# CIS291 Externship-CIS I-a

**Canonical URL:** https://www.ecpi.edu/course/cis291

**Last Updated:** 2026-10-14T21:40:36+00:00

**College:** College of Technology

**Department:** Cybersecurity

**Credit Hours:** 1.00

**Prerequisites:** Academic Advisor's Approval

**Corequisites:** None

**Course Description:**

This course is the first phase of a graduating associate's degree student's externship, which provides real-world experience in a work area appropriate for their particular CIS concentration. The externship is approved and managed by the faculty advisor for the concentration area, and is graded by the faculty member assigned course management. Students are expected to complete 45 hours of on-the-job work assignments, provide all paperwork related to the externship, including weekly observations and work attendance reports to their course faculty manager.

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