Experience Report

Prince Sultan University [Font size 18]COOP Report Manual [Bold & Font Size 24]
A final Report submitted In Partial Fulfillment Of The
Co-op. Program[Font size 18]
Student Name: [Font size 18]
Student ID#:[Font size 18]
Company Name: [Font size 18]
Advisor Name: [Font size 18]
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DSA- CEU- P3– F10
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2022/04/10
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Acknowledgement (Font 14)
Thank the company which gave you an opportunity to do the COOP and also thank
all the individuals who helped and supervised you during the Co-op program.
(Student Name)
(ii)
Executive Summary (Font 14)
This section states the report in the condensed form. It summarizes the whole
report in one, concise paragraph of about 200 words.
(iii)
Table of Contents
List all the sections / subsections and their corresponding page numbers.
Page Number
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1.0 Introduction
1.1 Company Profile
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Tasks carried out
2.0 The COOP Plan
2.1 Summary of schedule of activities
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3.0 COOP Work description and achievements
3.1 Problem definition in detail
3.2 Methodology adopted for solving the problem
3.3 Theoretical knowledge/courses used in problem solving
3.4 Details of instruments/questionnaire used
3.5 Data collection and analysis
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4.0 Conclusions and Recommendations
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5.0 Future work and
Other points, if any
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6.0 References
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(iii)
List of Tables
All tables must be consecutively numbered consecutively and must be quoted
in the body of the text. Each table must come at appropriate place in the report.
Sample as given below:
Page
Table 1 Profit of the company during the past five years
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Table 2 Sales Revenue of the company in the past five years
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Figures
All Figures and photographs in the body of the report must be numbered
consecutively and must be quoted in the body of the text. Each Figure must
come at appropriate places in the report. Sample as given below:
Page Number
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Graph showing sales revenue Vs. Year
Photograph of the sales outlet
View of the brochure developed
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List of Appendices
All appendices of the report must be lettered consecutively and must be quoted
in the body of the text. All appendices to be kept at the end of the report in order.
Sample as given below:
Page Number
Appendix A Detailed daily plan of activities
Appendix B Questionnaire used for the survey
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Some general guidelines about the report
➢ The final co-op report should be written clearly in standard business
English.
➢ You should proofread the report carefully and correct all spelling or
grammatical errors before submission.
➢ The report should be typed in double spaced with at least 1 inch margin at
the left, right, top and bottom of each page.
➢ The cover page should be as shown in the first page of this document.
➢ Each new chapter should start on a fresh page as described in the manual.
➢ Number each section of the report to correspond with the sections listed in
the “Table of Contents” section.
➢ Use “Times New Roman” font through out the report
➢ Use font size 14 for all headings except where stated otherwise and font
size12 for the body of the report.
➢ Use Tables and Figures presented in the report and quote them in the body
of the report as shown below:
“Table 1 represents details of profit of the company in the last five
years.”
“See the growth in sales revenue in the 2006 as shown in Table 2.”
“Figure 1 shows rapid increase in sales revenue when compared to
previous years.”
“The excellent arrangement of the sales outlet can be seen from
Figure 2.”
(vii)
Chapter 1
Introduction
Start with a paragraph about the company where you did the COOP.
Clearly describe the purpose and objectives of the final Co-op program.
1.1 Company Profile
➢ Describe the company at which you spent your Co-op Program.
➢ Discuss about the organization, its departments, what it does, what
products/applications they have developed or in-development.
➢ Describe the department that you were assigned to.
➢ If possible attach to one of the appendix some photos and charts that
describe the company
1.2 Objectives
List your COOP objectives here
1.3. Tasks to be accomplished
Objectives are to be accomplished through carefully planned tasks. List those
tasks here.
Chapter 2
The Co-Op Plan
In this section, discuss about the general Co-Op plan assigned to you by your
academic Co-Op/ company advisors.
2.1 Summary of schedule of activities
Summary of the schedule of various activities/tasks carried out can be
presented here. Detailed listing of the same to be provided in the appendix.
Chapter 3
Co-Op Work description and Achievements
This is the most important part of your final report. You should describe what
you have done during the co-op program in detail here. It mainly comprises
of the following:
3.1 Problem definition in detail
➢ List the mini project(s) which were taken up.
➢ What are the main tasks you have been assigned to in each project?
➢ What are the difficulties you faced in each task and how you dealt with
them.
3.2 Methodology adopted for solving the problem
➢ How you solved or worked out each task.
➢ Which methods were used in achieving the objectives or solving the
problems Explain the roles played by you
3.3 Theoretical background/courses used in the problem solving
➢ Which of the courses you learned in the university were helpful to you
in solving the assigned task(s).
➢ What technical/theoretical background you needed to solve the tasks.
3.4 Details of instruments/questionnaire used
➢ You should mention any instrument or questionnaire used, software
developed or mathematical model used. List them in the appendix.
3.5 Data collection and analysis
➢ You should discuss about any sampling plan used, actual number of
samples taken, brief description of the population and sample and the
like. The type of survey, namely, telephonic interview or face to face
method should be clearly stated in this section.
➢ You should analyze the results obtained. Enhance your analysis with
bar charts, pie charts or any other suitable pictorial representation.
Include the same as figures in the report at appropriate places.
▪ Describe how the co-op has contributed to your personal development.
Explain about which personal qualities in you were discovered or
enhanced during the co-op? How do you anticipate that these qualities
will help you in the future?
▪ Describe how the co-op has contributed to your professional
development. What have you learned about your working style and
professional skills? In what ways do you anticipate that these skills are
going to help you in the future?
▪ Discuss the personal qualities and professional skills that you feel you
will need to develop before entering a job. Describe how you plan to
further develop them in you.
Chapter 4
Conclusions and Recommendations
For each objective, indicate whether you achieved or did not achieve the
objective. Then describe the evidence to demonstrate your achievement of the
objective. If you believe that an objective was not achieved, explain the reasons
for your conclusion.
➢ Summarize the work that you described in the previous sections.
➢ Highlight the outcome from the results and conclude them.
➢ Mention whether the Co-op objectives have been fulfilled and if not,
explain about to which degree the same were completed.
➢ Identify the strengths and weaknesses of your co-op.
➢ Suggest changes that you would recommend that would have improved
your learning experience.
➢ List some recommendations that you think helpful for improving the
Co-op program.
➢ Would you recommend a similar co-op with this organization to
another student? Why or why not? Explain and justify
Chapter 5
Other issues
➢ Discuss any other issues relating to your co-op that are not addressed
in other sections of this report.
➢ The other issues must be approved by the advisor and therefore
ensure to get the approval of the whole report as well as “other
issues” section, in particular.
References
➢ Don’t put chapter number for references section.
➢ List the sources you cited (referred to) in your report
For Books:
Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing
manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
For electronic sources:
Kenneth, I. A. (2000). A Buddhist response to the nature of human rights.
Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 8.Retrieved February 20, 2001, from
http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html
For journal papers:
Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal
articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55,
893-896.
Appendices
➢ Put other materials (training material, source codes, forms printout,
generated reports, Database structure,), each in a separate
appendix with a separate title page for each appendix.
➢ Don’t allocate chapter number for appendices
Appendix A
Detailed daily/weekly schedules of activities
Appendix B
Questionnaire used for the survey