Internships for engineers can be misleading

Apr 7, 2014
9:13:11am

ColoSpgs

I disagree that an internship will show an engineering student what he/she "really needs to know". An internship at Company X will show you what you need to know at Company X--which will be wildly different than companies Y and Z.

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If you could change anything about the college experience...

BluePete

4/7/14 8:28am

Make it required for professors to have worked in the industry/field they teach

BYUisLife

4/7/14 8:32am

Best teacher I ever had fit that description. The ones who went straight through

BluePete

4/7/14 8:36am

Agreed. I see that as I'm winding down my undergrad in Accounting at BYU.

BYUisLife

4/7/14 8:38am

Part of the reason BYU's accounting undergrad is so effective. Professors with a

fbguru

4/7/14 8:44am

Some of the best accounting professors at BYU had limited experience.

B-town_coug

4/7/14 11:15am

I was thinking the same thing. Loved Prawitt. However, I think having a good

Cougar8Duck

4/7/14 3:28pm

Its a well known fact that those who cant do, teach

Bucko

4/7/14 8:46am

Except skills-based trades like surgery

Modiolus

4/7/14 8:53am

And those who can't teach, teach Gym

RisinUp

4/7/14 8:59am

What's a gym?

fbguru

4/7/14 9:05am

Which is why I'm seriously considering getting into teaching.

2ndTrombone

4/7/14 9:26am

This will never change until accrediting organzations change their standards

man-at-arms

4/7/14 9:41am

I agree on internships. I also think that they need to require more

srey

4/7/14 8:33am

and actually have counselors that know what they are talking about

mudpupper

4/7/14 8:44am

Drop general ed so I can take more worthwhile courses.

IGlowInTheDark

4/7/14 8:34am

I used to think that . .

Bucko

4/7/14 8:48am

Me too...

IGlowInTheDark

4/7/14 8:56am

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Buffalo

4/7/14 9:04am

I would go back to school if this were an option...

Smoke Monster

4/7/14 8:48am

push this down to HS. HS courses haven't changed much in 50 years.

TXSmith

4/7/14 9:02am

I can't think of a single class I took that wasn't useful in my career

ColoSpgs

4/7/14 9:15am

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canadiancougar624

4/7/14 8:37am

Humanities professors...oh man.

IGlowInTheDark

4/7/14 8:42am

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canadiancougar624

4/7/14 8:48am

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BluePete

4/7/14 8:50am

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canadiancougar624

4/7/14 8:56am

Legal dislaimer

BluePete

4/7/14 9:03am

I hate scheduled finals

concolor couguar

4/7/14 8:53am

Actually - BYU professors are not authorized to give final exams at any

Monomachos

4/7/14 8:56am

This. I see no problem with him sticking to his guns.

jaromp

4/7/14 8:59am

RE: This. I see no problem with him sticking to his guns.

concolor couguar

4/7/14 9:05am

Never let the goal of going to school get in the way of the method.

BluePete

4/7/14 9:06am

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canadiancougar624

4/7/14 9:10am

Make business majors take a sociology class

Blue Oyster Cult

4/7/14 8:40am

So that business majors can realize it was a good idea to not do sociology?

IGlowInTheDark

4/7/14 8:41am

I'm all for anyone being what they want if they fully understand

Blue Oyster Cult

4/7/14 8:47am

So, just because you don't like Romney you think business majors need to take

Texas Hammer

4/7/14 8:52am

While I agree with your statement, I think you need to expand your comparison

Fatalplacebo

4/7/14 9:00am

RE: While I agree with your statement, I think you need to expand your

Blue Oyster Cult

4/7/14 9:09am

sorry don't know why the text was so messed up on that

Fatalplacebo

4/7/14 9:11am

Personal finance should be part of the general core.

fbguru

4/7/14 8:41am

Part of the general core in high school too. It's a valuable course that would

Fatalplacebo

4/7/14 8:44am

That needs to be high school and lower.

Tokolosh

4/7/14 8:45am

Agreed. The main problem is that JrHS and HS kids typically aren't

BluePete

4/7/14 9:12am

You really do not give Romney enough credit; he worked with extremely poor

Monomachos

4/7/14 3:37pm

Get professors that know how to teach.

tebowned

4/7/14 8:43am

No grad students teaching courses.

canadiancougar624

4/7/14 8:46am

So how are they supposed to learn how to teach?

concolor couguar

4/7/14 8:49am

Then not advanced courses..

canadiancougar624

4/7/14 10:05am

I for the most part agree

concolor couguar

4/7/14 10:16am

Well, it was Math 113. Calculus part 2.

canadiancougar624

4/7/14 10:23am

I don't want to be a jerk

RedHeadedStranger

4/7/14 6:16pm

More writing requirements. Writing is such an important part of the real

Zenoch

4/7/14 8:46am

Amen. I would say its the number 1 thing holding qualified people back from

Bucko

4/7/14 8:49am

Get rid of the business degree, but make everyone have a minor

Baron

4/7/14 8:47am

aka Harvard

TXSmith

4/7/14 8:55am

1. Do BYU's strenghts -Accounting, Econ, Construction Mgmt. 2. Study abroad more

Iman23

4/7/14 9:06am

Most Eng. schools push internships in the final two years heavily

NarfUte

4/7/14 9:11am

Many of them do now...but not when I was in school (a looong time ago)

BluePete

4/7/14 9:26am

Internships for engineers can be misleading

ColoSpgs

4/7/14 9:13am

ANY exposure to industrial settings would have been significant to me.

BluePete

4/7/14 9:30am

Eliminate pointless/worthless majors.

sethfan

4/7/14 9:17am

Disagree with this...better to take the alternative approach and really sit kids

Iman23

4/7/14 9:34am

What would be wrong with eliminating degrees that offer no legitimate job

sethfan

4/7/14 10:00am

standardize and audit ROIs for each major field of study

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