College of Engineering and Computer Science
Honors Co-Op Program
Guidelines for the Final Report
Follow the following guidelines and reporting format in preparing your final report. The
report must be typed or printed.
Each section has a grade weighting to give you an indication of the importance of that
section.
The page length limits are to encourage you to write in a concise yet meaningful way and
to establish an overall balance in the report. You are strongly recommended to adhere to
these limits.
In grading this report I will value both your writing skills and the technical contents of
the report. Students who demonstrate disciplined writing skills through a well organized
and professional quality report will be rewarded with greater credit. Poorly written and
disorganized reports will be rejected and the grade assigned will be NC or F.
I strongly advise you to proof read your report and invite peer reviews to eliminate
typographical errors. Make sure that the report is organized logically and reads well. (I
am not your peer and I will not do any preliminary evaluation of your report) Any
submission to the co-op office will be deemed to be the final submission and will be
graded as such. I will not read or grade any second submissions.
Submission: Two submissions are required
1. Print the report and get your supervisor's approval signature on the front page.
2. By the due date shown in the HC calendar, send an email to ecscoop@csun.edu
and attach a copy of the report that has been approved by your supervisor. This
submission will have the title page but no supervisor signature. The report can be
in MS word format or PDF format. Please do not zip the file. See the section
“Submitting Work” in the syllabus for email subject line and file naming
convention. Follow subject line and file name conventions described in the
syllabus section "Submitting work" Syllabus is at
http://www.csun.edu/ecscoop/resources/syllabus.htm
3. By the due date shown in the HC calendar submit the hardcopy of the report- with
your supervisor's signature in room JD 4508 Honors Coop Office. There will be a
box set up there for collection of the reports, just drop the report in that box. Do
not try to hand the report to anybody else or anywhere else, only the reports
submitted in JD4508 will be acceptable. The due dates for the supervisor
evaluation report and the hardcopy end of semester are the same; it is best to
submit these two items at the same time.
4. The brief work description that you give to your faculty advisor during the faculty
visit is not a substitute for the end of semester report.
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Honors Co-Op Program
College of Engineering and Computer Science
California State University
Northridge, CA 91330
Academic Semester:
Summer
| Fall
| Spring
Intern’s Name (Last, First):
Company Name:
Intern’s Major:
Company Supervisor:
Intern’s Student ID:
Supervisor’s Email:
Academic Status:
Junior | Senior | Graduate
Email:
Year 20_____
Supervisor’s Phone:
Faculty Supervisor:
Phone:
I certify that this report is a true description of my internship work experience.
____________________________________
Student’s Signature
Date:_________________________
The work described in this report represents the tasks and accomplishment of the student intern.
____________________________________
Company Supervisor’s Signature
Date:_________________________
Executive Summary
<Expected ½ page; maximum 1 page. 5%
On a separate page. Provide an overview of the work you have completed during the
ENTIRE co-op internship period. Mention company and department, summarize
different tasks done; focus on completions and accomplishments.>
Company and Organization
<Expected 1 page, maximum 2 pages. 15%.
Provide a BRIEF description of the company profile. Use your own words, do not copy
from company brochure or publicity material. List the departments and sections you
worked in and what type of work they do. Provide specific information, not generalities.
Please do not include large graphic files about the company and its products. These may
look good, but often these pictures are just cut and paste from company websites. These
are not your work, and you will hardly earn any credit for adding too many of these fancy
picture files in the report- they just make the report file large. What matters most is
description of what you have done, that is what will earn you points.>
Your Assignments
<Expected 2 pages; maximum 4 pages; use more if you had many assignment. 35%
List each of your significant assignments (those demanding more than 80 engineering
hours or more) in chronological order. For each assignment describe the following
1.
2.
3.
4.
A sequence number and approximate time period
Describe the initial objectives of the assignment
Accomplishments and your role in achieving these.
What engineering knowledge and skills were needed (from your college course
work or material that you learned on the job) >
Value of your internship
<Expected ½ page, maximum 1 page. 15%.
1. Briefly describe the value of your internship experience. What specific knowledge
and skills did you gain? Avoid generalities such as “it was a great experience that
will serve me well in the future” or “it made me grow professionally”, such
statements are nice to read but are too subjective to be useful. Better- I learnt
skills for conducting technical inspections, I learned how to design digital filters
for xxxxx, I learned how to conduct unit testing with automated tools.
2. What aspects of your college education, if any, were useful in doing your work?
What would have helped, if any
3. How did you learn the new techniques and concepts? What
books/reports/journals did you read? List training courses attended, if any .>
Report quality
<30%
Spelling and grammar
Organization and writing style (professional quality expected).
Precision in writing (succinct writing, no irrelevant information)>