Summer and Fall 2017 Internship Application Deadlines

Step One:  
Complete the Internship Proposal Application (click here to view a sample copy) and submit by the application due date. (8 pages).  Please read and follow all directions on the application form, and work with your Undergraduate Internship Supervisor to complete your application. Incomplete applications delay internship approval.

Step Two:  
Submit and/or forward the Undergraduate Internship Supervisor Agreement link to your internship supervisor and ask her/ him to complete the online agreement by the application due date (click here to view a sample copy). The online agreement has been approved by the University Legal Counsel's office. If your site supervisor has any questions, or is requesting any changes to the Agreement, they should contact Lisa Shaw at [email protected] as soon as possible. 

Step Three:
Please email Lisa Shaw (l[email protected]) S-CAR Director of Field Experience, once the completed application has been submitted.

Step Four:
Once your completed Internship Proposal Application and Undergraduate Internship Supervisor have been received and approved, you will be contacted by via email by Lisa Shaw who will issue an override permission that will allow you to register.  It will be your responsibility to register for the course after receiving the override permission.

Step Five:
The Director of Field Experience will email the completed application to you after issuing the override. You will need the learning objectives and strategies to refer to throughout your internship.

Step Six:
Complete and submit the assignments on the CONF 370 Undergraduate Internship Syllabus. The link to the online syllabus will be emailed the first week of class.

Internships have the potential to bolster your academic preparation by giving you opportunities to learn that are simply not possible to create in the classroom. Student organization maximizes this learning potential. The student is expected to take an active role in organizing his/her internship by writing learning objectives and strategies that explain what it is that he/she hopes to gain through the experience. You are required to write one objective and strategy for each credit hour you are requesting for your internship.

You must write learning objectives that you expect to accomplish through the work experience. These learning objectives should be tied to you professional and career goals and rooted in the field of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. 

Learning objectives describe what the student will learn. They are specific statements that can be measured. When writing objectives use words such as demonstrate, identify, interpret, evaluate, analyze. You can find additional words and ideas here.

Sample Objective: The student will analyze conflict resolution methods utilized by human resource managers.

Strategies, on the other hand, describe what you will do to accomplish the learning objectives. For each learning objective that you write, you should provide your strategy within the framework of the internship to accomplish the objective. These strategies would be things like attending staff training, working on projects, interviewing professionals in the organization, being responsible for specific tasks, etc.

Sample Strategy: The student will interview and observe personnel in human resources management.

Asking for input from your Internship Site Supervisor when writing your objectives may be helpful. Showing him/her a draft of your objectives and learning strategies will help to clarify your goals and your employer’s expectations. This discussion could also help your Supervisor identify additional opportunities at the organization that you could take advantage of while interning.

Assessment is a critical piece of the internship process because it asks the student to self-evaluate learning, process what he/she is experiencing, while providing a means to assign a grade for academic credit. Assessment of the Internship will include the following:

1. Reflective Journal Blogs
2. Reflection Papers
3. Midterm self-evaluation and evaluation of objectives
4. Site Supervisor evaluation
5. Final Project

A CONF 370 Undergraduate Internship syllabus detailing the assessment components will be sent to each student once the Internship Proposal Application and Undergraduate Internship Supervisor Agreement is completed, submitted and approved.