Vietnam National University HCMC

International University
SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS,
FINANCE, AND ACCOUNTING

COURSE SYLLABUS*

EFA369IU
Internship

Note: The outline with specific venue and time, and updated learning materials for the
current semester will be provided to the enrolled students by the lecturer
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Internship School of Economics, Finance, and Accounting

1. COURSE STAFF

Lecturer:
Room:
Telephone:
Email:
Consultation Hours:

Key responsible person: Mr. Ly Hai Dang

Room: O1.306
Telephone: N/A
E-mail: [email protected]
Consultation Hours: Office hour

Should the students wish to meet the staff outside the consultation hours, they are advised
to make an appointment in advance.

2. INTERNSHIP INFORMATION

2.1 Internship times and Locations

Time: TBA
Venue: TBA

2.2 Units of Credit

This internship is worth 3 credits.

2.3 Relationship of this course to others

This internship is obligatory in a program majoring in Economics, Finance and Banking,

and Accounting. The internship is a prerequisite before fulfilling a thesis. Students MUST
study necessary specialized courses depending on their major before registering for the
internship (apply from intake 2022 and later), and MUST pass the internship to register for
the thesis.

This internship utilizes the knowledge of the courses that the students have learned from
their program major’s economics, finance and banking, and accounting.

2.4 Approach to the Internship

Employing the interactive learning and problem-based approach, the internship emphasizes
the interaction between the internship mentor and student. The student will seek to obtain
required materials and information, including job description, organization profiles,
progress/performance reports, etc. from the organization where the internship is taking
place to fully understand the context, nature of the work being conducted, organizational

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structure and other relationships to facilitate the internship. Students will update and
discuss with both the internship mentor and lecturer responsible for the internship regularly
about the progress and effectiveness of the work being undertaken.

2.5 Role of lecturer

To assist in the success of the internship, the lecturer has the responsibility to maintain
close communication with the internship at least three times during the internship.
Communication can be in the form of a face-to-face meeting, phone call, email exchange,
or meeting via Zoom, Google Meet, MS Team, or other relevant media. The objective is to
ensure the internship is successful and the students can maximize their benefits and
performance.

3. COURSE AIMS AND OUTCOMES

3.1 Internship Aims

To gain practical working experience, the School of Economics, Finance, and Accounting
requires students to attend an internship program. This internship allows students to apply
knowledge and skills acquired from learning from their program major at the School of
Economics, Finance, and Accounting to practice and solve real problems, otherwise, the
internship will fail. This is an opportunity for students to apply what they have learned in
a real-world context. This will help students to consolidate their learning and experience
professionalism in an actual context as a good preparation for future careers. Specifically,
the internship will aim at the following objectives:

• Assist students' development of employer-valued skills such as teamwork,

communications, and other soft skills.
• Expose students to real-life environments and expectations of performance in
professional careers.
• Enhance and/or expand students' knowledge and skills by practicing them in real-
life contexts.
• Expose the students to professional role models or mentors who will provide the
student with support in the early stages of their career path and provide an example
of the behaviors expected in the intern's workplace.

3.2 Student Learning Outcomes

After completing the internship, students should have developed knowledge, skills, and
practices in
• CLO1. Consolidating theoretical fundamentals that have been taught into practice.
• CLO2. Accumulating hard skills and social competencies.
• CLO3. Expanding theoretical knowledge, learning and adapting new professional
skills, and applying what has been learned into practice.

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• CLO4. Gaining valuable insight and practice in the work environment and issues
of the business environment that may affect the company’s operation and
performance.
• CLO5. Increasing maturity and commitment to be a better learner and strong work
ethics
• CLO6.Acquiring capabilities in communication, teamwork, planning and
organizing, problem-solving, creativity, initiative, and self-regulation.

