Practicum
The final component of our master's programs is a practicum project where students apply their skills to a real-world problem. For the practicum sponsor's organization, this is an opportunity to deploy a team of skilled practitioners on an R&D, prototype, or pilot project. It's a win-win situation all around!
Students get the opportunity to apply what they have learned in their coursework and work closely with a corporate sponsor during the capstone eBusiness Practicum project course. Students spend their final semester(s) of the program developing a working ebusiness system prototype to address a problem or opportunity defined by the corporate sponsor.
Potential sponsors need to submit a one-page problem summary and assign a key contact to work with the student team throughout the 8-week project. To learn more about sponsorship please visit our Practicum Sponsorship web page.
Students are assigned to 5 or 6 person teams based on their preferences, working experience and skill set. All students work on all aspects of the project. A faculty advisor is assigned to student teams to assist with their efforts.
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- Contact:
- Patricia Mackiewicz
- Manager, eBusiness Programs
- patty@cs.cmu.edu
- VOX: (412) 268 7077
- Cell: (412) 478 0355
- FAX: (412) 268 2338
- Mailing address:
- School of Computer Science
- Institute for Software Research International
- Carnegie Mellon University
- 5000 Forbes Avenue, 3217 Newell-Simon Hall
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891 USA
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