ACM Internship

 

Internship Overview

 

    1. The management internship consists of three alternate trimesters of twelve weeks each, during which ACM students undergo training provided by local and multinational companies.

 

    1. During the duration of the internship, ACM interns report to the workplace following the work and time schedule of the company. They prepare monthly reports reviewed by their supervisors, which they submit to their advisers. At the end of the internship, they also have an oral presentation.

 

  1. Supervisors evaluate interns three times and discuss each evaluation with their interns. The first two evaluations do not form part of the internship grade and only aims to determine the current performance levels of the interns as well as area of improvement. The third evaluation is equivalent to 50% of the intern’s grade. The adviser provides the other half of the grade based on very specific criteria.

 

Internship Policy Highlights

 

    1. The Management and Organization Department (MOD) credits internship work undertaken only while enrolled in PRCAPM1, PRCAPM2, or PRACM3. MOD does not entertain any student requests to credit work without enrollment.

 

    1. A student enrolled in a management internship course cannot take any other academic or non-academic subjects within the same term except thesis proper and LASARE separately.

 

    1. The internship is for 12 consecutive weeks beginning the first Monday of every trimester. The MOD does not recognize any work rendered before the official start of the internship.

 

    1. The MOD understands that some company activities require students to be at the workplace beyond regular working hours, and allows this provided the intern’s parents approve. However, it is the Department’s policy that work conducted during the graveyard shift (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

 

    1. The MOD does not condone unprofessional behavior and unethical practices. Students should immediately inform their adviser if they are asked to do any activity that violates the Interns Code of Professional Conduct (ACM-F004).

 

    1. For the University to credit a student’s subject, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) rules that a student must attend at least 80% of total credit hours. Since management internships are 480, this means that an intern must render work services for at least 384 hours. Thus, MOD recognizes that interns may be absent for at most 96 hours or 12 working days, with notice. This means that the concerned student must inform the supervisor AND adviser of each absence.

 

    1. Moreover, the MOD rules that the 12 working days allowed for absences cannot be lumped together to shorten the 12-week internship period, whether the absences are taken at the beginning, in the middle, or towards the end of the internship. The MOD allows consecutive absences only if a student has a serious illness or has to attend to emergencies. Notwithstanding, the student must inform the supervisor, adviser, and Internship Coordinator in writing. For this purpose, the MOD accepts an e-mail correspondence.

 

  1. Failure in a management internship renders the ACM intern ineligible to enroll in the ACM major subjects succeeding the term of management internship. The student must re-enroll in the management internship that he or she failed. However, since some subjects are offered only in specific terms, this may unduly delay a student.