FIT3045 Industry-based learning
Faculty of Information Technology
FIT3045 Industry-based learning is a level 3, 18-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology. It isn't offered in 2026. It needs FIT3202 or FIT3201.
- Credit points
- 18
- Offered in 2026
- Other periods
- Clayton, Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before FIT3045
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After FIT3045
No unit lists FIT3045 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Permission required to enrol.
Available to students in all undergraduate degrees of the Faculty of IT who have been accepted into the Industry Based Learning program with at least 72 credit points including 60 FIT or MAT credit points.
Overview
You engage in a full time industry placement at an established partner of the Faculty of IT industry based learning program including major global companies, leading Australian companies and worldwide consultancies. Students on placement apply the knowledge, skills and practices developed in their academic studies and, with the guidance of mentors and colleagues, build further IT expertise and professional awareness. Throughout the placement, you reflect on their experiences to optimise their professional development.
This unit combined with one of its prerequisites (FIT3201 or FIT3202) form an uninterrupted 20 or 16 week industry placement respectively.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Term 2 | Clayton | Immersive |
| Term 2 | Malaysia | Immersive |
| Term 4 | Clayton | Immersive |
| Term 4 | Malaysia | Immersive |
Assessment
- IBL Student PortfolioWork integrated15%
- Mid-placement evaluationWork integrated20%
- End-placement evaluationWork integrated30%
- Final IBL presentationPresentation20%
- Final IBL reportWritten15%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Set achievable and measurable goals;
- 2
Identify useful theoretical knowledge that has been covered in prior coursework and knowledge that has not yet been covered;
- 3
Develop and practice professional skills and attitudes including: initiative, communication, time-management and teamwork skills in a business environment;
- 4
Develop solutions to business problems using information technology and other techniques;
- 5
Prepare documentation and written reports of a professional standard;
- 6
Address performance improvement opportunities identified by industry supervisors and self-assess opportunities for personal development;
- 7
Develop information technology skills (such as business process modelling, performance enhancement of installed software, updating current software and developing new software) in a complex, corporate business environment.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachIndustry-based learning
Students on placement are deployed full-time for 12 weeks with the industry partners of the Faculty of IT industry-based learning program in a graduate level role within the company.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Mr Stephen Huxford
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Lim Mei Kuan
- Joshua Akerstein