Course Description
An internship is designed to allow upper level students to experience the professional world while they are still involved in their academic training. This provides them with both an understanding of the relationship of their academic preparation to their career aspirations and the demands that will be placed upon them in the professional world.
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
Course Guide
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Rationale
An internship is intended to be an individual experience, allowing students to work in an organization/company and apply skills that have been learned throughout their academic training. The internship presents students with the opportunity for a “hands-on” approach. Successful completion of an internship may provide students with a direct or indirect route to obtaining a full-time position pertaining to their professional field.
Course Assignment
Course Requirements Checklist
After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.
Discussion
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided Discussion. The thread must be at least 200 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 1 other classmate’s thread. The reply must be at least 75 words.
Journal Entry Assignments (7)
The student will use the template provided to log journal entries based on his/her daily internship experience. Each daily entry must be at least 50 words.
Supervisor Evaluation Assignments (2)
The student will have his/her supervisor complete 2 evaluations of the student’s work using the provided evaluation form.
Student Evaluation of Supervisor and Organization/Company Assignment
The student will complete an evaluation of his/her experience with his/her supervisor and the partnering organization.
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