A minimum 120 hour unpaid internship experience in a biotechnology laboratory designed to provide the student with an off-campus experience in an actual work environment and to facilitate future employment possibilities. The intern may work in one or a variety of tasks and positions, depending on the student’s background and interests, and defined by competency goals agreed upon by the sponsoring laboratory and HFC Biotechnology Faculty. This course is designed to satisfy the requirements of the Biotechnology Program.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the students should be able to:
- Perform work as assigned
- Document work days
- Achieve defined competencies
- Deliver report
- Successfully achieve specific competencies agreed upon by sponsoring laboratory and HFCC Biotechnology Faculty. These competencies must relate to biotechnology laboratory skills and workplace skills.
- Demonstrate scientific accountability, ethical behavior, and confidentiality as they apply to the laboratory science industry.
- Communicate in a professional manner both orally and in writing.
- Demonstrate accepted social and work behaviors; demonstrate work ethic.
- Demonstrate laboratory safety skills, including evaluating safety hazards, applying preventive safety measures, complying with safety and emergency procedures, and demonstrating appropriate care and use of equipment and facilities to ensure safety; demonstrate appropriate handling and disposal of chemical and biological materials in keeping with SDS and worker protection standards (WPS).
This course was part of the Biotechnology program and certificate. It is no longer needed and the teach out period will expire at the start of the summer semester.
Assessment and Requirements
Students will be evaluated based on the achievement of defined competencies, daily log of hours worked and nature of work, assessment by the sponsoring laboratory, and a written and/or oral report of the student's experiences.
Outcomes
- Natural Sciences
- Scientific Reasoning
- Category 6: Natural Sciences (Lecture Only)
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Portfolio must contain evidence that illustrates competency in all course learning objectives. Department faculty will evaluate submitted portfolios based on the evaluation rubric. Evaluation rubric and student checklist available through the School of STEM.
The student must develop a portfolio demonstrating prior biotechnology laboratory experience specifically detailing biotechnology competencies achieved. The student must also produce documentation from the sponsoring laboratory attesting to the performance of activities that meet the objectives of this course. HFC Biotechnology Faculty will evaluate these materials to determine if credit for prior college-level learning will be granted.