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5.2. Indianapolis

There are many activities you should be doing for your own professional development as an engineering student beyond our traditional courses. In ENGR 13300, we are including three types of experiences in the course assignments. The three types of experiences are mentioned in Table 5.13

Table 5.13 Professional Preparation Experiences

Experience(s)	Description	Activities
Major Exploration	Participate in two activities related to your chosen major, which could include attending a club related to your major, an event hosted by your major, or a seminar hosted by your major.	\(2\)
Personal Activity	Participate in two activities that include attending a callout, going to job fairs or career presentations and going to hear speakers on campus. These can help you decide on a future career as well as helping you learn about opportunities for your future.	\(2\)
Cultural Experience	The Purdue community is very diverse. Experiencing that diversity will help you to grow as people and prepare yourselves to be leaders in our global economy and community.	\(1\)

The due dates for these assignments can be found in the Course Schedule.

Points Distribution

Each activity is worth \(20\) points for a total of \(100\) points. See Table 5.14 for the individual breakdown. The reflection for each activity will be graded as described in Reflection Rubrics.

Table 5.14 Professional Preparation Points Distribution

Activity	Reflection	Points	Submission
Major Exploration \(1\)	Yes	\(20\)	Gradescope
Major Exploration \(2\)	Yes	\(20\)	Gradescope
Personal Activity \(1\)	Yes	\(20\)	Gradescope
Personal Activity \(2\)	Yes	\(20\)	Gradescope
Cultural Experience \(1\)	Yes	\(20\)	Gradescope
Total		\(\bf{100}\)

Reflection Rubrics

The \(2\) Major Exploration Activities, \(2\) Personal Activities, and the Cultural Experience activity must have a reflection in a three paragraph format as described in Table 5.15. The reflections are each worth \(20\) points and are graded according to the rubric in Table 5.16.

Table 5.15 Reflection Template

Paragraph	Description
\(1\)	Identify what type of activity this is (Major Exploration, Personal Activity or Cultural Activity) along with the name of the event, time, date, and location of the activity.
\(2\)	Answer the question - What did you learn from this experience that connects to your major or career interest. If the answer is not at all, please explain why and that will suffice.
\(3\)	Answer the question - How will this experience change, impact or inform your future career or personal plans or growth. If the answer is not at all, please explain why and that will suffice.

Table 5.16 Reflection Rubric

Points	Description
	Event description
\(4\) pts	Included the type of activity (Major Exploration, Personal Activity, Cultural Activity), event name that you attended, time and date event occurred.
\(2\) pt	Missing either the event name, time or date occurred.
\(0\) pts	Missing more than one of the event name, time and date occurred.
	What did you learn?
\(8\) pts	Well written with fewer than 2 grammatical and/or spelling mistakes. Thoughtful paragraph describing what you learned, describing at least one element that was new to you or made you reflect in a new way.
\(4\) pts	Written with more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling mistakes but is a thoughtful paragraph describing what you learned describing at least one element that was new to you or made you reflect in a new way OR Well written with fewer than 2 grammatical and/or spelling mistakes but only contains surface level description of the experience with no element that was new to you or made you reflect in a new way.
\(2\) pts	Written with more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling mistakes and only contains surface level description of the experience with no element that was new to you or made you reflect in a new way.
\(0\) pts	Not completed or multiple grammar and/or spelling mistakes and insufficient information about the learning.
	How will this experience change, impact, or inform your future career, personal plans, or growth. If not at all, please explain why.
\(8\) pts	Well written with fewer than 2 grammatical and/or spelling mistakes. Thoughtful reflective paragraph discussing how this experience changes, impacts, or informs your future plans or does not. Includes at least one specific element or idea that may or may not fit into your future plans.
\(4\) pts	Written with more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling mistakes but is a thoughtful reflective paragraph discussing how this field, major, company, or organization fits into your future plans or does not. Includes at least one specific element or idea that may or may not fit into your future plans. OR Well written with fewer than 2 grammatical and/or spelling mistakes but only contains surface level description how this experience changes, impacts, or informs your future plans or does not. Does not include at least one specific element or idea that may or may not fit into your future plans.
\(2\) pts	Written with more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling mistakes and only contains surface level description how this experience changes, impacts or informs your future plans or does not. Does not include at least one specific element or idea that may or may not fit into your future plans.
\(0\) pts	Not completed or multiple grammar and/or spelling mistakes and insufficient information about the experience and connection to your future plans.