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Internships & Professional Practice

Internships at UWG may be taken for academic class credit or for academic recognition (notation on transcript, but no credit).

Academic Credit Internships 

Academic Recognition Internships 

Awarded by: Academic Departments 

Awarded by: Career Services 

Apply to: Appropriate RCOB Academic
Department (see instructions below) 

Apply to: Career Services 

      
 


Policies and procedures for internships with academic credit in the Richards College of Business


QUALIFICATIONS
  • Minimum 2.5 GPA
  • Major status
  • Other pre-requisites may be required by the department for specific internships

 

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

The student will work with a professor assigned by the department chair, who (in consultation with the departmental chairperson) will determine the academic requirements*, the credit hours and the final grade for the internship.
           
* At a minimum these requirements will include the following: (other requirements as assigned)

  • a weekly journal listing all activities;
  • a research paper or project; and
  • an evaluation from the supervisor.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES and INSTRUCTIONS for Obtaining Academic Credit for an Internship
  • Print and complete the following form: Professional Practice Application
  • Obtain a letter and/or an official job description from the employer, describing and verifying the internship employment and signed by a representative of the employer;*
  • Submit the form and the official job description to the appropriate department chairperson who will assign the faculty sponsor, approve the internship and complete the RCOB Internship/Independent Study Variable Credit Approval Form;
  • After approval by the department chair, the complete packet of information should be submitted to the RCOB Assistant Dean for review and final approval (Adamson Hall, Room 102);
  • The final step is submitting the credit approval form (signed by the Assistant Dean) to the Registrar's Office to register the internship;**


NOTE: To receive academic credit, internships must be registered on or before the last day of drop/add at the beginning of the semester.

*    Internship credit will not normally be given for a job where the student is employed on an on-going basis.
**  Students are encouraged to register any academic credit internship with Career Services in order to concurrently receive ‘academic recognition’.