global workplace. In doing so, students can apply for an I-A International Professional Placement Travel Grant to contribute towards flights and living expenses. The travel grant program is a collaborative initiative developed by I-A graduating students and staff members.
Launched in 2019, the program currently runs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It pairs two BE students with two Cambodian architecture graduates from the Royal University of Fine Arts. Placements are offered by local organisations with a social focus, working in the Built Environment. In 2020, this includes community-based not-for-profit Sa Sa Art Projects in collaboration with The Vann Molyvann Project. Here students will be actively engaged in the development of an interdisciplinary exhibition on urban dynamics in South East Asian cities. The second placement is with international NGO Habitat for Humanity Cambodia, offering students a unique experience in the development of low-cost housing models.
For further information see here.
Listen to Janice Ma, a 2nd year Architecture student, discuss her professional placement experience at PTW Architects
The School of Built Environment at UNSW also offers Bachelor of City Planning students an exciting one-year practicum. Students who would complete 84UoC will be contacted by City Planning Program Director Ryan van den Nouwelant in July. Students will be enrolled in PLAN3006, PLAN3007, PLAN3008, PLAN3009 and PLAN3010 over one year.
The School of Art & Design at UNSW offers an outstanding WIL opportunity through the Professional Experience Project (PEP) program for Undergraduate students and Internship program for Postgraduate students, which are designed to equip students with grounded and sustained experience in a professional workplace environment.
PEP and Internship Programs offer every Art & Design student the opportunity to build additional professional skills and knowledge that can assist with making informed choices about future career pathways, complete practical work experience under the guidance of practicing professionals, and to accelerate establishing a professional network and links that may open graduate employment pathways.
PEP (ADAD3000) is undertaken by Undergraduate students enrolled in the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Media Arts and Bachelor of Design. Internship program (ADAD9115) is undertaken by Postgraduate students enrolled in the Master of Animation and Visual Effects, Master of Media Arts, Master of Design and Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership.
Both programs are 150 hours in total, including 105 hours of professional engagement. This can take the form of a placement (internship) with an industry partner activity with a creative or design-led business, gallery or arts organisation.
For current students who have Moodle access, we also highly recommend you check out the Moodle WIL Pre-enrolment information site to support you through the enrolment process, by using the code: A&D-WIL.
The School of the Arts & Media offers an exciting range of WIL opportunities including foot-in-the-door internships, advertised opportunities and option to self-source your internship. Our Work Integrated Learning courses provide opportunities in media, film, creative writing, PR & Advertising, performing arts industries and much more.
Courses offered by the School of the Arts & Media are as follows:
For more information about the Arts & Media WIL program, please see here.
Other WIL courses available are:
WIL courses are offered in a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Some are required for professional accreditation such as the Bachelor of Social Work (Honours). For more information regarding Social Work Placements:
Other WIL courses available in the School of Social Sciences are:
Watch undergraduate and postgraduate students from the School of Social Sciences, along with industry partners, talk about WIL.
The Professional Experience program for both undergraduate and postgraduate students enables pre-service teachers to develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to plan for and manage successful classrooms. It aims to develop a strong commitment, enthusiasm and respect for the teaching profession and encourages pre-service teachers to engage with the broader community. The Professional Experience placements are in primary and secondary school settings.
The relevant courses are:
For more details about the Professional Experience program see here