3.3 Matching the program Expected Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and the Course
Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

No Program Expected Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Course Learning

Outcomes (CLOs)
1 An ability to apply knowledge of the courses of the CLO1
program major.
2 An ability to evaluate the firm’s operation and performance CLO1; CLO2
3 An ability to suggest solutions to improve the firm’s status CLO1, CLO2; CLO3
effectively
4 An ability to design and manage an internship plan CLO1; CLO2; CLO3
5 An ability to analyze and solve CLO1; CLO2
6 An ability to communicate effectively CLO6
7 An ability to function in multidisciplinary teams CLO6
8 An understanding of professional and ethical standards CLO5
9 An ability to use computational tools, skills for data CLO3; CLO4
processing and analyzing, and business
10 A recognition of the need for, and ability to engage in life- CLO6
long learning

4. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT

4.1 Workload

It is required that students spend 3 months during the entire internship period. This time
should be made up of reading, research, and working on tasks in agreement and allocated
by the student’s mentor and supervisor/lecturer.

4.2 Attendance

Regular and punctual attendance at the place where the internship is taking place is
expected. University regulations indicate that if students receive complaints in writing from
their student’s mentor, their internship will be considered a failure.

4.3 General Conduct and Behavior

The students are expected to behave well and respect the culture as well as the internship
mentor and staff members at the workplace.

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The students are not allowed to take more than 24 credits for the main terms and 12 credits
for the summer term (including internship).

4.4 Keeping Informed

The students should maintain regular communications with both the students’ internship
mentor and lecturer. The university lecturer responsible for the internship will maintain
close communication with the student’s internship mentor to exchange information and
discuss how to improve the student's performance for the internship. Within the first week
of the internship period, students will have the responsibility to provide contact details of
the internship mentor to the secretary of the School of Economics, Finance, and Accounting
responsible for the internship for communication.

4.5 Reporting

Every student is required to write an Internship Report upon completion of their internship.
This report is shared with the internship mentor and lecturer for approval. Reports usually
go through multiple rounds of revision in collaboration with the internship mentor and the
lecturer. This is a formal report that could be shared with others at the internship site.

The Internship Report serves multiple purposes:

• Help the student develop written communication skills.
• Serve as an archival record of the internship experience.
• Allow the student to reflect on the professional aspects of the internship experience
and the skills that were learned.
• Allow the student to describe the science content of the internship.
• Have the student reflect on the initial goals of the internship and how they were (or
were not) achieved during the internship.

Each Internship Report will follow the format described in the appendix.

5. INTERNSHIP ASSESSMENT

5.1 Formal Requirements

To pass this internship, the students must:
• Prepare the internship assessment (using the Student Internship Evaluation Form),
approve it by the student's internship mentor, and include a company stamp. This
assessment must be submitted on time. Failure to do this properly means a failure
of the entire internship.
• Maintain at least three meetings with the appointed lecturer using the meeting
minutes form below, otherwise, the internship will fail.
• Prepare an internship report as outlined in the appendix for marking.
• The internship report must be submitted on time as scheduled. The late submission
will be penalized 5 points per day.

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5.2 Marking criteria (individual report)

See the appendix for report structure and marking scales. To pass the internship, the student
must achieve at least 50 points out of a total of 100 points.

5.3 Special Consideration

A request for special consideration (in the case of force majeure) must be made to the
Office of Academic Affairs. The Office will consider this on a case-by-case basis.

6. ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is the presentation of the thoughts or work of another as one’s own (definition
proposed by the University of Newcastle). Students are also reminded that careful time
management is an important part of your internship and one of the identified causes of
plagiarism is poor time management. Students should allow sufficient time for report
writing. The university regards plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct and has
stringent rules regarding plagiarism.1

Criteria for acceptance of the final report in this regard is that the similarity index
must be lower or equal to 20% of total sources and lower or equal to 2% for a single
source.

The report must be checked for Turnitin by the instructor/lecturer, the results signed
by the instructor, and be attached after the last page of the report.

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This is adapted with kind permission from the University of New South Wales.

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Appendix: Outline for Internship Report

Word length: within 10 to 20 pages

1. First Page (Cover page)

The first page should display the student name and surname, internship start and finish
dates, number of internship days, type of internship (marketing, finance, production, or
design and development, etc.), and company/institution name.

2. Table of Content

3. A Brief Executive Summary of the Internship

A one-page summary of the company/institution and a short account of the major activities
carried out during the internship period.

