The Career Center: Internships

Internship Services For Students:

“Internships are new professional learning experiences where students are supervised by a mentor and contribute meaningfully to an organization”

There are two types of internships that are offered. Those would be credit internships and non-credit internships.

Credit internships:

A credit internship requires a longer process then a non-credit internship. A credit internship is open to matriculated students with good standings and has completed 54 credits. These students are usually juniors and seniors. The student must attend internship counseling sessions with the Career Center  internship coordinator. There is a learning agreement that must be signed by the student, the site supervisor, the internship faculty adviser, and the internship coordinator. Thirty-eight hours of work will give you one credit. a student can earn 1-6 credits. Usually three credits equal about ten hours of work a week. To receive the credits they must be approved by the internship coordinator. The site supervisor must provide an evaluation that is worth seventy-five percent of the students grade. The student must write a paper that is required for the internship faculty adviser, which is worth twenty-five percent of the students grade. The internships can be paid or unpaid. They must be completed within each semester, and must be set up one semester in advance.

Non-Credit Internship:

A non-credit internship is much simpler then a credit internship. This type of internship can be completed by any student. It has very flexible arrangements. Most information, such as hours, pay rate, and length of internship, are all arranged directly by the students and employer.

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–Samantha Horne