Industrial Experience gives the student exposure to current professional practice. It consists of 60 days of work, organised by the student. Of those 60 days, 20 must be in a software engineering context, 20 must be in a professional context, and the remaining 20 may be in any employment.Industrial Experience is usually undertaken outside study periods, and is graded satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
Students must fulfil the requirements during the course of their degree; they normally enroll in COMP4800 in their final year and need to have satisfied the requirements by October in order to graduate at the ceremony the following December.

On completion of this unit the student will be able to:

1. describe and interpret a basic range of industrial workplace issues,
2. describe and interpret the main responsibilities of a software engineer and
   
3. describe the main working modes of a software engineer, such as client focus, communication skills, and teamwork practices

Enrolment in BSEng and COMP3500.