Reflect on your goals for the internship: how will this experience contribute toward your personal, educational, and professional goals?
Meet with your academic advisor about curricular requirements.
Meet with the Career Center director if you’re unsure about a career direction.
Take advantage of assessment instruments available through the Career Center.
Review internships posted on Career Center web page as well as on web pages of academic departments to review potential positions.
Research potential internship employers through company, government, and organizational websites
Meet with the Director of Internships to explore these and other options.
Prepare your resume - the Career Center web page offers assistance.
Review the Career Center guide.
Selection:
Review website and relevant literature of potential placement sites.
Conduct information interviews as needed.
Talk to other students who have done internships at those sites.
Rank preferences.
Contact companies or agencies of interest to determine current openings.
Interview for the position as required.
Notify the Director of Internships once accepted.
For Academic credit:
Choose a faculty member to review and approve potential internships for credit
All decisions for internship credit rest with each academic department and their faculty
Determination of academic requirements, i.e., mandatory meetings, papers, etc.
Typically, 90 hours in the placement is required for 3 hours of academic credit.
Students will receive a grade of pass/fail.
Complete Internship Application and Registration Form.
Students have through the end of the 4th week of each semester to register for credit in that semester.
This form must be signed by the faculty advisor, the faculty sponsor awarding credit, the department chair, and the academic dean.
Internships registered for the summer will be charged summer tuition. Students may do an internship in the summer but register for credit in the fall with approval of faculty sponsor.
Students may receive up to 6 hours of internship credit within a particular major and up to an additional 6 hours in a second major.
Full-time students taking 12-16 hours can add an additional 3 hours of internship credit without an additional tuition charge.
Following the internship:
3) Pick up evaluation forms from the Internship office and complete by the conclusion of the internship.
