VTM-150 Cooperative Education

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Course No. and Title: VTM -150 Cooperative Education

 

Campus: CTEC

Initiator: Nestor Mangubat

Date:

11/02/19

Course description:

This is a semester long course designed to introduce students to all facets of motor vehicle repair and maintenance setting through internship. The course will place the student in the work place to experience working in a real life scenario. Students will be expected to seek internships and fulfill 180 hours of On-the-Job-Training (OJT) before the semester ends. Application of knowledge acquired from lecture and lab instruction to gain relevant practical on-the-job experiences to repair vehicles in an actual automotive service facility. The apprentice will be supervised by an experienced service individual within the sponsoring business who will work with the automotive program coordinator in evaluating student progress, performance and grading. Internship is required to complete certificate program requirements.

 

COURSE HOURS/CREDITS:

 

   

Hours per Week

 

No. Of Weeks

 

Total Hours

 

Semester Credits

Lecture

       

x

 

=

 

Laboratory

   

x

 

x

 

=

 

Workshop

 

30

 

6

 

180

 

6

         

Total Semester

Credits

 

6

                     

PURPOSE OF COURSE:

[ ] Degree requirement

[ ] Degree elective

[x ] Certificate

[ ] Other:

 

PREREQUISITES: None

 

PSLOS OF OTHER PROGRAMS THIS COURSE MEETS:

 

PSLO#

Program

   
   

1) INSTITUTIONAL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

 

[ ]

1. Effective oral communication: capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

[x]

2. Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum.

[x]

3. Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.

[ ]

4. Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.

[x]

5. Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.

[ ]

6. Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand.

[x]

7. Foundations and skills for life-long learning : purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence.

[ ]

8. Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats.

2) PROGRAM STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (PSLOs): The student will be able to:

 

1. Identify safety and occupational health requirements in the specific trade area being studied.

2. Use specified hand and power tools.

3. Read and interpret information from technical drawing related to the respective trade.

4. Perform hand skills in their respective trade.

5. Participate in their respective trade.

3) COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs) (General): The student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate technical knowledge of his/her trade and apply the same to the directed work experience.

2. Demonstrate proper work ethics typical at the work place.

3. Complete given task as appropriate to his/ her trade.

 

4) COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs) (Specific): The student will be able to:

CSLO (General) 1: Demonstrate technical knowledge of his/her trade and apply the same to the directed work experience.

1. Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

2. ISLO

3. PSLO

Assessment Strategies

4. 1.1 Perform automotive service- related tasks as directed by the supervisor.

5.

2, 3, 7

6. 2, 4

7.

Worksheets completed by student or supervisor from sponsoring company.

8. 1.2 Report work carried out.

3, 7

2, 4

Submit completed work log sheet.

CSLO (General) 2. Demonstrate proper work ethics typical at the work place.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

2.1 Show proper work ethics in the following areas;

  • Work attitude
  • Cooperation
  • Initiative
  • Quality of work
  • Personal growth
  • Alertness
  • Safety Work habbit
  • Appearance
  • Attendance

3, 5, 7

1, 5

Supervisor’s evualuation of student during the On the job training from the work experience and training evaluation form.

CSLO (General) 3. Complete given task as appropriate to his/ her trade.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

3.1 Complete a worksheet signed by the supervisor (this is the daily work that the shop supervisors are assigning to our trainees or students).

2, 3

5

Worksheet or time sheets completed by students or supervisor from sponsoring company stating number of hours worked each day including job carry out.

3.2 Complete 180 hours On the job training.

3, 7

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Worksheet or time sheets completed by students or supervisor from sponsoring company stating number of hours worked each day including job carry out.

 

 5) COURSE CONTENT:

Note: There is no course content as this is an internship course for experiential learning.

6) METHOD(S) OF INSTRUCTION:

 

Experiential learning carried out at the workplace.

7) REQUIRED TEXT(S) AND COURSE MATERIALS:

None

8) REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Automotive Technology Principles, Diagnosis and Service 2/e Halderman & Mitchell Jr.

 

9) INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS:

None

10) EVALUATION:

Students will be evaluated according to the Work Experience and Training Evaluation form filled in by the sponsoring company supervisor, and the number of hours worked during the internship period. Program instructor will monitor and review student’s performance and calculate student’s grade by the following:

Work Experience & Training Evaluation from Supervisor: 60%

Number of hours worked: 40%

Total:100%

11) CREDIT BY EXAMINATION

None

VTM150 Cooperative Education Recommended by CC: 2/17/2020
 

Approved by VPIA: 2/20/2020

 

 

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