Programs Requiring Internships

Interns can expect to perform various duties related to their major during the internship semester. Sample internship duties may include one or more of the following:Creating animated presentations; developing storefront websites for clients; implementing designs to be incorporated into a web page; designing magazine covers, business cards, collages, posters and other publicity items through the application of a range of graphics software such as PhotoShop, Director, Adobe Illustrator, Fireworks, and Freehand.

Designed to help students creatively plan their careers, the course covers self-assessment, career exploration and practical job search skills.Typically, the course includes the following topics:

• identifying and classifying needs, interests, values and skills;
• researching occupational and organizational alternatives;
• job search techniques and resources for employment;
• resume and cover letter preparation;
• and job interviewing and follow-up.

Students who are required to register for the classroom course CED 201, Career Planning, should do so after completing all remedial requirements and accumulating more than 12 credits. After accumulating 30 credits, including 9 credits in their major, students who are matriculated with a 2.0 GPA or higher may register for Internship I (See CED 300).

Interns can expect to perform various duties related to their major during the internship semester. Sample internship duties may include one or more of the following:Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Auditing, Balancing, Bank Reconciliations, Billing, Budgeting, Cost Accounting, Debiting/Crediting, Financial Statements, General Ledger Entries, Journal Entries, Payroll, Posting, and Taxation while utilizing Accounting Computer Software Packages, Spreadsheet Programs, and a wide variety of general office skills.

Each student intern is assigned to a coordinator (a faculty member in the Department of Cooperative Education) who is knowledgeable about the student’s field. The coordinator helps the student secure internship placement and serves as the student’s instructor and advisor during the field experience. In addition, the student has a unique opportunity to discuss and evaluate broader goals and career objectives on an individual basis.Cooperative Education interns are expected to: work fifteen (15) hours a week, complete a term project assigned by the coordinator, and be evaluated by the worksite supervisor. Most students work part-time, fifteen (15) hours per week, a minimum of 150 hours per semester, in a field related to their majors while remaining full-time students and receive two (2) academic credits. When possible, employers will offer interns a stipend or hourly pay. A student may accept a volunteer (non-paid) rather than a paid assignment in order to complete the necessary internship requirements.

Designed to help students creatively plan their careers, the course covers self-assessment, career exploration and practical job search skills.Typically, the course includes the following topics:

• identifying and classifying needs, interests, values and skills;
• researching occupational and organizational alternatives;
• job search techniques and resources for employment;
• resume and cover letter preparation;
• and job interviewing and follow-up.

Students who are required to register for the classroom course CED 201, Career Planning, should do so after completing all remedial requirements and accumulating more than 12 credits. After accumulating 30 credits, including 9 credits in their major, students who are matriculated with a 2.0 GPA or higher may register for Internship I (See CED 300).

Interns can expect to perform various duties related to their major during the internship semester. Sample internship duties may include one or more of the following:Writing, modifying, testing and running programs; setting-up personal computers and peripherals, installing software and hardware for PC users, troubleshooting user problems, assisting with computer network maintenance; creating and maintaining databases and spreadsheets.

Interns can expect to perform various duties related to their major during the internship semester. Sample internship duties may include one or more of the following:Creating animated presentations; developing storefront websites for clients; implementing designs to be incorporated into a web page; designing magazine covers, business cards, collages, posters and other publicity items through the application of a range of graphics software such as PhotoShop, Director, Adobe Illustrator, Fireworks, and Freehand.

Interns can expect to perform various duties related to their major during the internship semester. Sample internship duties may include one or more of the following:Data entry, providing customer service, developing advertising/marketing materials, recording financial transactions, processing travel reservations, promoting sales, conducting front desk operations, assisting in small business operations, and performing a variety of other business-related tasks.

Designed to help students creatively plan their careers, the course covers self-assessment, career exploration and practical job search skills.Typically, the course includes the following topics:

• identifying and classifying needs, interests, values and skills;
• researching occupational and organizational alternatives;
• job search techniques and resources for employment;
• resume and cover letter preparation;
• and job interviewing and follow-up.

Students who are required to register for the classroom course CED 201, Career Planning, should do so after completing all remedial requirements and accumulating more than 12 credits. After accumulating 30 credits, including 9 credits in their major, students who are matriculated with a 2.0 GPA or higher may register for Internship I (See CED 300).

Each student intern is assigned to a coordinator (a faculty member in the Department of Cooperative Education) who is knowledgeable about the student’s field. The coordinator helps the student secure internship placement and serves as the student’s instructor and advisor during the field experience. In addition, the student has a unique opportunity to discuss and evaluate broader goals and career objectives on an individual basis.Cooperative Education interns are expected to: work fifteen (15) hours a week, complete a term project assigned by the coordinator, and be evaluated by the worksite supervisor. Most students work part-time, fifteen (15) hours per week, a minimum of 150 hours per semester, in a field related to their majors while remaining full-time students and receive two (2) academic credits. When possible, employers will offer interns a stipend or hourly pay. A student may accept a volunteer (non-paid) rather than a paid assignment in order to complete the necessary internship requirements.

Designed to help students creatively plan their careers, the course covers self-assessment, career exploration and practical job search skills.Typically, the course includes the following topics:

• identifying and classifying needs, interests, values and skills;
• researching occupational and organizational alternatives;
• job search techniques and resources for employment;
• resume and cover letter preparation;
• and job interviewing and follow-up.

Students who are required to register for the classroom course CED 201, Career Planning, should do so after completing all remedial requirements and accumulating more than 12 credits. After accumulating 30 credits, including 9 credits in their major, students who are matriculated with a 2.0 GPA or higher may register for Internship I (See CED 300).

Interns can expect to perform various duties related to their major during the internship semester. Sample internship duties may include one or more of the following:

• Interns will enhance and develop editorial, counseling or communication skills;
• sales, marketing, or computer skills;
• design, record-keeping, or research skills;
• government and public service.