Urban Field Experience
General
- Undergraduate; 4th year
- 1 learner; individual projects
- 200 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
- 1/1 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Social enterprise
- Science
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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February 12, 2024Experience start
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April 2, 2024Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Students earn course credit by working on a project for an outside organization involved in urban development or administration. Details of each student's responsibilities are worked out in consultations among the student, the project supervisor and the Instructor.
- Deliverables
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- Gain professional work experience
- Encourage development of professional/academic skills
- Gain first-hand knowledge of employment and how an institutional body in the urban environment identifies its priorities, attempts to realize its goals, and deals with other institutional actors in the field
Project Examples
Unpaid work placement for an organization engaged in some aspect of urban development, policy, research, or administration.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Provide a dedicated student supervisor who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course. Depending on the project, a placement agreement might need to be signed with the Experiential Education Office prior to the student(s) starting their projects/placement.
Partners agree to sign a placement agreement with the Faculty prior to the student starting placement (sent by the EE Coordinator once a student placement is confirmed)