CIS 285 - CIS Internship

Description
This course provides a paid or unpaid structured and extended off-campus experience in a supervised setting for students enrolled in an academic program in the CIS department. Students have the option to work within a variety of professional settings that are related to their GRCC academic program and future career interests. Students are required to spend a minimum of 90 hours at their internship site.

Students are responsible for identifying their own internship site. Lists of potential internship sites may be available through the academic department or GRCC Student Employment Services.

Department consent is required to enroll in this course. Students must also have a 2.0 gpa in CIS courses and may not be on Academic Probation. Students must be a CIS major and have completed all 100 level CIS courses in their academic program prior to enrolling in this course.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 12
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Course Fees: $15.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit:
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Graphics/Web Development, A.A.A.S.

General Education Requirement:
None
Course Learning Outcomes:

Use practical employment/job search skills
Create a professional resume.
Define personal learning outcomes based on employer opportunities and achieve those outcomes.
Complete work accurately, with attention to detail.
Work well in teams and with others.

Course Outline:
I. Employment/Job Search Skills

II. Professional Resume Development

III. Designing the Internship experience

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Work Expereince: 100%
Mandatory Course Components:
Faculty Site Visit

Weekly Monitoring of Student Hours

Student/Faculty Meetings or Classtime

Emergency Contact Form (see GRCC Internship website for form)

Site Agreeement Form (see GRCC Internship website for form)

Waiver of Liability (see GRCC Internship website for form)

Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: NA

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: N/A

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
GRCC SWD Student Evaluation of Internship Experience (see GRCC Internship website for form)

GRCC SWD Employer Evaluation (see GRCC Internship website for form)

Course Type:
Elective- Offering designed to expand learning opportunities for degree seeking students. May or may not be required for students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Internship - 1:4-6
Total Internship Hours Per Week: 12
People Soft Course ID Number: 104640
Course CIP Code: 11.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 12
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: NA
School: School of STEM
Department: Computer Information Systems
Discipline: CIS
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
NA

Major Course Revisions: Credit/Contact Hours
Last Revision Date Effective: 20230221T09:30:19
Course Review & Revision Year: 2027-2028