Internship Report
A requirement of the Internship Program is the preparation of a final report. The purpose
of the report is to demonstrate the skills and attitudes you acquired during your work
period. A secondary goal is to introduce these skills and experiences to all students, not
just those in the Internship Program.
In order to achieve these goals, we are offering three options to fulfill the final report
requirements. You may choose any one of the three options.
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Option 1 - preparation of a Technical Report.
Option 2 - preparation of a Case Study that can be used in a course.
Option 3 - preparation and presentation of a Seminar on your internship
experience.
Technical Report
The attached information provides an outline of the requirements and specifications for
the Technical Report.
Case Study
An engineering case study is an account of an engineering activity, event or problem
containing some of the background and complexities actually encountered by an
engineer. The following link provides a good outline of what an engineering case study
is and how to prepare one. Go to http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/ECL/ then follow
the link “on writing engineering cases”.
The intent of the Case Study is to expose students to real world engineering situations
and allow them to experience the challenges of practice. The goal is to introduce students
to the complexities of practice in terms of the integration of technical and non-technical
aspects of real world problem.
Seminar
You will be required to give a presentation outlining your internship experience to
students who are thinking about pursuing their own internship. Some key questions to
address in the seminar are:
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What skills and attitudes did you achieve through this internship and what
evidence can you offer to demonstrate the achievement.
How did your learning objectives change over the course of the internship
How did the internship contribute to your understanding of the practice of
engineering and of the key skills and attitudes required to be successful.
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Based on your experience, what skills are the most important to successful
practice
How well prepared were you for the internship? Could you have done anything to
be better prepared?
What advice do you have for those preparing for an internship
What do you feel are the pros and cons of the internship experience?
Assessment
Assessment will focus on the process as well as the product. Product outcomes are
defined as the “what’ and deal with the tasks you performed and what you produced.
Process outcomes look at the “how” and assess ability in the area of collaboration,
relationships, group dynamics and communication. The practice of engineering requires
skills in both production and process. How tasks and projects are completed is of equal
importance to what is produced.
The following three pages are taken from Assessment & Learning the ICE Approach and
outline the method of assessment that will be used.
Timing
The report, case study or seminar is due by the end of September. It will be necessary to
have selected your preferred option and agreed with me on the topic and approach by
April.