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Introduction to IE 299. Minimum of 20 consecutive business days except for official holidays Manufacturing organization A positive evaluation by the company An interpretive technical essay. Administrative Issues (Prior to Fall 2010). You need to find a company By yourselves
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Introduction to IE 299 • Minimum of 20 consecutive business days except for official holidays • Manufacturing organization • A positive evaluation by the company • An interpretive technical essay
Administrative Issues (Prior to Fall 2010) • You need to find a company • By yourselves • Relatives, friends, acquaintances, etc. • Through the dean’s summer practice office • Correspondence: Room No: EA412 Duygu Musaoğlu • The companies requesting summer trainees contact the dean’s office • Ms. Musaoğlu announces these company requests as they are received, to the students on their webpagehttp://mfstaj.bilkent.edu.tr:8080/student/index.jsp • The students are selected via a lottery draw • Through our department’s resources • Our department have agreements with a number of companies • The name of the companies and the selection criteria will be announced through our web page
Administrative Issues (Prior to Fall 2010) • Get your company approved • If the company is not listed among the “approved companies”, then we MUST get your company approved by course coordinators • Pick the sealed envelope from Ms. Musaoğlu • “Staj Değerlendirme Formu” • The latest pick up date of the envelopes isone week before your summer training start date • In the first day of your summer practice, hand the sealed envelope to your supervisor in the company • Your supervisor will fill in these forms and post them via mail or you can hand the sealed envelope to Ms. Musaoğlu personally
Academic Issues (During the Fall Semester) • We address academic questions relating to the content of the technical report • Reports are evenly distributed among all faculty members • Each faculty member evaluates the reports assigned to him/her by taking assistance from a graduate student • Course coordinators: • IE 299: Figen Eren; IE 399: Osman Alp.
Requirements • Prerequisites: IE 262 & IE 271 • The sealed envelope (Staj Değerlendirme Formu) must be received by the Dean’s Office no later than the sixth Monday of Fall Semester • Deadline for submitting the reports is the third Monday of Fall Semester • Exact date is announced at the start the semester • The students who receive an "unsatisfactory" (U) grade repeat the summer training during the next summer • Re-registers to the course in the next Fall semester • Summer training during the winter break is not allowed • Two summer practices can be conducted in one summer
Recommendations • Select a manufacturing system with a variety of different processes • Family owned businesses are not recommended for the family members • Mid or large sized businesses are suitable • Observe as many departments of the company as possible • Go over the “Summer Practice Evaluation Form” before visiting the company and writing your report so that you can understand our expectations
Grading of The Report - 1 • At the end of the first evaluation, if the student receives a grade • Below 40: Fail in the report evaluation and Unsatisfactory in the course. • Between 40 and 69, inclusive or less than 50% performance in some class of criteria (i.e., Format and Organization, Language, Content): Rewrite in the report evaluation following the feedback provided. • Greater than or equal to 70 with a minimum of 50% performance in each class of criteria: Pass in the report evaluation
Grading of The Report - 2 • Those students who receive a Rewrite in the first evaluation submit their revised reports in two weeks after the notification. The same faculty member evaluates their reports again • Below 70 or less than 50% performance in some class of criteria : Fail in the report evaluation and Unsatisfactory in the course. • Greater than or equal to 70 with a minimum of 50% performance in each class of criteria: a Pass in the report evaluation
Summer Practice Evaluation Form -1 • FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION (20%) • Cover Page • Page Limits and Numbering (5-10 pages) • Margins and Alignment • Section Division and Headings • Appendix (Should be in English, cited in text, no handwriting allowed) • References (Uniformity of format, cited in text)
Summer Practice Evaluation Form - 2 • LANGUAGE (10%) • Grammar • Spelling and Punctuation • Technical Terminology • Style (Conciseness and clarity, use of formal language)
Summer Practice Evaluation Form - 3 • CONTENT (70%) • General Information about the company (Sector, location, suppliers, customers, etc) • Sectoranalysis • Organization of the Company • IE Activities in the Company • Production Environment • Information Technology • Conclusions, Deductions
FAQ • Summer training in a foreign country • Registration in Spring • IE 299 & 399 practices in the same summer • Registration in IE 299 & IE 399 in the same semester • Practice at two or more companies