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I391 General Internships

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The School of Informatics believes that real-world experience is a valuable part of an educational program. The school provides students a way to obtain academic credit for their work experience. Students receive credit for selected career-related work. Employment must involve professional activity representative of Informatics.

Students may earn 3 credits for I391 General Internship. 3 credits will be awarded for 180 hours of supervised work.

Prerequisites

  • Completion of the Informatics core courses at the 100 and 200 levels.
  • In good academic standing
  • Admitted to the School of Informatics

Approval

General I391 internships must be approved in writing before any work begins. Approval of the internship for I391 credit requires completion of all prerequisite courses before the beginning of the internship.

The first step is to download and complete the Internship Contract (PDF) which serves as the application for an I391 internship. You must complete the contract, obtain your employer's signature for approval and submit this to Jeremy Podany, Director of Career Services.

Contracts must be submitted no later than the end of the first week of the semester during which your internship will begin . It is preferred that you submit your contract as soon as possible after you have secured your internship (i.e. the previous semester). Don't wait to submit your contract!

After your contract has been approved by the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, you will be authorized to register by the Recorder in the School of Informatics . The Recorder will verify that you are in good academic standing and have fulfilled the prerequisite requirements.

Major considerations for the approval of a general internship include whether the internship would indeed provide a professional experience and whether you are adequately prepared for that experience.

Requirements

  1. Bi-weekly status reports during your entire internship

    Status reports must be completed and turned in via oncourse by Monday at noon of each even-numbered week of the semester.

    Status reports should contain the following information:

    • How is your internship going.
    • Any questions or concerns you may have.
    • Any difficulties that you may be experiencing.
    • Any changes in the terms of the internship:
      • Ending date.
      • Scope or type of project is different from contract.
      • Unexpected termination of the project.
      • Change of employer status.
      • Any other information that might be important.

    (Two weeks before the end of the internship, students should include in their status report an outline of what will be included in the final internship report)

  2. Internship report

    Due Date: No later than 30 days after the completion of the internship.*

    As part of the internship course, you should write a paper three to five pages long.

    The paper should be well organized (the organization should be described in an introduction) and should:

    Describe the structure of your employer and your place in that structure.

    Summarize your accomplishments during employment.

    Discuss the relationship between your academic coursework and the internship.

    Identify those skills that have been developed as a result of the internship.

    Establish a relationship between the internship and your future career goals.

    Consider how the internship might lead to full-time employment in this company (both from your perspective and that of the company).

    IMPORTANT: Before you submit your report, please schedule a meeting with Matt Hottell to discuss a draft of your report.

  3. Supervisor's evaluation form (PDF)

    Due Date: No later than 30 days after the completion of the internship*

    The employer shall submit an evaluation of the student's performance indicating satisfactory completion of responsibilities.

  4. Student evaluation of internship form (PDF)

    Due Date: No later than 30 days after the completion of the internship*

    At the completion of the internship, the student shall submit an evaluation of their internship experience.

  5. Time log

    Due Date: No later than 30 days after the completion of the internship*

    Students should submit a time log to show hours worked.

Submit all materials Jeremy Podany, Director of Career Services: ( jpodany@indiana.edu )

Mail / In Person:
School of Informatics Informatics Building
901 E. 10 th St . Room 112
Bloomington , IN 47408

* To receive a grade for the term, materials must be submitted by Friday of “dead week” for Fall and Spring semesters, or for those doing summer internships, by Friday of the 7 th week of 2 nd summer session (8 days before graduation). If this deadline is not met, students will receive an Incomplete (I) for the term. After materials have been submitted and graded, the Incomplete will then be changed to the grade received.

Deliverables Checklist

The following materials must be submitted together at the completion of the internship.

Deliverable

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Internship Report

 

Supervisor's Evaluation Form

 

Student Evaluation Form

 

Time Log

 

Finding Employment

Contact Informatics Career Services for assistance, OR

Secure your own internship, OR

See Informatics Online Career Resources page, OR

The Career Development Center also has internship resources including an internship fair. However, their internship fair is for all disciplines and has relatively few IT internships