Description:
The student negotiates or gains a work placement of approximately 50 to 150 hours. The internship provides supervised professional work experience in a corporate, research, or educational setting, where there is opportunity to apply and further develop knowledge and skills acquired in the Information Technology and Informatics course work.
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Gain knowledge and experience of working as an information technology professional.
- Develop skills of negotiating job placements.
- Analyze work opportunities in terms of goals, responsibilities, tasks, outputs, and performance indicators.
- Apply knowledge and technical competencies acquired within the major.
- Analyze workplace survival and success mechanisms.
- Develop workplace problem-solving skills.
- Evaluate workplace experiences.
- Write a resume for the workplace.
- Develop an understanding the importance of professionalism and continuing professional development in information technology environments.