Industrial Training, CTS Student's Kit

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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL

SCIENCES

KULLIYYAH OF SCIENCE

STUDENTS KIT


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Industrial Training

In this industrial training exercise, student is to submit a report and a mini project.

SubmissionTyped reports and projects must be submitted to the Department of Industrial Training

office by XX/XX/XXXX, the first week of the Semester XX XXXX/XXXX.

Students should also submit one (1) extra soft copy of the report and project in CD. Thekulliyyah or department will keep it for archive purposes. The contents must be clear,

organised, and free of errors and any kinds of computer viruses. All items must beappropriately labelled especially with the student name.

Industrial Training Presentation

Following submission of the Industrial Training Report, each student will be required toprepare a 10 minute oral presentation, and answer questions in a seminar on the report, to

staff and fellow students. Instructions on the presentation will be prepared shortly after

the deadline for submission of reports. The presentations will be held in the week

beginning XX/XX/XXXX. Always keep an eye on the notice boards for regular updates

and other announcements from the department office.

STUDENTS SHOULD RETAIN A COPY OF THEIR REPORT OR MAKE

NOTES FROM IT FOR USE IN PREPARATION OF THEIR PRESENTATION.

A. REPORT

The Industrial Training report should cover the students activities throughout the

placement. The report document is expected to demonstrate development of practical andprofessional skills in Mathematical Sciences through technical experience and application

of theoretical knowledge. Development of skills in dealing with people, and

communication skills are part of the subject objectives.

i.

Length of reportThe main text of the report should be about 10-15 pages, not including preliminary

information, tables, figures, photos, and appendices.

ii. Content of reportThe placement details should set out names of employing organisation, specificperiods of employment, and nature of duty. Also required are details of job locations,

designation of immediate superior, projects in which the student was directly

involved, and their degree of responsibility.


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Students should discuss aspects of the work they have performed or observed and

indicate their involvement in their work throughout the text. To be able to produce anaccurate and comprehensive report it is recommended that students keep a diary,

along with photographs (if any) and any other information regarding their work. Thisdiary will not be assessed, it will however be helpful in writing the final report.

All project data and information must be cleared by the employers for confidentiality

prior to its incorporation in the report. It is generally advisable that you avoid all

sensitive information related to your employment by limiting the contents to the

general or public aspects of each specific task.

REMEMBER, THIS IS A REPORT ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES, IT'S A

PERSONAL STATEMENT, SO WRITING IN THE FIRST PERSON IS

ACCEPTABLE.

Finally, a Conclusion should include comprehensive comments on the type and valueof experience gained, and how this relates to your future work career.

Format of the report:

IntroductionThis covers the background of the company, organization chart of the company, nature of

the students duty, etc.

Objective/Purpose

This covers the purpose of this industrial training.

Working experiencesThis covers the discussion aspects of the work that the student have performed or

observed and indicate their involvement in their work

Learning ExperiencesThis covers the knowledge and experience that the student has gained or learnt

throughout the industrial training.

Overall Comment

This covers comments on the type and value of experience gained, and how this relates toyour future work career.

Acknowledgement

Note: Please refer to Appendix B page 8 for further details of the general guidelines of

the report.


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B. MINI PROJECT

The major portion of this mini project should be set out as a technical report, divided into

suitable sections, and with an introduction to each major or different aspect of work.

Students need not report on all projects given in the placement details. You may select

one or two projects which have significant or interesting aspects. Noteworthy technical

details of projects in which the student was directly involved, or of projects which the

student observed, should also be included. These may include investigation, feasibility,

design, construction, management, commissioning or operational aspects etc... Studentsshould openly discuss aspects of the work they have performed or observed and indicate

their involvement in their work throughout the text. All project data and information must

be cleared by the employers for confidentiality prior to its incorporation in the report. It isgenerally advisable that you avoid all sensitive information related to your employment

by limiting the contents to the general or public aspects of each specific project.

The following are the general guidelines of the project:

RECOMMENDED FORMAT

____ Cover Page

____ Abstract

____ Table of Contents

____ List of Illustrations (if any)____ Introduction

____ Materials and Methods

____ Results and Discussions____ Conclusions

____ Recommendations

Cover page:

Please refer to Appendix A and B (page 7 and 8) for a sample and the general guidelines.

Abstract:

If an abstract is appropriate, summarize each section of the project in a sentence or two.

