Pre-Requisite Modules	Co-Requisite Modules	ECTS Credits	Module Code
none	none	20	SPEC4901

This module provides the student with an opportunity to work in a relevant industrial placement for 2 days per week.

The aim of this module is to:

1. Provide students with practical exposure to working in the IT industry
2. Use and enhance students technical skills already gained in DIT
3. Introduce the students’ to working in a commercial and professional environment

On completion of this module, the learner will be able to:

1. Work in a professional environment
2. Demonstrate an understanding of a particular project or area of work that they have been involved in
3. Present the outcomes of their Internship
4. Produce a professional report describing the details of their placement

This module is taken off-site as an industrial placement. During that time, the student will be using and enhancing their skills with input from the relevant industrial contacts at the placement company.  Students may be working as part of a team or individually at the placement company, depending upon the individual requirements of the company.

Students will be assigned an internship monitor from DIT who will visit the student during the placement to ascertain how the placement is progressing.  More details of the arrangements for this module are in appendix C to part A of the programme document.

One of the aims of the placement is to enhance the skills already obtained by the student in their studies to date at DIT.  Within the placement, the student may be assigned to one or more types of tasks/projects that are relevant to the programme, such as: software development, testing, support, helpdesk and quality assurance. The suitability of the internship will be assessed by the DIT Internship coordinator before the student is placed.

The assessment of the Internship period consists of two components: Internship Assessment Component and the Internship Report and Presentation Component.

 

Internship Assessment Component

The Internship Assessment component is an annual assessment of the student’s performance while on placement. This component is assessed jointly by three members of School of Computing staff;

• The Internship Monitor who will have had regular contact with the student
• The Internship Co-ordinator who oversees the Internship Programme and
• One other member of staff who may have had responsibility for monitoring other Internship students.

The monthly logs prepared by the student while on internship (and authenticated by the Industrial Supervisor) and the assessment report prepared by the Industrial Supervisor are used in the assessment of this component.

 

The Internship Assessment component is assessed annually as a Pass or Fail.

 

Internship Report and Presentation Component

For each year that the student spends on the Internship Programme, they will be required to produce an Internship Report and to make a formal Internship Presentation of their experiences to a selection of staff of the School of Computing.

Guidelines for the format of the stage 3 and the stage 4 Internship Reports and for the format of the stage 3 and the stage 4 Internship Presentations are included in Appendix C of part A of the programme document. The Internship Report and Presentation Component will be assessed by the student’s Internship Monitor, the Internship Coordinator and one other member of School of Computing Staff.

 

The student is given a percentage mark for this component.

 

To pass the internship module for each stage the student must achieve a Pass in the Internship Assessment Component and at least 40% in the Internship Report and Presentation Component. If the student passes the Internship Assessment Component, the overall mark reported for the internship module is equal to the mark achieved for the Internship Report component. If the student does not pass the Internship Assessment Component, the overall mark for the internship module will be a fail.

 

The detailed assessment criteria are indicated in the Internship Assessment Form, a copy of which is in Appendix C to part A of the programme document.

 

A student who is not successful in the internship cannot repeat the internship. They are required to enrol for the same stage in the Fulltime Pathway and complete the programme following the Fulltime Pathway.

N/A - Depends upon placement

N/A - Depends upon placement

http://www.comp.dit.ie/internship/
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Placement is for 2 days per week.

Contingency arrangements for this module are specified in Appendix A of the printed document.

June 2005