Should you opt for the full-time program with work term, you will complete the work term component during the third semester of the program. Dates for starting and finishing the work term are set forth in the University Diary.
To be eligible for the work term, you must have successfully completed all other courses in the program. Successful completion of the work term requirement is a prerequisite to graduation from the ICT diploma program.
General management of work terms is the responsibility of the Division of Lifelong Learning. The Division is responsible for assisting potential employers to become involved in the program, for the continual development of employment opportunities, for arranging student/employer interviews, for student counselling, for visiting students on their work assignments and for the evaluation of the work term.
You and prospective work term employers choose each other through the placement competition process: a placement interview, followed by an expression of preference by you and the employer. Placement is not guaranteed but every effort is made to ensure that appropriate employment is made available.
You are welcome to arrange a work term placement outside the competition. Such arrangements must be confirmed by the employer and be approved by the Division of Lifelong Learning before the first day on which you are scheduled to begin work.
Should you opt for the full-time program with work term, you automatically grant the Division the right to supply your résumé and academic transcripts to prospective employers.
Any wage you receive for your work term is determined by your work term employer and is based on that organization's remuneration structure. You should not expect the income from a work term to allow you to be entirely self-supporting.
You may, with the permission of the Division of Lifelong Learning, be self-employed during a work term provided that you and the Division agree at the start of the work term on the information to be provided to the Division pursuant to the evaluation of your work during that term.
If you are unable to obtain a work term or work in an approved self-employment arrangement within four weeks from the start of the work term, you will be expected to undertake work under contract to a client within a faculty, another entity of the university, a company, municipality, non-profit organization or the like. The contract work may be part-time or occupy only a portion of a semester, and may allow you to earn an income in other ways. The contract, whether paid or unpaid, must be approved by the Division of Lifelong Learning.
When neither an approved full-time work term or an approved contract can be arranged, the Undergraduate Studies Committee may approve a program of activities which provides you with the technical and professional experience normally derived from the work term setting. The program must be such that the development of your skills, including your communication skills, can be monitored and assessed by the Division of Lifelong Learning with criteria equivalent to those used for full-time work term positions.
A work term report must be submitted. This report will be assigned by the Division of Lifelong Learning. The report serves to provide evidence of your ability to gather material relating to the job, analyze it effectively and present it in a clear, logical and concise form. Late reports will not be evaluated unless prior permission for a late report has been granted.
