CS3502 IT Professional Placement

Part I

Credit Units: 30

Level: B3

Medium of Instruction:
English and other languages appropriate to the placement setting

Pre-requisites:
Completed at least 30 cus of CS courses and attained CGPA of 1.7 or above in semester prior to Placement.

Pre-cursors: Nil

Equivalent Courses: Nil

Exclusive Courses: Nil

Part II

Course Aims:

This course aims to allow students the opportunity to appreciate a real (computer oriented) working environment; to relate the concepts and principles of the behavioural and organisational disciplines of the programme to that ‘real’ environment; and to put into practice some of the methods, tools and techniques of the computer related disciplines of the programme.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

No.

CILOs

Weighting
(if applicable)

1.

establish confidence, maturity and self discipline in IT related professional work;
 

 

2.

develop and apply a range of communication skills for different audiences (e.g. peer, client or manager);
 

 

3.

analyse and reflect on group and organisational behaviour in working environment;
 

 

4

demonstrate level of competence in skill-oriented aspect of the programme;
 

 

5

demonstrate the will and discipline to accept responsibility in a professional manner.
 

 

Teaching and learning Activities (TLAs):
(designed to facilitate students' achievement of the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

Teaching pattern:
The IT professional placement is a year of full-time employment in the computing industry where students will work in areas related to their program of study.  Each student will be assigned an academic supervisor who will establish contact with the student's company supervisor to review progress of the student and at the end of placement, to formally solicit the employer's assessment of the student's performance and weakness.

From meetings with the student the academic supervisor will assess the student's progress in achieving the objectives of placement.

Based on the Course ILOs, the teaching/learning activities of this course may include:

CILO No

TLAs

Hours/week
(if applicable)

CILO 1

-

CILO 5

 

  • Special training arranged with Student Development Services for CV writing and interview techniques to achieve ILO #1 and #2.
     
  • Going through the job finding process to achieve ILO #1 and #2.
     
  • Reflection through writing interim and final reports to achieve ILO #2, #3 and #5.
     
  • Supervision and feedback from working supervisor to achieve ILO #4.
     
  • Supervision and feedback from academic supervisor to achieve ILO #4 and #5.

 

Assessment Tasks/Activities:
(designed to assess how well the students achieve the CILOs)

The Course ILOs are assessed using the following approach:

CILO No

Type of assessment tasks/activities

Weighting
(if applicable)

Remarks

CILO 1

Establish confidence, maturity and self discipline.

  • Job finding through CV writing and interviews;
  • Review meeting with academic supervisor.

 

 

CILO 2

Develop and apply a range of communication skills for different audiences.

  • Interviews in job finding;
  • Reflections in reports;
  • Feedback form from company supervisors;
  • Work samples such as memo, report and proposal.

 

 

CILO 3

Appreciate group and organisational behaviour in working environment.

  • Reflections in reports;
  • Review meeting with academic supervisors.

 

 

CILO 4

Increase level of competence in skill-oriented aspect of the programme.

  • Bi-weekly logs;
  • Feedback form from company supervisors;
  • Review meeting with academic supervisor;
  • Company visits by academic supervisor.

 

 

CILO 5

Demonstrate the will and discipline to accept responsibility in a professional manner.

  • Bi-weekly logs;
  • Feedback form from company supervisors;
  • Company visits by academic supervisor.

 

 

Grading of Student Achievement:

Assessment will be on a Pass or Fail basis.

Student's performance will be assessed based on the following:

  1. Placement Interim Feedback Form on student's performance in December;
  2. Placement Feedback Form (for final evaluation) in June;
  3. Placement Report;
  4. Student participation and attendance at Review meetings with academic supervisor.

Based on the above evidence the academic supervisor will recommend, via the Placement Co-ordinator, that the student be awarded either a Pass or Fail grade.

Part III

Keyword Syllabus:

N/A

Related Links
Department of Computer Science