2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Aug 31, 2024  
2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog

BSA 496 - Internship Capstone: Business


Description: Senior-level supervised field experience intended to build upon previous coursework, linking the theoretical with day-to-day practical applications by applying subject knowledge relevant to the workplace. Under the guidance of a faculty member and organization/industry representative, students will establish specific learning objectives and goals. S/U grading only.

Prerequisites: Program Admission. BSA 394 .

Credits: 3
Lecture: Varies
Lab: Varies

Course Content:
  1. Organizational overview of assigned placement
  2. Integration of job description and organization's requirements
  3. Elements of documentation of experience
  4. Planning and time management
  5. Professional, legal, and ethical issues
  6. Communication, critical thinking, and problem solving
  7. Specialized equipment, tools, and software required in the placement

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Evaluate appropriate workplace behaviors and professional ethics.
  2. Evaluate discipline-specific knowledge and skills appropriate for the industry-specific professional workplace.
  3. Critique communication skills used throughout the internship experience.
  4. Explain the industry-specific use of specialized equipment, software, and tools as required.
  5. Propose solutions to identified industry-specific problems.

Required Assessment:
  1. Record of student work at worksite which could include logged hours.
  2. Contractual agreement that includes individual learning outcomes that are approved by supervising faculty
  3. Weekly reflection activities such as journal prompts, discussion questions, or reflective scenarios
  4. Intentional reflective assessments as specified by supervising faculty throughout the internship experience
  5. A minimum of two evaluations by the worksite supervisor
  6. Student's self-evaluation of overall experience