Student Internship Requirements

1. Boating Scholarships students must successfully complete two semester long(13-14 week)) internships. At least one must be for credit and satisfy all the requirements defined for a “for-credit” internship.

2. Students must identify, with the assistance of the internship coordinator, an internship that is consistent with their career objectives.

3. Students must interview with possible internship providers and afterwards provide the internship coordinator a memorandum stating the reasons why they selected a particular internship.

4. Students must obtain and submit to the internship coordinator, a signed internship contract. The contract can be downloaded at Required Forms.

5. Students must obtain approval and signature from faculty advisor before contract goes into effect or requesting an override for the PRR 493 course.

6. Students must enroll in 3 credits of PRR 493 for each internship unless they apply and receive a waiver from their advisors.

7. Students must obtain and submit to the internship coordinator, a signed form that indicates that the internship business or organization is aware of the internship financial requirements and arrangements.

8. For each internship students must submit to the internship coordinator:

Weekly reports that describe their activities and exposure to various aspects of the business/organization [Weekly Report Form].

Submit to MSU a bi-weekly time sheet verifying actual hours worked, signed by the internship supervisor (see Financial Arrangement).

A mid-semester evaluation completed by both the student and the internship supervisor. The evaluation form can be accessed by clicking here [Mid-semester Evaluation Forms- student/supervisor(.doc), student/supervisor(.pdf)].

An internship project that addresses an applied problem/issue/ concern. This project must be acceptable to the internship supervisor.

A final evaluation completed by both of the student and the internship supervisor. The form can be accessed by clicking here [Final Evaluation Form- student/supervisor(.doc), student/supervisor(.pdf)].