Mention any unique features of the project. Your final abstract should be a short,

informative, well organized independent document.

Table of Contents:

A good table of contents makes it easy for the reader to locate specific sections of the

report. Label the sections with meaningful headings and subheadings.


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List of Illustrations:

The importance of illustrations cannot be overemphasized. Make sure that your readercan take full advantage of your illustrations by captioning them clearly and providing a

list of illustrations at the beginning of the report for quick reference. The list of

illustrations should include each figure caption.

Any figures or tables you include in your report should follow one page after the first

citation. An entire page should be devoted to the illustrations; it is not necessary to

integrate the figures into the body text. Each figure, table, or column should have a selfexplanatory table or caption and should be meaningful in and of itself.

Introduction:

State the purpose of the project explicitly within the first paragraph of the introduction.This should be a one sentence summary of the objectives of the project.

Materials and Methods:

Make certain that you include all relevant information about the methods you used, the

process of collecting data, and any significant difficulties encountered during the process.

Results and Discussion:

Your first responsibility in this section is to report objectively and accurately what you

observed. You may wish to report some or all of your data in tabular form; if so, provide

a brief paragraph to orient your reader.

In addition to presenting data, you must provide a context that makes the data

meaningful. Help the reader see the bits of data as part of a greater whole. While writing,

conceptualize the relationship between your scientific process, the data you collected and

the objective of the report.

Conclusions:

Analyze and evaluate your data and use that evidence to support your conclusions. The

connection between the objective of the research and this section should be clear.

Recommendations:

This section provides suggestions based upon the results and conclusions. Basically, this

is where the research is evaluated and possible applications are considered.


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Literature Cited:

Give the complete bibliographic citation for any work you refer to in the report. Use thefollowing style:

Hull, J. C., (2003), Options, Futures and other Derivatives, 5th

edition, Prentice Hall.

REVISION: Once you have a draft of your report, expect to revise/edit at least twice.

Use this checklist to review your report.____ Facts, details, and examples are accurate and relevant.

____ Headings are consistently formatted and meaningful.

____ Transitions between sections and between ideas are clear and logical.

____ Illustrations are easy to understand and have informative captions.

____ The results, conclusions, and recommendations are in distinct sections.


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APPENDIX A

TITLE OF THE MINI PROJECT

BY

NAME OF THE AUTHOR

BACHELOR OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCESPROJECT PAPER

KULLIYYAH OF SCIENCE

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY

MALAYSIA

YEAR


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APPENDIX B

LanguageThe thesis should be written in standard British English.

PaperPaper used should conform to the following specification:

Size: A4 (2l.0 cm x 29.7 cm)

Quality: Acid-free paper of at least 80 gm per 100 gm.

Colour: White

Spreadsheet Software and Printing MachineUse Microsoft Word to write theses. However, they may also use other software

programmes for tables, calculations, and other applications. A laser printer is to be usedto print the final version of the thesis.

Font SizeFor the basic text, the l2-point font size is used. However, the 10-point font size is to beutilised for captions, figures, tables, etc.

Font StylePreferably, "Times New Roman" is used as font style. In the case of transliteration,"Time D. Roman" font style is acceptable.

Line SpacingThe line spacing of the body of the text or basic text should be set at 2.0 (double spacing).

This includes line-to-line, paragraph-to-paragraph, text to numbered list (such as shown

below), sentences within numbered lists, and subheading to text.

Single spacing should be used for the following:

a) Acknowledgements

b) Table of Contents

c) List of Tables, List of Figures, etc.

d) Abstracte) Captions for Figures and Tables

g) References (double-spaced between entries)

HeadingsChapter headings are written in bold capital alphabets and left aligned. The font size

acceptable for chapter headings is 12 point. The size of sub-headings is 12 point too and

these too are to be aligned to the left. The use of capitals, small alphabets, underlining

and boldface in the sub-headings or sub, sub-headings is at the student's discretion.


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ParagraphsSpacing between two (2) consecutive paragraphs in the basic text should be at 2.0 spaces.

The first sentence of a paragraph should be indented 6 spaces. Do not simply use the tab

key. A heading, that appears as a last line on a page will not be accepted. There should

be a minimum of two (2) lines of a paragraph at the bottom of the page under theheading.

MarginsThe following margins in Table 1 should be observed.

Table 1. Recommended margins for the undergraduate theses.