4. Description of the company/institution

This section should provide the following information:
- The full title of the company/institution; Give a brief history of the company, full
mailing address, and relevant web links.
- The type of ownership of the company/institution; State the main shareholders.
- The sector that the company/institution operates in; Specify the products and
services produced and offered to its customers.
- Who are regarded as the customers of your internship company/institution
(consider the end users, retailers, other manufacturers, employees, etc.)?
- Provide an organization chart of the company, along with information on the
number of employees.
- Describe the main responsibilities of different functions in the company.
- Provide information on the performance of the company (financial status, sales,
market share, growth rate, etc.) and discuss the development trend of the
company.

5. Internship activities/ Description of a specific functional department

This section should provide the following information:
- Present the activities that student performed during the internship period in one
particular functional department (CLO1; CLO4)
- Describe the activities of the department and the role of the department to the
company (CLO1; CLO4)

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- Evaluate the performance of the department (CLO2; CLO3)

- Analyse and discuss some problems of the department (CLO4)
- Suggest measures to overcome the problems (if any) or to improve the situation
(CLO3; CLO6)
- Describe the working environment and the company’s corporate culture (CLO5)

6. An assessment of the internship (as specific as possible)

In this section, you should answer the following questions
- What skills and qualifications do you think that you have gained from the
internship?
- What have you learned (before vs. after the internship) and in comparison, to your
expectations?
- How do you think the internship will influence your future career plans?
- How do you think the internship activities that you carried out are correlated with
your classroom knowledge?
- What subjects/topics could have been taught/offered for a successful internship?
Why?
- What lessons have you learned from the internship? What would you suggest for
improvements in terms of (1) your program major, (2) the School of Economics,
Finance, and Accounting, (3) the department and/or organization where you
experienced your internship, and (3) yourself.

7. Conclusion of the report

This section should include:
- A summary of key conclusions derived from the internship experience.
- General observations about the sector in which your internship company/institution
operates

8. Appendices and supplementary material (charts, graphs, pictures, computer codes,

etc.)

9. References

* Student Internship Evaluation (20%) (as the form provided on the next page, should
include the comments of your mentor at the company (in either Vietnamese or English is
fine), the mentor's signature, and the company's stamp. Please note that you are

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recommended to give this paper to the company at least a week before the deadline for the
internship report so that you can have it back on time.)
* General Formatting
Submit a digital copy (only DOCX) of your Internship Report.
- Paper, Font, and Spacing
- The Internship Report must be formatted on A4-size paper.
- Use 1.5 line spacing throughout the report.
- Use New Times Roman or Arial, 12-point size for text.
- Margins
- Every page of the internship report must be kept within a minimum margin of 1/2 inch
on the left side of the page; 1 inch on the right side; 1 inch at the top and bottom of the
page.

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HCMC

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL ECONOMICS, FINANCE, AND
ACCOUNTING
Form: Eval_intern
Student Internship Evaluation Date …………...
Bảng Đánh giá Sinh viên Thực tập
Company (Công ty):
Division/Department (Phòng ban):
Company Address (Địa chỉ Công ty):
Mentor Name (Người Giám sát): Title (Chức vụ):
Mentor Email (Địa chỉ email): Tel (Điện thoại):
Intern Name (Sinh viên Thực tập):
Intern Period (Thời gian thực tập):

Student Internship Rating Scale 1 – 20 poor to excellent:

(Đánh giá quá trình thực tập theo thang điểm từ 1-20)

Ranking: Excellent = 5, Good = 4, Fair = 3, Poor = 2, NO = Not Observe = 1.

Xếp loại: Xuất sắc = 5, Tốt = 4, Trung bình = 3, Kém = 2, Không thực tập = 1.

