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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

3993 (v.8) Public Relations (Professional Practice) 393

Note

Tutition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

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Area: School of Marketing
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Other: 1 x 12 Weeks Once-only
Prerequisite(s): 3992 (v.7) Public Relations (Consultancy) 300 or any previous version
OR
12597 (v.4) Public Relations (Corporate) 360 or any previous version
Syllabus: Public Relations (Professional Practice) 393 is a compulsory internship unit within the PR stream, which is part of the accreditation requirements by the Public Relations Institute of Australia. The major requirement is for students to spend a minimum of one month full-time, or part-time equivalent, working with an employer in a public relations capacity. One month is defined for the purposes of this unit as 20 working days. The work experience may be undertaken during the semester, during the break prior to the semester in which the student is enrolled in the unit, or by a combination of the two. Students will be required to prepare a detailed report on their experiences including samples of work undertaken, an analysis of the organisation and the role of public relations within it, discussion of key public relations issues encountered, recommendations to the employer on the organisation's public relations policies and practices, and an up-to-date curriculum vitae including reference to the completed internship.
Field of Education: 080509 Public Relations
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2011 Charles Telfair Inst Mauritius Semester 1 Y        
2011 Charles Telfair Inst Mauritius Semester 2 Y        
2011 Lim Kok Wing Uni Malaysia Semester 1 Y        
2011 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 1 Y        
2011 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 Y        
2011 Singapore Campus Semester 1 Y        
2011 Singapore Campus Semester 2 Y        
2011 Singapore Campus Summer Semester Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External