LEFTLEFTLEFTLEFT 3.80 cm (binding) 1.5 in.

TOPTOPTOPTOP 2.50 cm 1.0 in.

RIGHTRIGHTRIGHTRIGHT 2.50 cm 1.0 in.

BOTTOMBOTTOMBOTTOMBOTTOM 3.00 cm (pagination) 1.2 in.

Note. cm = centimetre in. = inches

Aside from page numbers, all other materials must fit within these margin requirements

(including tables, figures, graphs etc.). When oversize pages are used, the same margin

must be maintained.

Page NumberingEvery sheet of paper in the thesis must be numbered except for two (2):

(i) The Quote Page is neither counted nor numbered(ii) Title Page is counted but not numbered.

Small Roman numerals (i, ii, iii ) are used for the preliminary pages (all pages before

the Body of the Text). The Body of Text starts with Introduction and numbered as page

1. The Abstract is a page right before the Introduction. This is the last page where

Roman numerals are used. Since the Title Page is counted but not numbered, the

numeral 'ii' is the first number that will be printed and will appear on the Abstract. Arabic

numerals (1, 2, 3 ...) are used for all pages following the last preliminary page. If any

printing appears on paper, that piece of paper is a page and must be counted as well asnumbered.

The page number must be centred to the text not the page, and must be placed at the

bottom of the page. Since the bottom margin is 3.0 cm, the page number must appear 1.3cm from the bottom of the page. No dash, period, underline or other marks should appear

before, after or under the page number.


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JustificationThe body of the text must be fully justified (i.e. have even left and right-hand margins)

throughout the thesis except for the first line of every paragraph (refer to the explanation

above under the heading ofParagraphs).

TablesTables act to efficiently organize and compress data into standardized forms.

They must be accurate and easy to read, and care is required in spacing, ruling,

arrangement of headings, and placement with respect to the text. Tables are used to

supplement the text; therefore they should be within the text or continue to the followingpages.

a) Numbering of Tables

Every table should be numbered with an Arabic numeral and given a title, even though

there may be few tables in the thesis. The chapter and order in which the tables arementioned in the text determines the numbering. For instance, Chapter 5 has four (4)

tables so the tables in this chapter should be referred to as Table 5.1, Table 5.2, Table 5.3

and Table 5.4, respectively. This should continue throughout all chapters.

b) Position of Tables

Ideally, each table should come as close as possible after the first reference to it. If space

permits, however, it is best to finish the paragraph of the text in which the reference

occurs before inserting the table. If a table cannot be accommodated in the space

remaining on a given page, continue the text to make a full page and place the table at the

top of the next page.

If a table appears on a text page, three (3) blank lines should be left above it and three

blank lines below (i.e. the table number is typed on the fourth line following the text, and

the text is continued on the fourth line below the bottom rule or the table's notes).

c) Size and Shape of TablesMost tables run the long way on the page (portrait set up). A table may occupy the full

width of the page or less than the full width. In either case, each table must be

horizontally and vertically centred on the page.

d) Table Width

If a table is too wide for the page, it should be turned length-wise (horizontal table or

landscape set up). No text should be placed on a page containing a broadside table. The

page number appears in its usual place.

e) Continued Tables

Long tables may be extended from page to page. The table number and title are to beplaced at the beginning of the table; only the table number is given in the succeeding

pages, written, forexample, "Table 2 -Continued." Ordinarily, the column headings are


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as specified for tables. However, the figures number should be placed below the figure,

at the left margin, followed by a period and legend.

A legend follows the number of the figure and may be a title or a caption. The legendshould be single-spaced and run along the width of the figure. Short legends are centred

and long descriptions, legends, or other explanatory matter that cannot be conveniently

placed on the same page as the figure, can be placed on a separate page immediately

preceding the figure. A key or scale (if included) should be placed beside or within the

figure.

PhotographsPhotographs may be attached in any of the following ways.

a) Students may substitute a page with an actual photograph, if the size of the page

and image conforms to the page-size and margin requirements laid down in theseguidelines.

b) If the photograph has been printed onto paper smaller than A4 size, students may

paste the photograph on a standard sheet of paper, according to the margin

requirements.

c) Students may also use high-resolution scanners to scan photographs and reprintthem as required through suitable computer software. In this option, the size of the

photographs, margins, colour and contrast etc. may be adjusted according to

requirements.

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