No. 1 2 3 4 5
I Attitude and Manner of working
(Thái độ và tác phong làm việc)
1 Willingness to learn
(Sẵn sàng học hỏi)
2 Responsibility.
(Có tinh thần trách nhiệm)
3 Showed ethical behavior
(Cư xử đúng mực)
4 Punctual
(Đảm bảo giờ giấc làm việc theo quy định)
5 Dressed appropriately
(Trang phục phù hợp)
II Knowledge & Skills (Kiến thức và Kỹ năng)
6 Knowledge adapt to job’s requirement
(Kiến thức đáp ứng yêu cầu công việc)
7 Team working skills
(Kỹ năng làm việc nhóm)
8 Planning and organizational skills
(Kỹ năng tổ chức và hoạch định)
9 Critical thinking skills
(Tư duy phân tích)

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No. 1 2 3 4 5
10 Problem solving skills
(Kỹ năng giải quyết vấn đề)
11 Computer skills
(Kỹ năng tin học)
12 Oral communication skills
(Kỹ năng giao tiếp)
13 Written communication skills
(Kỹ năng giao tiếp bằng văn bản)
14 Conflict management skills
(kỹ năng giải quyết xung đột/mâu thuẫn)
15 Time management skills
(Kỹ năng quản lý thời gian)
16 Listening skills
(Kỹ năng nghe hiểu)
17 Presentation and public speaking
(Kỹ năng thuyết trình và nói trước đám đông)
18 Leadership skills
(Kỹ năng lãnh đạo)
III Professional Abilities (Năng lực Làm việc)
19 Effectively performed assignments
(Hoàn thành tốt nhiệm vụ được giao)
20 Ability to gather and analyze information for
creative problem-solving
(Có thể thu thập và phân tích thông tin để đề
xuất giải pháp sáng tạo)
21 Applied learned knowledge/skills to work
(áp dụng kiến thức đã học vào công việc)
22 Ability to evaluate oneself, modify behavior,
and meet performance obligations
(Có thể tự đánh giá, điểu chỉnh hành vi làm việc
để hoàn thành nhiệm vụ)
23 Ability to influence and support others to
perform complex tasks
(Có thể tác động và hỗ trợ người khác hoàn
thành công việc phức tạp)
24 Ability to sustain a positive impression and
confidence
(Có thể tạo ấn tượng tích cực và duy trì sự tự
tin)

IV. Overall satisfaction of intern’s performance

(Mức độ hài lòng chung về sự thể hiện công việc của sinh viên thực tập)

Rất không hài lòng Không hài lòng Trung lập Hài lòng Rất hài lòng

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V. Overall perception of the School of Economics, Finance, and Accounting (EFA) of

International University (IU)
(Cảm nhận chung của doanh nghiệp về khoa Kinh tế, Tải chính và Kế toán Trường
ĐH Quốc Tế - TP.HCM)

Rất yếu kém Yếu kém Trung lập Tốt Rất tốt

25. List of Intern’s major duties:

(Trách nhiệm và công việc cụ thể của SV thực tập)

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26. Intern’s strengths and areas of performance to develop:

(Điểm mạnh và lĩnh vực SV cần bồi dưỡng thêm)

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27. Comments or suggestions for the School of Economics, Finance, and Accounting’
internship program:
(Nhận xét hoặc đề nghị về chương trình thực tập của khoa KTTC&KT)

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28. Would you recommend this student for further internship work or consider hiring
him/her for a vacant position in your company?
(Anh/Chị/Quý công ty có đề nghị SV này cho lần thực tập sau hoặc xem xét để tuyển dụng SV
này
vào làm việc tại công ty không?)

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Mentor Signature (Chữ ký Người Giám sát): Evaluation Date (Ngày đánh giá):

The intern Signature (Chữ ký Sinh viên Thực tập):

Students return this form to:

(Vui lòng chuyển bảng đánh giá này về)

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Form: lecturer_meeting
Lecturer Meeting Form

Name Student number

This form is to assist students and lecturers in managing the agreed outline of actions and
to signpost students to the support offered during the internship
Meetings: You have the opportunity to have up to 3 meetings with your lecturer.
Please note: It is your responsibility to arrange meetings.
Please mark with an for which meeting this form addresses and the date

Meeting 1 Date Meeting 2 Date

Meeting 3 Date
Preparation for meeting
Outline your preparation for this meeting:

Agreed action points from the meeting between yourself and your lecturer
Identify a clear set of next steps and set yourself deadlines for accomplishment.
Please list comments offered by the mentor and what actions you took in response [formative
feedback]:

Date of next meeting: Lecturer’s signature with full name

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*
The syllabus is prepared following the format provided by the School of Organization and Management,
University of New South Wales, with kind permission.

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