Eng 197: Sample Syllabus
Course Description:
3-unit undergraduate approved technical elective course designed to assist students in making the transition from the classroom to industry. The learning environment is interactive, and the academic content of the course is geared to the individual interests and abilities in the class. Students participate in a paid, course-related, supervised, co-op work experience involving 20 or 40 hours per week on-the-job. This integration of the work experience allows a degree of independence and an element of learning that is not usually possible in a conventional classroom.
Students must participate in weekly activities. These activities provide a focus for the work experience by assisting the student in assessing growth and realizing learning. A secondary objective of the course is to have students define specific learning objectives to be accomplished in the areas of professional development and/or personal growth.
Course Objectives:
The primary objective of this course is to improve students' technical competency using their project as a vehicle. While doing so, the course will help them explore issues such as:
- The variety of work patterns and settings in the work environment.
- Personal/professional interrelationships in the work environment.
- Politics, conflict, and competition in the work environment.
- Career options in the selected academic area.
- Career-life choices based on these experiences in light of self-assessed values, skills, interests, and goals.
Prerequisites:
Current placement in a meaningful co-op assignment, including a component that can be used as an approved class project achievable within the duration of the course, is required. Students prepare a preliminary project proposal and, with the guidance of the course instructor and the approval of the work site supervisor, prepare and submit a final "learning contract." The instructor grants final approval for course entry.
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Conditions of Co-op Employment:
- Work Attendance -- The co-op student is expected to be on the job regularly and punctually through the duration of the course.
- Absence -- In case of sickness or emergency necessitating a student's absence from work for more than one week, the course instructor should be notified.
- Layoff -- A co-op student who is permanently or temporarily laid off must notify the course instructor immediately.
- Termination or Resignation -- A student who leaves his/her co-op job without the instructor's prior approval, or who is terminated due to poor performance may receive a failing grade in the course.
- Work Performance -- A co-op student who, even though not discharged by the employer, fails to perform satisfactorily may receive a failing grade in the course.
- Assignments --
The following major course assignments address the previously stated objectives:
- Short oral presentations and regular progress reports on the co-op assignment and, in particular, the approved project and professional development goals.
- Opportunity for the course instructor to conduct a company site visit including a guided tour of the student's work environment, a briefing on mid-term project status, and a meeting with the student's supervisor.
- A written semi-formal report describing the project and its outcome upon completion, and a corresponding final oral and poster presentation.
- Grading:
- 20% Class Participation
- 20% Written Report/Poster
- 40% Oral Reports/final presentation
- 20% Work performance:
- Fulfillment of specified number of work hours.
- Supervisor's evaluation of overall work experience.
- Instructor's evaluation of overall work experience.
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Class Activities
- Introductions / Workshop on Effective Presentations
- Oral Presentations (Individual project summaries.)
- Oral Presentations (Individual project summaries continued.)
- Professional Development, Team Building Workshop
- Company Site Visit- (Professor will meet with students and supervisors/managers for midterm progress report and work performance evaluation.)
- Progress Reports; Draft Posters Due
- Final Oral Presentations
- Final Oral Presentations
"Dress Rehearsals"-Final Practice
(Poster and written project summary reports and co-op site evaluation due.)
- Final Public (Oral & Poster) Presentations!
(Each student must bring at least one representative from the co-op/internship site.)
- *While this course is scheduled to meet 10 times during the semester, the professors may schedule additional class sessions as needed. SJSU Cooperative Education Project
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Eng 197: Faculty
The Co-op Projects course attracts distinguished and seasoned professionals from both the ranks of SJSU College of Engineering faculty and industry.
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