Internship Program
Internships are a great way to gain valuable knowledge and hands on experience with the opportunity to earn academic credit.
Internships are important in a student鈥檚 career development as it can help them gain insight on their career goals to help determine if this is the best career, develop a network of professional contacts for future opportunities and develop industry-specific skills to in order to build a strong resume.
All Bachelor of Business Administration students, with the exception of students majoring in Accounting, are required to complete an internship and the Undergraduate Internship Course (BUSA 4960) prior to graduation.
Students should be prepared to submit an internship for course credit, utilizing the process below, by midterm of the semester prior to beginning their internship to ensure they have time to complete the approval process.
The process can take up to 6 weeks (or longer) to complete depending on the complexity of the internship, project deliverables, evaluating academic components, and completing memorandum of understandings (MOUs) where needed.
Check out the videos below to learn more about the internship process.
Career & Academic Planning (CAP) Center
706-737-1560
Criteria for Course Credit
Internship Requirements
- Meet the criteria of an internship as defined by the .
- Minimum of 120 onsite hours in a semester.
- Duties/project(s) are relevant to the student鈥檚 degree and concentration.
- An 鈥渆xperience鈥� has been submitted in Handshake providing information for the student鈥檚 obtained or created internship.
- Enrollment in BUSA 4960 (Undergraduate Internship Course) pending permission to enroll. Permission, for students to enroll, is granted when the 鈥渆xperience鈥� is approved in Handshake.
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Additional Resources
These resources are available to assist Hull College of Business students in using Handshake 鈥淓xperience鈥� to request course credit for an obtained or created internship.
