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Presentation to IRAP ITA's by Shebia Leung
Transcript of BCIT SOCAST - Students Working for industry
Industry Sponsored Student Project (ISSP) Program
Meeting with NRC IRAP ITAs
October 3, 2013
Computing Department in SOCAS
• School of Computing and Academic Studies
• Computing Department
– Full-time programs – Diploma and Degree
– Part-time Studies – Certificate, Associate Certificate, Diploma and Degree
– High-tech Professional – fast-track certificates
Full-time Programs
• Computer Systems Technology (CST)
Diploma
- Computer Information Technology (CIT)
Diploma
- Bachelor of Technology Computer
Systems (BTech)
What is ISSP?
• Education program for CST and CIT students
• Real-world industry experience
• 3-way partnership
• Project specific
Project Areas
• Software development
• Database
• Web development
• Network administration and security
• Web and mobile applications
• Computer games
• More…
ISSP Terms
Programs Term begins Approx. term duration
Number of students
Part-time/ Full-time
Total hours Submission deadline
Diploma Sept 13 weeks 4-5 Part-time 400 hours Aug 15
Diploma Jan 13 weeks 4-5 Part-time 400 hours Dec 10
Diploma April 5 weeks 4-5 Full-time 400 hours Apr 1
Degree Jan 12 months 1 Part-time 405 hours Dec 10
Suitable Projects
• Well defined: appropriate scope and achievable goals
• Challenging and rewarding
• Sponsor’s support
Logistics
• Submit projects
• Review suitability
• Collect in pool
• Selection process
• Work on projects
• Assessment and Presentation
• Voluntary donation
Disclaimers
• Students are still learning
• Not suitable for projects that are:
– Time sensitive
– Mission critical
• NDAs and IP issues
• Partners, not cheap/free labour
Examples of recent projects
• Redesign a website • Create an action plan for migration of
company’s IT infrastructure/data to hosted cloud services
• Port a computer game to the iPhone or Android
• Build an app enabling social interaction between users
• E.g. www.knittingastor.com
Contact us:
Website: www.bcit.ca/cas/issp
Technical Enquiries:
Administration Enquiries:
