Course

Experiential Learning & Internship

Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Experiential Education
Course Code
COBA 4885
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
15 Weeks X 12 Hours per Week = 180 Hours
Max Class Size
15
Method Of Instruction
Hybrid
Seminar
Field Experience
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply their classroom learning in an actual business environment. The Experiential Learning & Internship course involves ongoing consultation between the student, the faculty advisor and the employment supervisor. The student is placed in a sponsoring firm identified or approved by faculty, and assigned tasks and challenges appropriate to a junior management/ marketing/business/administrative and/or sales employee. The experience provides an opportunity to apply theory and knowledge in a business situation, and it enables the student to integrate their knowledge with actual practice as it applies in the sponsoring firm. The internship experience is designed to provide the student with practical experience in solving real-world problems. This course is intended for marketing and business students.
Course Content
  1. Pre-Internship meeting and identification of goals and deliverables for the internship.
  2. Workplace experience and involvement with business professionals.
  3. Employment Journal - student will keep a journal of the details of the internship, including a chronological listing of work. experiences, training made available to them, and a description of assignments and tasks performed, and of feedback received.
  4. Final report – student will write a paper analyzing the knowledge gained from the internship experience and demonstrating the ability to integrate that knowledge with their formal education.
  5. Final Presentation - student will deliver a final presentation illustrating their experiential learning accomplishments.
Methods Of Instruction

The faculty member will assign or approve, for the student, a sponsoring firm in which to undertake his/her internship, and will serve as the student’s mentor throughout the internship.  The student will prepare an initial proposal outlining the objectives and intended outcomes of the internship.  The faculty member will review the initial proposal and guide and mentor the student throughout the term.  The student will produce a report at the end of the internship term, with an analysis of the work undertaken.  The sponsoring firm will identify a supervisor to work with the student, and the faculty member will also liaise with the supervisor.  This is not a co-op type of situation, and the student will not be paid for the work they do for the sponsoring firm.

Means of Assessment

Mastery

Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.

Learning Outcomes

The fundamental objectives of this course are to develop the capability:

  • To interpret concepts learned in commerce and business courses as they relate to the business environment.
  • To examine the workings of business situations, and to analyze the culture of the business world.
  • To evaluate jobs in industry and, through this, to align personal career goals.
  • To develop and refine skills and knowledge specific to the student’s chosen career path.
  • To work independently in a professional environment.
Textbook Materials

An information package with relevant materials will be prepared for students to purchase.

Requisites

Prerequisites

45 credits towards Diploma or 90 Credits towards BBA or approval of the program coordinator/chair

Note: International students will require an additional Co-op Visa in order to take this course.  It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that this visa is obtained prior to the start of this course.

Corequisites

Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:

  • No corequisite courses

Equivalencies

Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:

  • No equivalency courses

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer Details for COBA 4885
Capilano University (CAPU) CAPU BADM 1XX (3)
Coast Mountain College (CMTN) CMTN BADM 1XX (3)
College of the Rockies (COTR) COTR MGMT 208 (3)
Coquitlam College (COQU) No credit
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) No credit
LaSalle College Vancouver (LCV) LCV RS 299 (3)
Northern Lights College (NLC) No credit
Simon Fraser University (SFU) No credit
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) No credit
Trinity Western University (TWU) No credit
University Canada West (UCW) No credit
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) No credit
University of Northern BC (UNBC) No credit
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) No credit
University of Victoria (UVIC) No credit
Vancouver Community College (VCC) No credit

Course Offerings

Fall 2022

There aren't any scheduled upcoming offerings for this course.