BASM 499 - BASM Capstone I: Workplace Project Experience

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Provides students with supervised and assessed practical project-based work experiences that connect to a BASM program learning outcome. Using a project management-based approach, and under the guidance of a workplace project sponsor, students will tackle a workplace problem or opportunity that will have been defined in BASM 410.

Prerequisite: BASM Dept. Chair permission.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Apply the learning achieved from the BASM course work to specific opportunities that exist in an organization as defined by a project charter agreed on with the workplace project sponsor.
Investigate professional workplace practices such as time allocation, prioritization, and workplace discourse by researching their application in the workplace experience.
Exhibit the interpersonal skills required of a manager such as teamwork and effective communications by participating in an evaluation by the internship sponsor.
Analyze professional standards, cultural norms and related personal implications by synthesizing observations and experiences from the workplace experience.

Course Contents

Industry categories for personal and professional goals that fit with interests and abilities.
The learning achieved from the BASM course work to specific opportunities that exist in an organization.
An on-site work experience, supporting the value and mission of a chosen organization, applying competencies learned and seeking new learning opportunities.
Key challenges and opportunities that the organization encounters.
Professional standards and cultural norms of the student’s target industry.
An action plan for a defined organizational issue/problem or situation, utilizing the student’s acquired skills to provide meaningful and practical input to the organization.
Relationships at the internship organization.

Instructional Units: 5