Internship Process
Student Eligibility
Guidance from Career Services
What you need to do on your own?
Types of
Positions
Paid/Unpaid
Positions
Hours
Faculty
Coordinator
Internship
Sites
Student
Eligibility
Students must have met the following minimum
standards to be eligible for participation in
Internship Learning:
- Complete at least one
full semester at CSU;
- Earn the appropriate
number of credit hours (baccalaureate
program--30 hours; associate program--18
hours; certificate--12 hours);
- Maintain Good Academic
Standing;
- Complete all course
prerequisites;
- Obtain prior approval
from the Coordinator of Internship Learning
and the appropriate faculty
coordinator. This involves providing
evidence that the experience is directly
related to the student's area of study.
Note:
Academic departments as well as local
organizations and businesses reserve the right
to establish higher minimum requirements.
The Grade and Academic Appeals process described
earlier in this chapter applies to appeals
related to experiential learning.
Guidance from Career Services
1. Obtain the Student Information Form available online or from Career Services.
2. Complete the form and return it
to Career Services.
3. Read email and respond immediately to any
opportunities of interest.
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What you need to do on your own?
1. Network, network, network
2. Make use of every source available (web
sites, newspaper, cold calls)
3. Read email announcements from Career Services
4.
Check LakerTrak internship
postings
5. Follow directions for applying
6. Expect to be interviewed
7. Decide if the opportunity is a match for you!
Types of
positions
Internship Learning is a general term for any
community-based experience related to a
student's field of study. Internship Learning
is incorporated into the University's Mission
Statement as one of the common elements in all
programs and services.
1. Internship--a one-semester experience
2. Cooperative Education (Co-op)--Experience
that continues for more than one semester
- Alternating Co-op--student alternates
semesters of full time work with semesters as
a full time student.
- Parallel Co-op--Student works and attends
school at the same time.
3. Service Learning--Experience integrated
into a specific course; usually involves service
to an agency or non-profit organization.
4. Volunteer--Student-initiated experience in
the community.
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Paid/Unpaid
Positions
1. Internship positions and field learning
experiences may be paid or unpaid. When
internship is unpaid, the student may have more
flexibility in work schedules.
2. Cooperative Education (co-op) positions are
always paid.
3. Service learning and volunteer positions are
always unpaid.
Hours
The University minimum number of hours is 150
hours per semester. The following programs of
study have different requirements:
1. Information Technology 4014 = 200 or 400
hours (variable credit)
2. Medical Assisting 2222 = 300 hours
3. Health Care Management = 225 hours
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Faculty
Coordinator
Students earning internship course
credit must have a Faculty Coordinator. The
Faculty Coordinator assists the student in
registering, approves student learning
objectives, monitors student progress, and
assigns the student's grade at the conclusion of
the semester. The Faculty Coordinator is
expected to make at least one site visit and to
communicate with the student's site supervisor.
Examples of tools that Faculty Coordinators may
use to monitor student's progress include time
sheets, journals, and final reports. The Office
of Career Services functions as the
Faculty Coordinator for non-credit internship students.
Internship Sites
Internship sites are identified in a
variety of ways.
1. Career Services maintains listings of
prospective internship sites.
2.
Current internship opportunities are posted on
LakerTrak.
3. A student may identify his or her own site
and position and seek approval from Career
Services and the Faculty
Coordinator.
4. In some cases a student may be able to use
his or her current employment or volunteer site
as an experiential learning site. The student
must participate in NEW learning by accepting
new responsibilities or by taking a leadership
role in a new project. The student must obtain
approval from Career Services and the Faculty
Coordinator.
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