Course Description
Provides a structured means for engineering students to gain valuable and relevant experiential learning through work experience, while growing as a professional in their chosen field. Partnerships with organizations and firms from a wide range of areas, including industry and manufacturing, engineering design and consulting, research laboratories, governmental agencies, and professional organizations.
Athena Title
Internship in Engineering
Non-Traditional Format
Student will be away from campus in a internship work experience with an approved employer.
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Student learning Outcomes
- The internship will serve as a bridge for engineering students to investigate and experience the different types of employment opportunities available and gain first-hand exposure to a professional environment.
- The internship will allow students to explore and evaluate career choices and facilitate their understanding of the opportunities relative to their aspirations.
- During the onsite internship experience, the students will be participating in the professional environment and will be utilizing skills and knowledge gained from their engineering education.
Topical Outline
- A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated:
• An understanding of the professional setting from their experience
- • An increased awareness of business principles and practices
- • An insight into the professional arena
- • A developed ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
- • An enhanced ability to communicate in a professional setting
- • A developed respect for diversity and knowledge of contemporary professional and global issues and the impact engineering solutions have on those issues
