DE LA SALLE LIPA

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT

Course Syllabus
PRACTICUM

CREDITS: 3.0 units

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is an applied academic experience conducted under joint faculty and employer supervision
which requires a minimum of one semester and will include a minimum of 150 contact hours.
Each intern registers for this course which will be given three hours credit. The purpose of the
practicum is to provide students with specialized experiences in a career field tailored to one’s
academic discipline, skills, and/or professional interests.

The practicum allows each student the opportunity to work at a professional practicum site.
Students choosing to work at a professional practicum site will work at an agency within the
Luzon area about professions related to their discipline and/or life goals.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To place students at a professional practicum site that is relevant to their discipline,

skills, and/or interests.

2. To gain exposure with professional personalities and institutions within the Luzon region.

3. To perform job task on career-related programs and experience the organizational

dynamics of a professional setting.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1. All students will meet with the Practicum Coordinator and Teacher In Charge at a
General Assembly during the semester prior to the practicum.
2. Each student is responsible for finding his/her own practicum site, however, the
Placement Officer will provide as much help as possible.
3. All students must register for the course during the prescribed registration period and
pay applicable tuition and other fees. The practicum must be completed during the
semester the practicum was registered for. Students may not register for the
practicum in one semester and start/complete it in another semester.
4. All students must submit to the Teacher In Charge the name, address and telephone
number of the practicum site, the name and phone number of their supervisor as well as
starting and ending dates of the internship.
5. Students are required to attend all internship meetings held by the Teacher In Charge.
6. All students must provide the Teacher In Charge with a valid address, phone number
and email address where the student can be reached during the practicum.
7. Required reports for each students are: Bi-monthly reports and final report.

WEEKLY REPORT

A report must be written every week during the practicum period. The reports must be
typed and should be at least two pages in length (double spaced with 1” margins, 11
point font, using Arial typeface – no fancy, decorative or large type). The weekly
reports must be a minimum of two full pages, not including the cover page or any
attachments.

The report must have a cover page with the following information: Your name, where
you are working, the report number (e.g. Report # 1), the dates of the weeks covered by
the report, the due date for the report and the number of hours you worked during the
report period. Papers must be well written using good English composition and
grammar. It is to be written in essay format—not a conversational style.
 For instance, you may want to consider the following questions:
• What have you learned about yourself this week?
• What have you learned that will help you in your future profession?
• How can you relate your practicum experience for this week to what you are
learning in your classroom study?
• What do you feel could be improved at your particular site?

This Weekly report should be submitted every Monday morning every week thru e-
mail. Cut off time is 12:00 noon.

Weekly reports can come from daily journal that students keep and which could be
hand written in a medium size catleya filler. (This daily journal has to be submitted at the
end of the practicum period.) Daily activities such as work accomplished, learning
experiences, problems encountered could be part of the daily journal. The journal may
include description of the student’s practicum assignments and reflections on the
practicum. Included in the report should be a section on how you feel you are achieving
your objectives.

Journal entries are held in confidence. If you have a concern about something at
your practicum site, feel free to discuss it with the Teacher In Charge or the
Practicum Coordinator in person and/or in your journal.

FINAL REPORT

Final report which is expected to be submitted at least a week right after the final
practicum program may include but not limited to the following:

1. Company Background and Operation

a. Describe the company, its mission, vision, and goals.
b. Describe owners of the business, chain affiliation and information about the
chain/or parent organization.
c. Describe the location.
d. Describe the business/venue where you are working.
e. Describe the function of the department/area where you are working and how
it relates to the entire organization.
f. Describe the function of your job in relation to the department as a whole.
g. Discuss the flow of authority and the assignment of responsibility within the
organization.
h. What incidents had occurred while you were on duty? Who handled the
incident(s) and how effective were they handled? If you were the manager,
how would you have handled the situation?
2. Provide your analysis of any relevant situation that occurs in the organization.
a. How would you characterize the style of service in your organization?
b. What are the good points regarding the service rendered to guests/clients in
your facility?
c. What areas need improvement in the service delivery system in your facility?
d. If you were the general manager, what would you do differently?
e. Overall, how would you rate the quality of service received by the guests at
your facility?
f. What incidents had occurred while you were on duty? Who handled the
incident(s) and how effective were they handled? If you were the manager,
how would you have handled the situation?
g. Provide your analysis of any relevant situation that occurs in the organization.
3. The degree to which you feel you accomplished your objectives.
4. How your practicum contributed to your professional goals? Did your career
goals change as a result of the practicum?
5. What did you learn in your practicum that are parallel to what you learned in
school?
6. Have you acquired any special skills in the practicum that you didn’t already
have?
7. What are some of the most important management skills you feel are a must for
a successful manager?
8. What are some personal characteristics which you feel are necessary for a
successful manager?
 9. Summarize what you feel were the most important learning experiences during
your practicum.
10. From your experience and observations of the industry thus far, what changes
can we make in the curriculum at De La Salle Lipa which you feel would better
prepare you for an entry level management position.
11. Would you recommend this internship site to another student in the future?

