Information:
	Internship programme
	Internship guidelines for Sci students
	Experiential learning for Sci students
Forms:
	Registration form
	Progress report form
	Written report
	Employer evaluation form

STAT3988 Statistics Internship (6 credits, 3-year curriculum) (2015-16)

This course is designed for students who have completed their year 2 study OR have passed at least 4 advanced level courses (STAT2xxx, STAT3xxx, or STAT6xxx) in Statistics and/or Risk Management Majors. To be eligible, students should be undertaking a statistics-related or risk-management-related internship of 160 hours (lunch hour excluded) and at least 20 working days, in the academic year of 2015-16, and have already attended the compulsory information session of STAT3988 or personal consultation with Dr. K.P. Wat.

Here are the steps to apply for this internship course:

Step 1: To find an internship

To be eligible, you should be undertaking a Statistics or Risk Management-related internship of no less than 160 hours (lunch hour excluded) in at least 20 working days.

Seek the internship yourself or via our online Student Internship Application system.

Step 2: After you have secured an internship

Please bear in mind that the enrolment of this course is NOT conducted via the online course selection system. Interested students should complete the registration form to Mr. K.L. Ng at ngkl@hku.hk with a copy of your internship appointment letter, contract or any other evidence of employment.

Two weeks after you have started your internship, submit the progress report form to Mr. K.L. Ng within the second week of the job start date.

You are advised to apply this course once you get an internship as POST-APPLICATION IS NORMALLY NOT ALLOWED. To facilitate logistics, your early application is very much appreciated.

Since the course is normally designed for those students stated above, other students who would like to enroll in the course should seek special approval from the course coordinator.

Step 3: Completing your internship

To satisfy the course requirements, you need to

submit a written report to Mr. K.L. Ng. The report should be 1200-1600 words summarizing the work you have done and any reflection regarding your internship experience,

invite your employer to complete the evaluation form and return it to the department directly by mail / email / fax.

deliver a 25-minute oral presentation of your internship experience (5-minute Q&A inclusive).

Assessment of this course is on a Pass or Fail basis with 3 criteria: (1) employer's evaluation, (2) written report, (3) oral presentation and attendance in peers' presentation. Please note that fail in fulfilling any of the 3 criteria satisfactorily would lead to a "Fail" grade in the course.

Students having passed this course will be deemed to have satisfied the experiential learning (EL) requirement by the Faculty of Science (applicable to BSc students admitted in 2007 or thereafter) and, at the same time, have your internship experience recognized in your transcript.

Tentative timeline of the course

Internship Period	Deadline for Course Registration	Due date of Progress Report Form	Due Date of Written Report and Employer's Evaluation Form	Oral Presentation
1st semester of 2015-16 (September - December 2015)	Within 1 month of the job start date or by November 6, 2015, whichever is earlier	Within the second week of the job start date	November 27, 2015 (Friday) - tentative	Revision week of 1st semester (December 1-4 or 7, 2015) - tentative
2nd semester of 2015-16 (January - May 2016)	Within 1 month of the job start date or by April 1, 2016, whichever is earlier	Within the second week of the job start date	April 29, 2016 (Friday) - tentative	Revision week of 2nd semester (May 3 - 6, 2016) - tentative
Summer semester of 2015-16 (June - August 2016)	Within 1 month of the job start date or by July 15, 2016, whichever is earlier	Within the second week of the job start date	August 19, 2016 (Friday) - tentative	August 22-26, 2016 - tentative

For your information

No late course registration

If you are approved to take STAT3988 with an internship across two consecutive semesters, your oral presentation and grading shall be conducted in the semester during which the internship is going to end, instead of the semester during which you apply for the course.

Nevertheless, please be reminded that Employer's Evaluation Form should be sent to Department by the end date of your appointment period despite the scheduled timeline above.

If you have only taken a non-credit bearing EL course / activity (eg. STAT3989, SCNC2005, overseas exchange), you must take an additional 6-credit senior-level statistics course.

If the internship takes place as a full-time position during the first or second semester, students have to apply to the Faculty for leave of absence with the submission of a letter with the copy of contract in advance.

Should you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the Department.

Enquiry

General office:: Tel: (852) 3917 8147
Fax: (852) 2858 9041
Email: ngkl@hku.hk

Course coordinator:: Dr. Philip L.H. Yu / Dr. K.P. Wat
Tel: (852) 3917 8321 / 3917 1989
Email: plhyu@hku.hk / watkp@hku.hk