Course Syllabus

Purpose:

Credit for out-of-class and/or on-the-job types of experience opportunities is provided by these 'courses'.  The actual experiences often occur off campus and in the absence of University personnel.  The catalog indicates that 1-12 credits may be obtained for such activities, however, since payment of tuition at SDSU is per credit, most students choose to enroll in up to four credits for this type of activity.  To obtain credit or to enroll for credits, the student and the coordinator must discuss the enrollment and credits before the experience begins or no credit will be given.

Registration:

For off-campus activities, a student preferably would enroll in the credits during the experience or enroll after returning to campus.  Decisions about this may be related to the number of credits required to graduate and limits on the maximum numbers of credits one can take per semester.

Requirement Guidelines:

Each credit of 494 requires a minimum of 150 hours of work (which is ~1 month at 40 hours/week or 1 semester at 10 hours/week).

At the outset of the activity, completion of forms that outline what is expected of the student, the employer/supervisor and the department is required.  Other reporting forms are available and are useful in some cases.

SDSU Livestock Farms or Meat Lab work experience will count as an internship if a student has no prior experience; the student will receive only one credit.

A student will only receive three credits of AS 494 at one location or for one type of position.

Coordinator will visit sites (if at all possible) and will receive employer evaluation.

Grading:

The coordinator is responsible for determining grades, with assistance and consultation from other SDSU personnel and supervisors of the student during the activity.

Written Report:  Minimum of five double spaced pages per credit hour enrolled. The paper quality must be equal to what we might anticipate in a technical research paper for any class OR a daily diary or personal log of the total experience.

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Oral Report: 20-30 minutes, preferably with visual aid support, followed by a discussion of audience questions.

Written reports will be graded on the basis of appearance and workmanship, organization and structure, mechanics and grammar, as well as coverage of the material.

Oral reports will be graded on the basis of appearance and preparation of the presenter, coverage of the topic and material, use of visual aids and use of language skills.