EDT 498

Work Experience in Engineering Design Technology

This course provides students with opportunities to develop or add marketable skills related to their vocational study programs. Course content will include understanding the application of the student’s education to the workforce; the responsibilities of an internship (where applicable); completion of Title V Education Code papers (the student’s Application, Learning Objectives, Time sheet, and Evaluations), which document the student’s progress and hours spent at the work or internship site; and developing workplace (soft) skills identified by the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Competencies, as well as by local employers. In addition, the student is required to fulfill 18 hours lecture and 75 hours of related, paid work experience or 60 hours of volunteer work experience for one unit; 75 or 60 hours of related work experience for each additional unit. The program allows the transfer student to combine practical, paid or nonpaid work experience with college training. The course may be taken up to four times when there is new or expanded learning on the job for a total of 16 units. Only one Work Experience course may be taken per semester.

Units: 1.0-4.0(3.0)

Hours: 18 hours LEC; 300 hours LAB