ME400 SUMMER PRACTICE II
| Course Code: | 5690400 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 0 (0.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ALİ EMRE TURGUT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the students will
- be familiar with various types of organizations in which they are likely to work after graduation,
- get acquainted with practical and applied aspects of their theoretical mechanical engineering background,
- be able to have studied non-engineering departments and their relations with technical departments.
Course Content
Students are required to do a minimum of four weeks (twenty working days) summer practice in a suitable factory, a power station, or an engineering design and consultancy office. They are expected to get acquainted with a real business environment by studying various managerial and engineering practices through active participation. A report is to be submitted to reflect the students contributions.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Ability to analyze administrative and organizational structure.
- Gain practice in a real working environment.
- Ability to study various aspects of an organization.
- Ability to apply theoretical knowledge in engineering projects.
- Ability to compare theory against practice.
- Ability to apply theoretical knowledge in assessing the organization.
- Ability to assess the functioning of nonengineering departments.
- Ability to assess interdepartmental relations.
- Acquire knowledge about data management and information flow systems used in practice.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Ability to establish the relationship between mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences with engineering applications. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to find and interpret information | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to follow the literature and technology related to his/her topic of interest | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Recognition of the need to keep oneself up to date in his/her profession | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Possession of written and oral communication skills | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to conduct team work (within the discipline, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to produce original solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Use of scientific methodology in approaching and producing solutions to engineering problems and needs | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Openness to all that is new | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability to conduct experiments | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to do engineering design | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of engineering ethics, knowledge and adoption of its fundamental elements | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Ability to take societal, environmental and economical considerations into account in professional activities | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Possession of pioneering and leadership characteristics in areas related to the profession | ✔ | |||