The Industry Orientation Programme
Professional Profiling
For this component, you are
required to prepare a detailed history of a person
who has completed
a polytechnic diploma in Singapore. You are
free to choose your own "role model",
or if you wish, a number of persons whom you consider
to be role models. Your history should include
data collated from a wide variety of sources,
including personal interviews with your model(s).
Creative Engagement
For this component, you will need to involve yourself
in a creative activity or variety of activities
designated and/ or organised by the Schools and
Centres for this purpose. Taken alone or together,
these must be of sufficient standing to make up
the weight assigned to this component of the IOP.
You may, for example, use your participation in
the Student's Council or in a major competition
as activities of Creative Engagement, if so endorsed
by the Schools.
Design Project
Working in a group of up to 5 persons, you will
undertake a project relevant to your diploma programme.
Under the supervision of your mentor, your team
will be expected to define the objectives of your
project, develop a plan of action, execute the
plan to a reasonable degree, and evaluate its outcome.
You will also be expected to take corrective action
if necessary, and prepare a technical report of
the whole enterprise. You should bear in mind the
fact that a premium will be put on projects which
embrace a multi-disciplinary approach.
Assessment of the IOP
Upon completion of each component, your mentor,
together with an independent examiner, will conduct
a formal evaluation of your work. They will also
interview you to ascertain the level of competence
you have achieved in your area of choice, as well
as to satisfy themselves of the effort you have
put into each exercise. The grade they award you
for each component will go towards the computation
of your final diploma mark. You will, however,
be allowed to re-submit work for each component
if it obtained a fail grade the first time round.
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