Presentation to IRAP ITA's by Shebia Leung

1. Industry Sponsored Student
Project (ISSP) Program
Meeting with NRC IRAP ITAs
October 3, 2013

2. Computing Department in SOCAS
• School of Computing and Academic
Studies
• Computing Department
– Full-time programs – Diploma and Degree
– Part-time Studies – Certificate, Associate
Certificate, Diploma and Degree
– High-tech Professional – fast-track
certificates

3. Full-time Programs
• Computer Systems Technology (CST)
Diploma
- Computer Information Technology (CIT)
Diploma
- Bachelor of Technology Computer
Systems (BTech)

4. What is ISSP?
• Education program for CST and CIT
students
• Real-world industry experience
• 3-way partnership
• Project specific

5. Project Areas
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Software development
Database
Web development
Network administration and security
Web and mobile applications
Computer games
More…

6. ISSP Terms
Programs
Number of Part-time/ Total hours Submission
students Full-time
deadline
Diploma
Term begins Approx.
term
duration
Sept
13 weeks
4-5
Part-time
400 hours
Aug 15
Diploma
Jan
13 weeks
4-5
Part-time
400 hours
Dec 10
Diploma
April
5 weeks
4-5
Full-time
400 hours
Apr 1
Degree
Jan
12 months 1
Part-time
405 hours
Dec 10

7. Suitable Projects
• Well defined: appropriate scope and
achievable goals
• Challenging and rewarding
• Sponsor’s support

8. Logistics
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Submit projects
Review suitability
Collect in pool
Selection process
Work on projects
Assessment and Presentation
Voluntary donation

9. Disclaimers
• Students are still learning
• Not suitable for projects that are:
– Time sensitive
– Mission critical
• NDAs and IP issues
• Partners, not cheap/free labour

10. Examples of recent projects
• Redesign a website
• Create an action plan for migration of
company’s IT infrastructure/data to
hosted cloud services
• Port a computer game to the iPhone or
Android
• Build an app enabling social interaction
between users
• E.g. www.knittingastor.com

11. Contact us:
Website: www.bcit.ca/cas/issp
Technical Enquiries:
Bill_Klug@bcit.ca
Administration Enquiries:
Shebia_leung@bcit.ca