Regulations for Internship for Students of Department of Public
Policy & Management of I-Shou University
Approved by the Department Affairs Council meeting on March 7, 2002
Amended at the Department Affairs Council meeting on May 22, 2003
Amended at the Department Affairs Council meeting on May 26, 2005
Amended at the Department Affairs Council meeting on June 29, 2006
Amended at the Department Affairs Council meeting on September 13, 2006
Amended at the Department Affairs Council meeting on February 1, 2007
Amended at the Department Affairs Council meeting on June 6, 2007
Amended at the Department Affairs Council meeting on September 3, 2008
Article 1 Basis
The Regulations for Internship for Students of Department of Public Policy &
Management of I-Shou University (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) are
enacted to meet the requirement of the course of Public Management Practicum of the
department.
Article 2 Objectives of Internship
1. To understand the promotion and implementation of public policy.
2. To experience the practice operation and management.
3. To cultivate students to adaptation to work environment.
4. To offer the interaction with both theory and practice to enhance the teaching level
and the quality of the students is also improving.
Article 3 Organizations of Internship
Students would be arranged to undertake an internship program in various government
agencies or non-profit organizations.
Article 4 Internship curriculum
1. Public Management Internship curriculum is a required course for students, which
divided into Public Management Practicum (I), Public Management Practicum
(Ⅱ), Public Management Practicum (Ⅲ) and Public Management Practicum (Ⅳ).
2. Public Management Practicum curriculum arrangement
(1) Public Management Practicum (I) will be implemented in the last semester of
the third year. The curriculum includes practical project plan proposal writing,
practice job-related training courses, introduction for practice institutions and
visiting. In addition to the application for and practice institutions.
(2) Public Management Practicum (Ⅱ) will be implemented in the next semester
of the third year. The curriculum includes practical project plan proposal
writing, practice job-related training courses, and the certainty of practice
institutions and visiting.
(3) Public Management Practicum (Ⅲ) will be implemented during the summer
vacation after the end of the third year. It will be done by students through
practicing way in training institutions. The limit of practice period is as 6
weeks and total hours are not less than 240 hours. The practice period will be
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defined by Practice Affair team, and decide it after voted by the practical
students. Once the training institutions will need to adjust practical students
due to some special circumstances, it shall be consulted and discussed with
the teachers in this Department and the convener of Practice Affair team.
(4) Public Management Practicum (Ⅳ) will be implemented in the last semester
of the fourth year, and process the practice project report writing. In next
semester to pay the practice project report and publish.
The practice curriculum of Public Management Practicum (I), Public Management
Practicum (Ⅱ), Public Management Practicum (Ⅲ) and Public Management
Practicum (Ⅳ) are continuity design. Students should complete them orderly,
students who will need to retake, repair, they will not be limited by above
regulations related to studying at school age and semester.
Article 5 Practicum Affairs Task Force
1. Internship Affairs Task Force was authorized by the Department of Public Works
meeting, and to implement the related affairs about Public Management Practicum
team (hereinafter referred to as the team).
2. This team will be created in each academic year before the second semester final
exam. It will composed by one teacher and student representative on behalf of a
class. In the next academic year, it will effect in the first day of school for one year,
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and non-renewable.
Teacher representatives serve as full-time teachers by the department, and elected
by the Department Affairs Council meeting,and to served as an convener of this
team to responsible to co-ordinate all matter of this team.
Student representatives are democratically elected by each class in sophomore,
who will responsible for assisting the convener of the team to deal with the related
affairs.
The missions of this team are as following:
(1) To responsible for the preparation affairs of the academic year, which
includes practice survey, prepare the annual practice manual, practice project
proposal review, practice institutions application (Article 6 Item 3), the
arrangement of instructors (Article 7 Item 1& 4), the practice beginning
industry ceremony (Article 14 Item 2).
(2) To responsible for the practice affairs during the summer vacation, which
include the extension of practice application and the changing of practice
arrangement (Article 10 Item 5 & 10) ,and collects entire the students’
inspection result (Article 11Item 5).
(3) To deal with all the conflictions related to Public Management practice, the
points will be set separately.
