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Feb 17, 2025 | 965 words | 10 min read

5.1. West Lafayette

There are many activities you should be doing for your own professional development as an engineering or an IBE 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 5.1

Table 5.1 Professional Preparation Experiences

Experiences	Description	Activities
Career Exploration	A set of seminars called Engineering Your Major (EYM) that are designed to expose you to different engineering majors and career options	\(3\)
Personal Activity	Beyond the EYM’s, each of you should be doing other activities that include attending club meetings and callouts, going to industry job fairs and going to hear speakers on campus. These can help you decide on a major and future career as well as helping you learn about opportunities for your future.	\(1\)
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.	\(1\)

For each activity, you will submit a reflection. For the EYM’s, attendance is taken, and you will need to register in advance. The Personal Activity and Cultural Activity will not have attendance recorded; you only need to write a reflection.

You have the freedom to do the activities in any order, but you must complete one by the first due date, two more by the second date, and the final two by the final due date. The due dates for these assignments can be found in the Course Schedule.

Points Distribution

Each reflection is worth \(17\) points for a total of \(85\) points. Attendance at each EYM is worth \(5\) points for a total of \(15\) points. Thus, \(85\) + \(15\) = \(100\) points. See Table 5.2 for the individual breakdown.

Table 5.2 Professional Preparation Points Distribution

Categories	Points	Submission
Attendance (15 points)
EYM event 1	\(5\)	Brightspace Quiz
EYM event 2	\(5\)	Brightspace Quiz
EYM event 3	\(5\)	Brightspace Quiz
Reflection (85 points)
Reflection 1	\(17\)	Gradescope
Reflection 2	\(17\)	Gradescope
Reflection 3	\(17\)	Gradescope
Reflection 4	\(17\)	Gradescope
Reflection 5	\(17\)	Gradescope
Total	\(\bf{100}\)

Note

Any missed EYM event may result in a deduction of \(5\) points. If you cannot make an EYM that you signed for, you may remove yourself form the attendance list \(24\) hours before the event.

Signup Timeline

Table 5.3 Career Exploration Signup Timeline

Sign up open	Description
Tuesday 09/03 at 6:00 PM	Choose 1 event only at this time
Wednesday 09/04 at 12:00 PM	Choose your remaining 3+ events at this time

Note

The EYM events start on September 16, 2024.

Reflection Rubrics

You have the freedom to do the activities (EYM’s, Personal Activity, Cultural Experience) and reflections in any order. Each activity (3 EYM’s, Personal Activity and Cultural Activity) must have a reflection in a three paragraph format as described in Table 5.4. The reflections are worth \(17\) points and are graded according to the rubric in Table 5.16.

Table 5.4 Reflection Template

Paragraph	Description
1	Identify what type of activity this is (EYM, 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 you future career or personal plans or growth. If the answer is not at all, please explain why and that will suffice.

Table 5.5 Reflection Rubric

Points	Description
	Event description
3 pts	Included the type of activity (EYM, Personal Activity, Cultural Activity), event name that you attended, time and date event occurred.
1 pt	Missing either the event name, time or date event occurred.
0 pts	Missing more than one of the event name, time and date occurred
	What did you learn?
7 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 you future career or personal plans or growth. If not at all, please explain why.
7 pts	Well written with fewer than 2 grammatical and/or spelling mistakes. Thoughtful reflective paragraph discussing how this experience change, impact or inform 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 change, impact or inform 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 change, impact or inform 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