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Syllabus

Physics 398R Internship

Summer 2014

Section 1, 1 credit

Faculty:Brian TonksOffice: ROM 114

Telephone:496-7745E-mail:

Prerequisite:Ph 328and instructor permission

Course Description

An internship is a cooperative program between the BYU-ldaho Physics Department andapproved experience providers. Professional internships provide actual work experience inresearch and development. Ideally, the internship would take place during the student'soff-track semester and requires a minimum of 400 hours of work experience.

Course Objectives

The objectives of the course are:
  • Through on-the-job experience, students will gain a greater vision of what it means to be involved in research and development in a professional setting.
  • Apply the principles and skills learned in the classroom to on-the-job practices and procedures in a research environment.
  • Learn to write progress reports and orally present progress made in research

Course Requirements

  1. Complete the on-line Student Internship Agreement accessible through Career Navigator(if you need instructions, ask). After you submit it to the Internship office, they send the Department Coordinator an e-mail summarizing your application. He then approves the internship (or will call you in to talk about it) and sends an e-mail back to the Internship office. They will then approve the internship and send you an e-mail to let you know to register for the actual course or will e-mail you to help obtain the master internship agreement with the provider. If they do, come see the Department Internship Coordinator.
  2. Lab Notebook. Keep a lab notebook daily and at the end of each week, write a summary of the week’s events. You may keep the notebook in a physical notebook or as an electronic file (or files). Scan at least two pages of your notebook (one of them must contain the weekly summary) andemail them each week to the Department Internship Coordinator.
  3. Complete the Student Intern Evaluation Report. The Internship Office will e-mail this report to you near the end of your internship experience.
  4. Encourage the experience provider to complete the Intern Evaluation Report.
  5. Upon completion of the internship experience, you must provide a Written Summary Report. The report need not be long but should summarizethe experience of the internship. What did you learn, experience, feel, how did it affect your confidence, etc.? Also addresshow well prepared you felt and if there is anything the Department could do to help you be better prepared. It must be completed before a grade can be issued for the course.
  6. You will report your internship experience to the faculty and other physics majors, generally during a colloquium held early Fall semester.
Course Evaluation and Grading

A letter grade will be given at the end of the semester the internship was completed. All

reports and required course assignments must be turned in to your internship coordinatoron or before the official day of the semester to receive course credit. Grades will bebased on:

  1. Lab Notebook,
  2. The Weekly Summary
  3. Internship Evaluation Report (e-mailed to you by the Internship office)
  4. Student Summary Written Report
  5. Oral Internship Report to faculty and students

Generally, the oral internship report cannot be completed before the end of the semester. In addition, some internships do not end until after the semester ends. The Coordinator will give you a letter grade based on what you’ve accomplished at the end of the semester, but you are required to complete all requirements to keep that grade. If you fail to give your oral presentation or do not complete the other internship requirements stated above, the Internship Coordinator will change your grade.

Code of Honor

You are expected to exemplify the dress and honor code during your internship. You are a living representative of BYU-Idaho and what it stands for. Please act accordingly.