Note: Other requirements for marketing practicum will be given by the teacher- in-
charge.

Final report, including the weekly report, and all other pertinent documents
relative to the conduct of the practicum must be submitted in a formal form –
hard/soft bound report.

8. The student is required to obtain an evaluation from his/her supervisor and submit the
original form to the Teacher In Charge within a week after the last complete week of the
practicum (the same time as the final report). The evaluation form supplied by the TIC
must be used for this purpose. Please note, the instructor must receive the original form
of the evaluation – the form that the supervisor actually filled out – photocopies and
faxes are not acceptable. In some cases, the evaluation form could be handed to the
company supervisor during the personal visit of the TIC.

Grading Procedures
1. Grades will be determined based on the quality and timely completion of all
required reports and the employer’s evaluation of work performance.

Reports will be graded using the rubric on written report. The performance criteria
would be content, organizational and clarity of report, format, grammar and
attractiveness and neatness. A maximum point for each criterion is 10. The weekly
report will be read, graded and critiqued by the instructor and sent back to the
student before the next paper is written. The student should review the comments
and make appropriate adjustments to correct content and writing style problems
before this will be included in the final report. Late papers will lose 10 points for every
day, or part of a day, they are late. If papers must be returned for reformatting, they
will automatically lose 10 points.

2. The final grades for the course will be determined using the following
percentages:
• Supervisors Evaluation -- 50%
• Weekly Reports – 30%
• Final Report – 15%
• Other Requirements – 5%: Waiver, daily time record, certification of
completion
3. The grade for this course will not be determined by how hard the students have
to work or how many hours they have to work. The grade will be determined by
how much they learned and, equally as important, how they translated that
learning into writing. Even though they might have had a very good learning
experience, if they are unable to convey that learning in an appropriately written
report, they will not received a top grade. In addition, the final grade will be partly
determined by how well they follow directions and their attention to details. If
students submit papers late, get confused on their due dates, or fail to submit
their objectives, local address etc. in a timely manner, they will be downgraded. It
is incumbent on the student to keep track of all forms and reports to be submitted
and when they are due.
4. Grades when submitted are final and will not be changed unless there was a
computational error or other error on the part of the instructor. If students need a
certain grade in this course to maintain or increase their grade point average,
they must put an appropriate amount of effort into the reports and course
requirements to earn that grade. If they do the minimum required, just to get by,
they will receive a grade which reflects their minimum effort.
5. If a contingency arises which precludes the student from meeting deadlines, it is
incumbent on the student to discuss the problem with the instructor before the
deadline elapses.
Time Cards: Students must complete time cards and submit them to the Teacher In Charge at
the end of the practicum period. Students are to record only the hours that have been spent
working at their site or for work related to the site supervisor’s assignments.

When possible, time cards should be signed by your site supervisor. A record will be sent to
them periodically throughout practicum period.

Site Supervision: Student will be assigned to a Teacher In Charge, who is responsible for
mentoring, supervising and guiding the student.

Students will meet their Teacher In Charge for one hour each week to:
- share feedbacks with each other regarding the professional practicum experience
- receive guidance on tasks and projects
- discuss insights and observations obtained while at the practicum site
- exchange information related to one’s professional discipline and interests
- express concerns and prayer requests
- share others topic related to one’s integration of faith and work

Feedback: During the mid of semester, each student will be given the opportunity to provide
mid-course feedback regarding his or her performance in the practicum site. Similarly, the
Teacher In Charge will provide feedback to each student regarding the student’s performance at
that time. A final evaluation coming from the company supervisor will also be completed at the
end of the period.