Do you have an internship arranged for the next semester or summer but don’t know how you could earn credits for it? Perhaps your internship isn’t in your major or you don’t meet the minimum credits completed or the GPA requirements to earn internship credits in your major. If so, the BSOS Internship Practicum in the Social Sciences, BSOS Social Science Internship Practicum or BSOS Experiential Learning might work for you.

Internship eligibility:  Academic credit may only be awarded for para- or pre-professional work with regular and frequent supervision. Clerical and basic administrative office work will not qualify for BSOS internships. 

The internship must be a completely new experience new to you; it cannot be a continuation of or return to a previously held position.

BSOS Internship Guidelines:  Hours depend on the number of credits to be earned.

1 credit = 45 hours

Training hours may count in the total number of hours. Hours must be completed by the end of final exams in the academic period the student is registered for the internship course. 

Intern responsibilities: Primarily pre-professional or para-professional-level work. Clerical and related tasks ("grunt" work) should not exceed 20 percent of the intern's duties.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

Schedule, attire, and reporting responsibilities: Should be discussed with intern supervisor and set before the internship starts. Intern and intern supervisor expectations should be agreed to and listed in internship contract. Time logs will be kept by the intern, approved by the intern supervisor, and submitted to the BSOS internship coordinator every two weeks on the BSOS internship time log form.

A BSOS internship learning contract is to be completed and signed by the intern and intern supervisor, and returned to the Internship Coordinator prior to the start of the internship. The purpose of this contract is to assist the student and internship supervisor with:

• Clarifying both party's goals, objectives, and expectations of the internship
• Jointly developing a plan to meet the goals, objectives, and expectations of this internship
• Understand their responsibilities in this internship
• Establishing a regular meeting schedule for on-going feedback & evaluation; the intern supervisor will complete an intern evaluation form at the end of the semester which will be factored into the student grade for the BSOS internship course(s)

Student Eligibility requirements: Students must have a 2.5 minimum GPA and have completed 30+ credits. They may be in any university major.