This unit is designed to assist accounting students obtain internships by developing a range of professional and technical skills. Substantial evidence suggests many financial services firms view interns as expensive and risky propositions, requiring significant effort and cost to bring them 'up to speed'. The unit aims to reduce this cost and effort for prospective employers, leading to enhanced opportunities for students.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate workplace competencies; professionalism, confidentiality, communication, responsibility for decision-making, and organisational, cultural and social awareness;
2. Integrate professional and technical skills to provide advice to clients, independently and as part of a team; and
3. Critically appraise their professional/technical skills profiles and articulate specific strategies to address areas of improvement.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

Must have passed 12 credit points at Graduate or Postgraduate Level.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

11574 Accounting Internship Preparation

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

Financial accounting - ability to journalise a range of transactions commonly found in small companies and sole traders.

Spreadsheets - an ability to incorporate a variety of tools in preparing and interpreting spreadsheets.