(4) Others affairs which will be passed by the Department Affairs Council
meeting or authorized by the team.
Article 6 Practice project plan proposal writing and the application for the practice institution.
1. Practice project plan proposal was the basis for the practice institution
applying.The proposal writing, which was according to the reasearch interest of
students on personal.It will base on the property of the practice institution and
define it on Public management Practice (I).
2. During the period of proposal writing, students will need to consult with the
faculty. The students who would like to seek the advice of faculty, it will need to
make an appointment arrangement with teachers in advance.
3. After the proposal is finished, it will submit to practice affair team for examination.
The points of examination will be defined separately. After passing the
examination, the proposal will be made the practice application to practice
institution from the department.
4. The result of application will be announced at the end of the semester and
recognized. Practical applicants who are not agreed, who will need to finish the
provisions of this article again before the next semester.
Article 7 Instructor select
1. Students should base on the practice project plan proposal nature and before one
week of the practice project plan proposal was reviewed, and to find the suitable
instructor from the department full-time teachers. Once the reasons were caused by
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the full-time teachers in the department is lack or students practice cause or other
related factors, it will need to apply for the practice team. After the Department
Affairs Council meeting was passing, and it will acceptable to hire expert and
scholars as part-time teacher.
Students who will need to change practice project or the institution changing, it will
need to report to practice team and apply Department Affairs Council meeting for
replacing instructor.
Above the regulation for the number of students who will be instructed, the details
are as follows:
(1) The minimum number of guiding students = all practical students/all full-time
teachers, the decimal point leaves unconditionally.
(2) The calculation of the remainder, was considered by the Department Affairs
Council meeting and according to part-time administrative staff meeting order,
grade, number of children, the staff number and then to allocate it.
(3) Due to special circumstance cause, once the Department Affairs Council
meetings pass, the guide students number will not limit by the minimum
numbers of guide students regulation.
The regulation on student numbers on each instructor for practice of Public
Management guidance, which will be calculated within 4 weeks after the practice
affair team was established, and accord to the above regulation. After the
Department Affairs Council meeting passing, it will be announced.
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The regulation on student numbers on each instructor for practice of Public
Management guidance, which will be calculated within 4 weeks after the practice
affair team was established, and accord to the above regulation. After the
Department Affairs Council meeting passing, it will be announced. Once instructor
thought it is belonged to special circumstance, the guide student number is
acceptable to over the limitation for prior number, however, it is not acceptable to
lower than the minimum number requirement.
Instructor will serve as following jobs.
(1) To guide the students on writing practice project proposal.
(2) To supervise students on summer practice.
(3) To guide students on writing practice project proposal report.
7. Because of cross-study, vacation, leave or other significant factors, the instructor is
unable to guide students throughoutly or unable to continue guiding students. It will
need to submit a remedial action for the Department Affairs Council meeting and
let them to examine it.
Article 8 Practice project proposal writing
1. Instructor should base on Practice project proposal writing in Public Management
Practice (Ⅱ) , to guide students regularly on Practice project proposal writing, and
finish it before the semester final exam.
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During the period when students in Practice project proposal writing, it will need to
visit the practice institution at one time least.The main point on this visiting, which
will include the literature of Practice project proposal, the practice institution data,
summer practice related affairs , all will be decided by the instructor and the
students together.
Article 9 Instructor supervise matters in summer
1. To guide students on data collection, research and observation during the practice
period.
2. During the summer vacation practice period, instructor shall visit practice
instruction one time at least, and use phone call, e-mail or interview way to
supervise students more than one time on every week. To ensure the smoothly
communication and realize the practice status in students, and to help students on
resolving the related issue during the practice period.
3. Hold more than one time practice supervise meeting to understand the practical
situation of students.
4. To read and write something on student’s practice log weekly.
5. Assess practice performance of students.
Article 10
The obligations for students in summer practice
1. Students should follow this regulation on Article 4 Item 2 Number3, which
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Article 11
practice institution by themselves, comply with the regulation of practice
institution on attendance, leave provisions. And accept the supervision from
practice institutions.
