Welcome to Industry Experience 1!

Course Description

Industry Experience is a form of experiential learning that will let you apply your academic knowledge in a professional context. You will work to build software that meets the needs of a professional organization by completing either:

  • An approved internship, or
  • an open-source project

During your industry experience, you will work on tasks that meet the needs of your sponsoring organization. Whether you undertake an internship or open-source collaboration, your industry experience must include significant, substantial computer science.

For students contributing to an open-source project, you will submit daily stand-up updates and meet regularly with your technical mentor. At the end of the term, you must obtain written feedback from you organization supervisor. You will also submit a final report which describes the problem statement, approaches/methods used, deliverables, and skills you gained.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will:

  • Cultivate your professional network, and use your network to aid in job searching
  • Apply academic knowledge and skills in new professional settings
  • Demonstrate the ability to cope effectively with ambiguous and unfamiliar situations
  • Develop interpersonal and professional skills to successfully transition to work
  • Reflect on your personal skills, and identify opportunities for further development
  • Demonstrate professional and ethical behavior, and ability to maintain accountability for your commitments

Enduring Understandings

By the end of this course and your subsequent internships and career experiences at Kibo, we hope you will agree with four key claims.

  • Career success is a journey, not a single destination
  • Knowing yourself is the beginning of career wisdom
  • Your professional network will power future opportunities
  • Experience is the best teacher

Instructors

  • Ope Bukola, ope@kibo.school
  • David Walter, david@kibo.school

Live Classes

There are no weekly live classes, except for two workshops listed below. The majority of synchronous time in this course will be spent at work during your internship.

You are expected to attend two workshops which will be held during the following dates/times:

  • Kickoff Workshop: Wednesday, April 10, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM GMT
  • Mid-point Workshop: Wednesday, May 8, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM GMT

Office Hours

Optional office hours will be held weekly. Office hours times will be posted in the course help channel in Discord.

Core Reading List

Supplemental Reading List