THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Real challenges. A team. Guidance along the way.
Employer-connected projects bring professional context into coursework, with clear learning objectives and faculty oversight.
HOW THE EXPERIENCE WORKS
From an employer challenge to evidence of learning.
Your course sets the scope, milestones, and assessment expectations. The project gives you opportunities to apply learning through authentic work.
1. Understand the challenge
Explore the employer’s needs and connect them to your course objectives.
2. Plan with your team
3. Create and refine
4. Deliver and reflect
Clarify roles, agree on milestones, and define the work you will produce.
Apply course concepts, collaborate, and respond to faculty and employer feedback.
Present your work and explain the skills, decisions, and learning behind it.
SKILLS THROUGH PRACTICE
Practice the skills that real work requires.
Feedback and reflection help you examine your approach, recognize progress, and identify what to improve.
Communication
Ask useful questions and explain your ideas clearly.
Collaboration
Coordinate responsibilities and work through team challenges.
Critical Thinking
Evaluate information and make reasoned project decisions.
Professional Responsibility
Manage commitments, respond to feedback, and follow through.
EVIDENCE YOU CAN EXPLAIN
Show the work. Explain your contribution.
Project deliverables, reflections, and feedback can help you describe how you applied learning and contributed to a team. Share work only when course requirements and employer permissions allow.
Project Deliverables
Your Contribution
Learning Reflections
CONNECT LEARNING TO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Build context, confidence, and professional connections.
Working with an employer helps you understand professional expectations and encounter perspectives beyond the classroom. Use the experience to inform how you discuss your interests, skills, and future direction.
Projects are learning experiences and do not guarantee employment or placement.
