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 Department:    BASAM

 Course #:    499

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    0

 CIP:    520201

 EPC:    50B

 REV:    2019

 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 N/A  

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.
8. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Demonstrate an understanding of management roles, leadership, and cultural norms and expectations of leadership, including identification and description of human behavior in an organizational setting, with attention to the dynamics of po
9. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Prepare and complete cost control processes including the ability to establish a budget, prepare cost reports, and forecast expenditures.
10. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Acquire, organize, analyze, and interpret information and data to make informed, reasoned, equitable decisions and analyze systems for planning and decision-making.
11. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Identify and analyze human resource systems for developing diverse human capital, employment, compensation, and training and institute and facilitate inclusive team-based problem-solving environments.
12. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Analyze, build, and leverage social capital for occupational advancement, which will include the development of materials to structure and support ongoing personal career management.
13. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Demonstrate a knowledge of the local business environment and community and an awareness of issues and opportunities emerging from the changing socio-economic, technological, and environmental landscape.
14. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Use written & spoken skills & tools, concepts, & models of management applicable to the professional-technical discipline to communicate clearly & create an effective message, while demonstrating a professional presence.
15. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Demonstrate ability to assimilate, evaluate, & synthesize information from varying media & formats, including the ability to assess qualitative & quantitative data & to apply critical thinking & knowledge in an industry & managerial funct
16. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Explore, appreciate, and define the opportunities, challenges, and nuances of operating in an increasingly diverse, interconnected, and complex global community.
17. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Recognize and challenge culture-bound assumptions.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

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

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.