Participate the practice supervise meeting which hold by instructor.
On practice period, students should fill the practice observation log and weekly
report, and send electronic files to both instructor and the supervisor in practice
institution for approval.
During the practice period, once students who do not follow the regulation on
practicing activities without any cause, and reach to over than one of ninth
(include) of total practice hours, then, the practice score will be counted as zero
point.
During the practice period, students who fail to complete all scheduled practice
time within practice period due to major issues, it will need to submit “practical
extension of the application form” to the instructor and apply for the extension.
After the approval was done by instructor and practice institution, it will report
to practice affair team for the examination of Department Affairs Council
meeting. And once it is approved, the practice period can be extended, but it
shall be still finished before midterm in the first semester of senior year.
Students who are able to satisfied with above provisions in this article due to
special circumstances, it will need the practice affair team of the Department to
apply for the practice changing on the Department of Public Works
meeting.Once it is permitted to agree the modification, it will not be limited by
the restrictions on this article.
The supervision and assistance matter in practice institution
1. Provide the introduction about this institution and all the related information
during practice.
2. Arrange the supervisor and to guide students on practice affairs, which include
the operational guide on general routine administration matter, assist the practical
students on project data collection and guidance.
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define the practice, should be completed within the practice period.
Take responsible for the transport and accommodation costs back and forth in
The communication practice matters in instructor or the department.
To read and write some comments on practice weekly report.
Assess the students practice hours and practice performance. Submit the above
performance to the Department practice affair team within 4 weeks before the
practice is finished.
The duties of the Department
1. The Department of Public Management Practice curriculum is the highest
decision making organization. All the affairs will be determined by the
Department Affairs Council meeting or authorized by Department staff or
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practice affair team on dealing with.
The necessary missions of the Department.
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Article 13
Select the convener on serving as the practice affair team.
Plan and arrange for professional course on practicing related.
Continue to collect and provide related practice institution information.
To consider the practical proposal for the practice affair team, and the
related practice affair to this department students and faculty.
(5) Other relevant practice of the various internal and external affairs.
Practice Presentations
1. Students who complete the summer practice, by the guidance of the instructor on
writing Public Management practice project report in the first semester, and to
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Article 14
submit the full report in the first week of the second semester.
The assessment on Public Management Practice project report, including two
performances from the rating of the instructor and the examination of examining
committee, the main points will be defined separately.
All the examination of public Management Practice project reports, which will
reviewed by the Department Affairs Council assigned full-time teacher on
responsible for handling the Public Management Practice project report
examination, and be held before the fourth week in the second semester.
Students will need to do the necessary modification according to the review
comments, and submit the revised version before the midterm in the next
semester.
5. The instructor shall base on guidance and the examination result, and select them
from all the project reports to recommend some outstanding students to
participate in presentations competition.
Public Management Practice beginning industry ceremony and report on a special
topic achievement publication meeting
1. Public Management Practice beginning industry ceremony and report on a
special topic achievement publication meeting is one part of Public Management
Practice curriculum in the Department. And it also belongs to the annual event
for all staff and students. Public Management Practice beginning industry
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ceremony is a ceremony, which means for students should pass before summer
practice. And the report on a special topic achievement publication meeting is the
sharing for practice result. To hold these two ceremonies together, it will be with
the continuity, heritage and the meaning of blessing. We should encourage all the
staff and students to attend on participating in this activity.
This activity should be hold in the second semester of each academic year in
May, assigned by practice affairs task force and the Institute of the Department
together. To define the activity plan (including activities and budget), through the
Department Affairs Council meeting on adoption,the funds wihch required will
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be viewed as the annual budget of the department.
The activities of the budget presentation should include the preparation of the
Department of the Institute together to provide the necessary support.
Article 15
Budget on summer internship
All the budget for this Public Management Practicum curriculum require, which will
need be approved by the Department Affairs Council meeting and to bring into the
annual budget of the Department.
Article 16 Promulgation of Implementation and Amendment The Guidelines shall come into effect
after being agreed by the Department Affairs Council.
Amendments must also undergo the same procedure.