Internship in Economics

Before you start the application process, please read the following:

I. The regular internship class is offered during the spring semester. I work with students who wish the receive internship credit for internship work during the fall or summer, or with students who are not able to register for the regular spring class, but still wish to receive internship credit during the spring semester.

• Please note that you need to be an Economics major or minor.

• A minimum of 30 hours of credit should be completed before applying for internship credit.

• A cumulative GPA of 2.00 is the minimum requirement for enrolling in an internship.

• Students who apply here must have their internship approved for credit and will need to register through Continuing Education - this cost is not covered by the regular semester tuition.

• Note that I do not help students find an internship - I work with students who have already located an internship that qualifies for credit. Jane Lillydahl teaches the spring semester internship course and may be able to provide a list of potential sponsors.

• Students with an approved internship can register for either 3 or 6 credits (depending on the preference of the student and the number of hours spent working at the internship). If a student registers for 6 credit hours, 3 credits count towards the Economics requirement and the other 3 toward general upper division requirements.

• Forty (40) hours of work is required for each internship credit hour. Time spent engaged in related academic work for the internship (e.g., writing required papers) can be counted toward the required hours.

II. If after reading the above information you wish to continue with the process, please take the following steps:

Download the Word document that is required for applicants and using the application form:

1. Provide the information listed on the form under Employer Information.

2. Provide the information listed on the form under Internship Information.

3. Provide a Position Description as described on the form.

4.  Describe your Educational Objectives as described on the form.

5.  Provide a Self Evaluation as described on the form.

You should send this information to me in an e-mail. Please include all text that you write as part of the e-mail message and not as an attachment - there is no need to send the form back to me.

III. Once I have this information, I can tell you either:

1.  Your internship has been approved for credit and we can continue the application process.

2.  I still need further details that I will specify.

3.  Unless your internship is modified, you will not be able to receive credit with the Dept. of Economics.

 For example, credit will not be given for internships where the intern's work primarily consists of clerical, office and/or other duties that provide minimal learning opportunities to the intern.

 IV. It would be a good idea to read the Learning Activities part of the form before you continue. This will give you a better idea of what we are looking for - an internship that the student can learn from and relate to some of the economics that you learn in the classroom.

 Thanks,

 Jay Kaplan