CSCI 4930 Internship in Computer Science

The internship requires anywhere from 80-120 hours of supervised learning experience in an agency that links academic knowledge with practical experience. The hours breakdown is as follows:

1 credit hour = 40 internship hours
2 credit hours = 80 internship hours

3 credit hours = 120 internship

The overall purpose of the internship is three-fold, to:

1. Assist the student in acquiring knowledge in a field of study new to the student,
2. Advance the student professionally through the development of job-related social and professional work skills.
3. Provide the student with a real world "laboratory" in which new and former knowledge can be combined, synthesized, and applied.
   
   

Credits

1-3

Prerequisite

CSCI 1302

Typically Offered

Demorest: as needed

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Think critically and analytically about the forces and factors that shape the behavior of agencies where the intern has worked.
2. Promote critical thought and reflection about the relationship between the student's individual objectives and the outcomes of the internship.
3. Gain a thorough knowledge of varying points of view and interpretations by other people in the field and to better understand those viewpoints.
4. An in-depth understanding agency, the type of work and industry it partakes in, and the student's increased appreciation of that industry.
5. The ability to use the offered theories to analyze and critically assess the internship in light of the student's knowledge and coursework.
6. To expand on your critical analysis skill.