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 Department:    BASAM

 Course #:    499

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    0

 CIP:    520201

 EPC:    50B

 REV:    2018

 Course Description  

Provides students with supervised and evaluated practical training work experiences which may be paid or voluntary, and provides documented learning acquired through hands-on experiences in an actual work setting. Learning outcomes will be designed and agreed to by the student, the organization providing the internship, the instructor, and the BASAM director. The internship placement is expected to be an outcome of the Career Management and Social Capital and Business and Professional Communications classes taken in the prior quarter. Students will demonstrate skills and knowledge in the focus area of their internship; effective management; time commitments and responsibilities of managers; the host organization�s structure, policies, and practices; and interpersonal skills, including professional presence and leadership qualities.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: Admission to BASAM program and BASAM Director permission.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 0

Lab: 0

Other: 165

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Analyze industry categories for personal and professional goals that fit with interests and abilities.
2. Directly apply the learning achieved from the BASAM course work to specific opportunities that exist in an organization.
3. Engage in an on-site work experience, supporting the value and mission of a chosen organization, applying competencies learned and seeking new learning opportunities.
4. Articulate the key challenges and opportunities that the organization encounters.
5. Critically analyze and describe professional standards and cultural norms of the student�s target industry.
6. Develop an action plan for a defined organizational issue/problem or situation, utilizing the student's acquired skills to provide meaningful and practical input to the organization.
7. Establish collaborative and sustainable relationships at the internship organization.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

0. Application and Integration

Definition: Applying information from one or more disciplines and/or field experiences in new contexts (Outcome 0.1); developing integrated approaches or responses to personal, academic, professional, and social issues (Outcomes 0.2-0.5).

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
0.3 Identify and evaluate the relationships among different perspectives within a field of study and among different fields of study.

1. Information Literacy

Definition: Recognizing when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
1.2 Access the needed information effectively, efficiently, ethically, and legally.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.3 Identify, interpret, and evaluate pertinent data and previous experience to reach conclusions.
2.6 Recognize how the value and biases in different disciplines can affect the ways in which data is analyzed.
2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations.

3. Communication

Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
3.2 Recognize, produce and demonstrate appropriate interpersonal, group, and public speaking skills.
3.3 Demonstrate effective listening skills.
3.5 Recognize, comprehend, and use non-verbal behaviors appropriate to a given context.
3.7 Adapt communication to diverse audiences and media.

4. Community & Cultural Diversity

Definition: Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of their similarities and differences.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
4.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and issues associated with the diverse perspectives of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, and culture.
4.6 Utilize ethical practice in relation to diverse communities and cultures for the promotion of equity and social justice.

5. Global & Local Awareness & Responsibility

Definition: Understanding the complexity and interdependence of, and stewardship responsibilities to, local and global communities and environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
5.1 Understand the impact of their own and other’s actions on local/global communities and environments and how those communities/environments affect them in turn.
5.2 Identify diverse communities and their shared/competing interests and develop strategies for prevention and resolution of conflict.

5.5 Demonstrate ethical practices as part of stewardship to local/global communities and environments.

6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility

Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
6.2 Demonstrate standards of professionalism in manner, appearance, and setting appropriate to the context, including the classroom, workplace, and community.
6.4 Use self-reflection to recognize and define a sense of self-identity in personal, social/gender, and/or cultural/global terms and in relationship to others.

10. Technology

Definition: Understanding the role of technology in society and using technology appropriately and effectively.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
10.3 Use technology appropriate to the context and task to effectively retrieve and manage information, solve problems, and facilitate communication.
10.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of technology in one’s personal and professional life.

Course Contents

1. Industry categories for personal and professional goals that fit with interests and abilities.
2. The learning achieved from the BASAM course work to specific opportunities that exist in an organization.
3. An on-site work experience, supporting the value and mission of a chosen organization, applying competencies learned and seeking new learning opportunities.
4. Key challenges and opportunities that the organization encounters.
5. Professional standards and cultural norms of the student�s target industry.
6. An action plan for a defined organizational issue/problem or situation, utilizing the student's acquired skills to provide meaningful and practical input to the organization.
7. Relationships at the internship organization.