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Engineering Work

Experience

Objectives

• Explain the Forms of Experiential Learning.

Forms of Experiential Learning

• On-campus and off-campus jobs.
• Summer work.
• Volunteer experiences.
• Academic internships.
• Research internships.
• Cooperative education.

Summer Jobs and On- and Off-

Campus Work Experiences

• Useful in helping you identify your personal strengths and weaknesses, interests, personal priorities, and the degree of challenge you are willing to accept in a future position.
• Career-related work experience is clearly preferred by engineering employers.

Research Assistantship

• Planned program of research that involves careful advanced planning between the instructor and student, with the goals, the scope of the project, and evaluation method specified.

Internships

• Some internships involve observing practicing engineers and professionals to see what working in the field is really like.
• Under the best of circumstances, directly related to the student’s field of study.
• No obligations by either party for future employment.