Geomatics in Practice

The Geomatics in Practice Elective provides an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills obtained in the first year of Geomatics for the Built Environment in practice. The Internship must have an academic character.There is no formal start date or end date, you can start any time provided you have completed at least 30 ECTS of Geomatics core subjects. The internship should last at least 280 hours, i.e., seven weeks on a full-time basis, or an equivalent period on a part-time basis, e.g., 14 weeks 20 hours/week.

BEFORE YOU START:

When you have found an internship at a suitable academic level, you should submit an Internship Proposal form (maximum 800 words) via Brightspace, stating:

1. Your name, study number, email address, and completed geomatics core courses

2. Short description of the company (max 1 paragraph)

3. Name, affiliation, and qualifications of the supervisor at the company/organization (your Workplace Supervisor)

4. Name, and affiliation of proposed geomatics tutor (your Geomatics Supervisor)

5. Title / Topic of the work you will carry out, objected achievements, and deliverables to the organization

6. Motivation for why you want to carry out this work and indication of how it will contribute to your geomatics knowledge and skills

7. Indication of the academic level of the work you will carry out (e.g., design, data integration, modeling, assessment) and whether individual or as part of a team

8. Location of where you will be doing the activities (if partially working from home, please indicate the percentage of time working on location and working from home)

9. Time planning: start data + finish date + no. of hours per week

Please involve your Geomatics Supervisor when you draft your internship proposal. The Geomatics Supervisor may be any person connected to the Geomatics programme with sufficient knowledge of your chosen topic.

When you submit your Internship Proposal via Brightspace, please inform the GEO5016 Coordinator by e-mail of your submission. The GEO5016 Coordinator will assess your Internship Proposal for suitability for the Geomatics programme. A GO will be granted when the internship Coordinator is satisfied that the proposed topic and activities are suitable for the Geomatics Programme and at MSc level, i.e., there has to be an academic challenge. This means that you have to work towards tackling a problem, working with complex and heterogeneous data, or developing a model or something similar, either individually or as part of a team. So, just carrying out activities according to fixed protocols without a personal contribution is not sufficient. Without a GO, you are not allowed to start this internship. Do not forget to enroll in GEO5016 Geomatics in Practice, Aanvangsblok: JAAR.

WHEN YOU RECEIVE A GO:

Submit a UNL Internship Agreement, signed by you and your Workplace Supervisor, to J.vanOs@tudelft.nl with a cc to the GEO5016 Coordinator. The Internship Agreement form can be downloaded in Dutch and English from https://www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/onderwerpen/onderwijs/gemeenschappelijke-stageovereenkomst-universiteiten.

DURING YOUR INTERNSHIP:

Carry out your internship activities and absorb as much practical experience as you can!

AFTER YOUR INTERNSHIP:

• Submit your internship assessment form to your workplace supervisor for assessment of your professional skills no later than 1 week after completion of your internship (30% of the final mark)

• Submit your Internship Report and internship assessment form to your Geomatics Supervisor with a cc to the GEO5016 Coordinator no later than 4 weeks after completion of your internship.

• Make an appointment with your Geomatics Supervisor to discuss your report and to gain an assessment mark (70% of the final mark).

The final assessment will be based on the Professional Skills (30%) and the Internship Report (template)(70%). The Internship Report should be written in English.

The Professional Skills are based on 8 criteria (rubric):

1.1 Creative thinking en showing initiative

1.2 Productivity

1.3 Independence

1.4 Motivation en enthusiasm, commitment en perseverance

1.5 Critical attitude

1.6 Handling supervisor's comments en development skills

1.7 Interpersonal / insight in functioning of workplace organisation

1.8 Time management

The Internship Report is an Academic Paper which will be assessed on 8 criteria (rubric):

2.1 Context of research / internship topic en problem statement

2.2 Formulation goals, tasks en framework of internship topic

2.3 Theoretical underpinning, use of literature

2.4 Use of methods en processing / analysing data

2.5 Reflection on results

2.6 Conclusions and discussion

2.7 Fluency of language and writing skills

2.8 Personal reflection on internship

The final delivery is an Internship Report that consists of the following components:

- Abstract – a summary of the report, max 200 words

- Introduction – the background and context of the topic including a problem definition: Why this project?

- Objectives – the objective of internship project and the research questions: What will the project deliver? What question will be answered?

- Methodology – the proposed approach and method: How will you answer the research question? Which components, steps or working packages do you distinguish?

- Results – What did you do and what are the outcomes of your project?

- Analysis and discussion – What do the outcomes mean? Are there any gaps?

- Reflection – what are the proposed learning objectives? How far did you meet those or extend them (performance of the project)? Why did you divert from the original objectives? Did the project connect to your prior knowledge – is there a gap? Which courses did the project directly connect to (motivate)?

A Retake of GEO5016 is possible if any of the assessments of Part A (Professional Skills) or Part B (Academic Skills – Internship Report) are 5.0 or lower, i.e., if the assessment of either the workplace supervisor (30% of final mark) or of the Geomatics supervisor (70% of final mark) is 5.0 or lower. A Retake means that the student must do a new internship. As this is a new chance, the maximum mark of the Retake Internship will be 10.0.

A Repair is only possible if the assessment of Part B (Academic Skills – Internship Report) is between 5.0 and 5.74 and the assessment of Part A (Professional Skills) is 5.75 or higher. A Repair is a rewrite of the Internship Report, and the maximum mark will be 6.0 out of 10. There is no option for a Repair if the assessment of Part A (Professional Skills) by the Workplace Supervisor is between 5.0 and 5.74.

*It is NOT possible to apply for this course or obtain study points based on an internship in the past. The internship must be approved on forehand. The UNL internship agreement is required for the project.