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Industry Placement Minor

The Industry Placement Minor is a university-wide elective placement Minor offered at La Trobe University, to support career and life-capable graduates. Undertaking the minor allows students to apply the knowledge and skills from their course in a professional work setting, gain valuable work experience and build a professional network. Designed with flexibility in mind, choose from completing one longer placement in a single semester, or undertaking multiple placements over two or more semesters.

The Industry Placement Minor is designed to be an online self-directed flexible learning subject with a focus on learning through placement experience, assessments and seminars. As indicated in the diagram adjacent, students can enrol in the Industry Placement Minor in a range of ways.

Is the Industry Placement Minor right for me?

The Industry Placement Minor is recommended for students who want to:

  • Explore different career options
  • Complete more than 100 placement hours
  • Immerse themselves into industry experience in one or multiple organisations
  • Do an elective placement subject to undertake a student sourced placement (where you may not have access to discipline specific placement subjects)

The requirements

The Industry Placement Minor comprises of:

  • 4 subjects - LTU2PP1, LTU2PP2, LTU3PP3 and LTU3PP4, a total of 60 credit points (each subject has 100 hours of placement as a hurdle requirement)
  • A minimum of 400 hours (approx.50 days) of placement if you wish to qualify for the Industry Placement Minor on your transcript OR you can do 2 or 3 of the Industry Placement Minor subjects if you secure a placement opportunity of more than 100 hours
  • The Industry Placement Minor is offered through La Trobe Academic Terms calendar, each 6 weeks long. It is strongly recommended that subjects are taken in sequence from LTU2PP1 to LTU3PP4

In most cases, the Industry Placement Minor requires students to source a placement. The Industry Placement team has tools and resources to help students to identify suitable organisations and guide them through the process. The placement must be approved by the Subject Coordinator before the commencement of the Term, or students will be required to withdraw from the subject. Occasionally La Trobe offers university sourced placements that are made available to you throughout the year.

Pre-application

If you are planning to enrol in this suite of subjects leading to the Industry Placement Minor, please ensure you:

1. Confirm you have suitable space available in your study plan (depending how many of the minor subjects you would like to complete). You can find your study plan online or check with your Course Coordinator or ASK La Trobe.

2. Email the Industry Placement team with a completed Industry Placement Minor Plan and your availability (date and time) to discuss your minor plan with the Industry Placement Minor Program Coordinator. Submit via email: industryplacements@latrobe.edu.au

Key information

Eligibility requirements

You may be eligible to enrol if you meet these requirements:

    • have space in your study plan for a minor or 60 credit points of elective subjects (4 subjects)
    • have completed 120 credit points of your degree, i.e. equivalent to 1st year of your degree

    If you hold a Student Visa, the placement hours associated to this minor may contribute to your maximum allowed work hours per fortnight.

    Other requirements include:

    • placement activities must constitute a genuine work-integrated learning opportunity
    • you must have a dedicated workplace supervisor who provides one-to-one supervision on a regular basis
    • there may also be requirements by placement organisations such as a Working With Children Check or Police Check

Industry Placement Minor - La Trobe University Handbook

Please review the following to find out more about the Minor and its associated subjects:

  • Professional Placement 1 - Handbook entry for LTU2PP1
  • Professional Placement 2 - Handbook entry for LTU2PP2
  • Professional Placement 3 - Handbook entry for LTU3PP3
  • Professional Placement 4 - Handbook entry for LTU3PP4

Subjects offered all campuses online.

Key dates and how to apply

The Industry Placement Minor involves a pre-application process and has specific key dates that relate to applications for university sourced or student sourced placements. Further details can be found via the How to Apply page (see Key dates and application instructions under Step 2b).

Contact us

For further information about the industry placement subjects, the application process and placement opportunities, please email: industryplacements@latrobe.edu.au