SSC4222: Internship 2

Welcome message

Welcome to the module of SSC4222: Internship II

This module is delivered to year 4 students in the BSc. Soil Sciences Program at University of Rwanda College of Agriculture Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine.

Introduction

This is a core module taken in the second trimester of fourth year of the BSc Soil Sciences. This module covers a training period of 1 month at a workplace, other than one of the educational institutes where the student goes for hands-on practices and experience things in real work situations. The workplace is domain related to the educational program of the student.

Aims

The aim of this module is to help the student to further develop knowledge and competences, skills and attitudes that are important in the field Soil Sciences etc.) through confrontation of the already acquired knowledge, understanding and skills with a primary work experience in his/her area of work.

Learning outcomes: Having successfully completed this module, students should be able to:

• Masters the skills and has acquired the problem-solving capacity to analyse problems of soil ;
• Identify and apply appropriate research methods and techniques to design, plan and execute targeted experiments or simulations independently and critically evaluate and interpret the collected data;
• Write scientific reports on and present it to different audiences;
• Work industriously and diligently with (out) little supervision in a possibly short time.

Activities

Students will carry out their activities at the industries under supervision of industry supervisor

academic supervisor will make regular visits to the students at the given industry

students will write daily report of their activities and make a final report at the end of internship 

Indicative Resources

1. Aniket Singh (2018). A complete book of internship in India, chenai: Notion Press, IDBN 978-1-64429-827-5
2. Siti Mahfuzah Sarif et al. (2014). Industrial training: Proposal and Report Writing Guidebook, SMMTC Industrial Training Committee. College of Arts and Sciences, University Utara, Malaysia.
3. Gerald Munyoro et al. (2016). An evaluation of the student Industrial attachment programme in Zimbabwe: A case study of Chinhoyi University of Technology, Impact: International Journal of research in Business Management (IMPACT:URBM), ISSN (P): 2347-4572; ISSN(E): 2321-886X Vol.4, Issue 8.

Module  Team:

 Prof Naramabuye FX, 0788874486

Dr Hamudu Rukangantambara, 0783021577

Dr Bazimenyera Jean de Dieu, 0785375898

Gatesi Julienne, 0788507160

Nsanzimana Oreste, 0788664238

Module Coordinator

Gatesi Julienne, 0788507160