Internships for Academic Credit

• Integrates academic and work experiences for enhanced learning.
• Tailored to student and sponsor needs.
• Amount of credit is based on hours worked (To earn 3 credit hours you need to work 120 hours with the sponsor).
• You may enroll in between 3 and 12 credit hours.
• Grade is included in your GPA.
• Internships may be an elective for the Management and Marketing minors.
• If you take an accounting internship, up to 6 credit hours can be included in your 33 credit hours of accounting requirements.  It may also count as part of your professional experience.
• To initiate your academic internship first contact Jeffrey Donlon, Director of School of Business Interns (jdonlon@geneseo.edu) or visit South 102 during office hours)

The Academic Component of the Program includes:

• Each individual is assigned an academic advisor
• Weekly activity journals
• Five on-line learning modules
• Midterm and final sponsor evaluation
• Written and oral report at end of semester.

Grading For Academic Credit Internships

• The internship agreement identifies projects and responsibilities of the intern. The sponsor will evaluate the student mid-way through the internship and at the end. This will represent 50% of the grade.
• Weekly Journals documenting hours worked, experiences, progress towards learning objectives and discussion with faculty advisor as appropriate. This will represent 10% of the grade.
• Participation in learning modules will represent 15% of grade.
• Oral presentation at end of internship 20% of grade
• Written report based on the oral presentation 10% of grade.