Saxion meets Silicon Valley!

Week 4.7 (2023-2024)

This minor starts before the summer break!

On the 19th of June 2024, at 16:00 hours, there is an onsite kick-off of this minor, with a live stream from UC Berkeley. You'll get introduced to the teams at Saxion and UC Berkeley. We'll start with travel arrangements for the study trip.

Week 1-7 – Pre-Berkeley programme @ Saxion

We are developing an authentic learning community. You will join an intensive, adventurous, educational programme for five months. A strong community is the key to success.

You'll meet the companies and their problems, discuss and decide on project topics. We will prepare students from several academies within Saxion towards these weeks at Berkeley with a seven-week pre-Berkeley programme at Saxion. During these seven weeks, you will be connected with companies outside Saxion to work on a dilemma on their behalf. 

Collecting the knowledge in these masterclasses must help you find solutions for these business cases. After your time in Berkeley, you will present your case (Dashboard or maybe a strategy) to your company, and we trust that you will help them reach the next level.

During these weeks, you'll work at the company for one day each week. The goal is to have a clear grasp of the assignment and have your dataset ready before the study trip begins.

Week 8 Project Week
Your team is working in and with the company. You are wrapping up the exploration phase of the assignment. Prepare the presentation your team will do on the first day of the study trip.

Week 9-11 Study trip to Silicon Valley & Berkeley
Visit Silicon Valley, seminars, symposia, masterclasses, and lectures at UC Berkeley.

Week 8-19 Project
Your team is working in and with the company. You are bringing back the state-of-the-art knowledge and skills from Silicon Valley.

Week 19 – Final presentations
Your team will give the final presentations for your client and Saxion supervisors.

This minor is open to all students with an interest in the following subjects:

• Machine Learning and AI, AI as a Service, AI of Things, CryptoAssets Tracking, Data Mining & Data Analysis, Diversity in Tech, Metaverse

• Strategy and Business Intelligence, translate data to Strategy and conversion to KPI

• Fine-tuning data to a dashboard: Design Thinking, Human Interface Interaction

This minor consists of 5 assessments, divided over the programme run.

1. Individual Reflection Saxion modules (Assessment 1) – week 7

• Pre-condition: attendance at 80% of the classes at Saxion.

• Every module is wrapped up with a (small) assignment or certificate. 

• You need to pass 80% of the modules to finish Assessment 1.

2. Mid-term Project team presentation (Assessment 2) – week 11

• During the graduation day on Thursday, your project team will present.

• The main goal of that presentation is to apply the knowledge and skills learned from the study trip to your company assignment.

3. Individual Reflection & UC Berkeley certificate (Assessment 3) – week 11

• Pre-condition: attendance at 80% of the classes at UC Berkeley.

• You submit an individual reflection report for this assessment based on the subjects followed at UC Berkeley.

• You upload the certificate obtained at UC Berkeley. This certificate must be completed with at least sufficient.

4. Final project presentation for client (Assessment 4) – week 19

• A presentation of your group assignment on the scheduled date at the end of the minor.

• The core criteria for this assessment are: 

• Your team's solution should add value to/for the company. 

• You need to show growth and progress in your knowledge and skills.

5. Group reflection on project work (Assessment 5) – week 19

• You will record a group reflection session and write a summary.