This course offers a work integrated learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.

This course provides an opportunity for you to more deeply investigate professional practice in the justice and criminology field through completion of an industry placement under the supervision of an approved field tutor.

You will integrate work-based learning and academic learning, which will allow you to solve authentic development problems or address real issues faced by institutions in the field of justice and criminology.

The experience you gain should assist you to make informed choices with respect to employment at the end of your studies. Central to internship is learning by observation, participation in teams and undertaking work in employment or community organisations.

You may complete your internship by:

1. Placement within a relevant organisation for 35 - 50 days depending on the requirements of the individual organisation; OR

2. Successful applicants may also complete a 50-day internship with the Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative at RMIT, OR the Criminal Case Review Project.

Variations to these requirements must be negotiated with the CJSWIL co-ordinator. Your internship can be completed within Australia or in another country in an organisation or agency which is aligned with your study interests and career aspirations.