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
Experiential Learning Outcomes
Internship
Practice skills or methods related to their field of study through supervised work in a professional or organizational setting
