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I391 Internship in Informatics Professional Practice

I391 Internship in Informatics Professional Practice

The Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering believes real-world experience is a valuable part of any educational program. Internships provide an avenue for students to build that critical experience, and Luddy students can receive credit for selected, career-related work that involves professional activity representative of informatics.

Through the I391 Internship in Informatics Professional Practice course, students may earn 1-3 credits toward their degree, and a maximum of 3 credits will count as general electives toward graduation. Sixty (60) hours of supervised work is required per credit hour taken.

I391 credit is generally given for internships completed when the student is a freshman, sophomore, or junior, and has not completed the majority of core classes in informatics. The technology component of the internship need not be extensive, but it must be present.

Prerequisites

Currently pursuing a major, minor, or certificate in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.
Be in good academic standing (minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better)
Have completed I101.

PLEASE NOTE: All internships for academic credit are subject to standard course fees for the University. Use the Office of Bursar's Tuition Estimator to estimate your semester fees.

Additionally, applications received fewer than five days prior to the start of classes for the semester during which the internship will take place will be subject to late registration fees.

Finding a qualified internship for I391

There are multiple avenues to find an internship that will satisfy the requirements for our I391 course. They include:

Through University Career Fairs in the fall or spring semester, and/or the Bloomington Technology Partnership Career and Internship Fair in the spring.
Through on-line internship postings in the Career Services Luddy Careers system or other online resources.
Through your own personal contacts or efforts to secure your own internship.
Through the IU Career Development Center on-line postings or fairs (although most will come through the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering instead).
Through other assistance from Career Services.

Approval

I391 internships must be approved by Luddy before any authorization to enroll is given. The approval decision will be based on the prerequisites listed above.

To apply, potential interns should visit the Luddy Careers Site and submit an application.

Applications must be submitted no later than the end of the second week of the semester during which the internship will begin. It is preferred that students submit their contract as soon as possible after securing an internship (i.e. the previous semester).

Staff will verify that interns are in full compliance with prerequisite requirements. After the application has been approved, interns will be authorized to register for the I391 course.

I391 Deliverables

To receive academic credit for the I391 internship, each intern must complete a series of deliverables. We suggest you print this document and use it as a checklist.

During your internship:

Status reports must be completed and turned in via Canvas by Monday at noon of each even-numbered week of the semester. Status reports should contain the following information:

How the internship is going
Any questions or concerns the intern may have
Any difficulties the intern may be experiencing
Any changes in the terms of the internship, such as:
- Ending date
- Scope or type of project is different from the contract
- Unexpected termination of the project
- Change of employer status
- Any other information that might be important
Summary of tasks completed in prior two weeks
One paragraph outlining what the student believes are the most important concepts they have learned during the past two weeks

Two weeks prior to the end of the internship, students should include in their status report an outline of what will be included in the final project report.

At the end of your internship:

I391 interns are required to write a three- to five-page paper summarizing their experiences during the internship. The paper should be well organized (the organization should be described in introduction) and should:

Describe the structure of the employer and the intern's place in that structure
Summarize the intern's accomplishments during employment
Discuss the relationship between the intern's academic coursework and the internship
Establish a realtionship between the internship and the intern's future career goals
Consider how the internship might lead to full-time employment in this company (both from the intern's perspective and that of the company)

The employer shall submit an evaluation of the student's performance indicating satisfactory completion of responsibilities via the Luddy Careers site. The evaluation form will be sent to the listed internship supervisor via email near the end of the internship term.

At the completion of the internship, the student shall submit an evaluation of their internship experience via the Luddy Careers site. A reminder email will be sent by the system around the date listed as the end of the internship term.

Interns must submit a time log to demonstrate their total hours worked. The format of the time log is up to the intern. Any format works as long as it can easily be interpreted by representatives of the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering to determine the actual number of hours worked by the student.

Submission & deadlines

All end-of-internship deliverables must be turned in by September 30.

Submit all materials to sice+internships@indiana.edu.

If the internship extends into the following semester, deliverables must be turned in 30 days after the conclusion of the internship. Please note that in past years there has been a longer grace period for completing all internship requirements. That will no longer be the case, and grades will be lowered by one letter grade increment for every week that passes beyond the deadline.

To receive a grade for the summer term, materials must be submitted by Friday of the fifth week of second summer session (eight days before graduation). If this deadline is not met, students will receive a "deferred" (R) grade for the term. After materials have been submitted and graded, the "deferred" will then be changed to the actual grade earned.

I391 Internship in Informatics Professional Practice

Prerequisites

Finding a qualified internship for I391

Approval

I391 Deliverables

During your internship:

Status reports

At the end of your internship:

Internship report

Supervisor evaluation

Student evaluation

Time log

Submission & deadlines

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