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Requirements for internship credit
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Complete 135 hours of internship contact time
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A contract between the intern and sponsoring organization that specifies work goals for the Internship on one or more substantive projects, signed by the student internship supervisor, and faculty sponsor.
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At least 2 class meetings with faculty sponsor (Dr. Harris) during the semester to assess progress and identify necessary modifications, meetings typically fall at the beginning of the semester, the middle of the semester, and end of the semester.
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Log of hours worked with annotations regarding work accomplished, with signoff by the internship supervisor.
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A portfolio of work produced during the internship in which the intern played a role and including annotation as to what it represents and the intern’s role in its production. This is generally a body of work you complete during the internship that identifies your role and contribution. The portfolio of work varies by internship and the format of the portfolio will vary based on the types of work products delivered.
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Summary of the internship experience and results, of up to 500 words, suitable for inclusion in a newsletter, EPIB Trail or similar publication.
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A set (3-5) of PowerPoint slides or short video prepared for presentation highlighting your work. This can build off your 500-word publishable summary. Think about how you would communicate your internship experience in both written and verbal formats.
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A 3–4-page paper documenting and assessing an extensive interview with a superior at the internship. Questions should include but are not limited to how the person got to the position occupied, what the positives and negatives of the job are, advice they would have for a young person who desired a similar career track, and what they hope to accomplish in that position and beyond. It should conclude with reflection on what was learned from the interviews.
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A 5-page reflection paper, double-spaced, Times New Roman is due at the end of the semester. It should be based on your work completed for the internship, observations and conversations with people at the intern site and other key stakeholders.
- What did you learn?
- How might this experience shape your professional and personal lives?
- Students will synthesize the internship experience through this 5-page
structured paper in which students reflect:
a) on their position as a Rutgers intern with the communities and
organizations they engage with,
b) their internship experience and contribution to an organization or
project’s purpose and goals, and
c) how the experience has impacted their personal and professional
development, and
d) Did working at this internship site change your perspectives in any
way? If so, how did it change your perspective, why did it change your
perspective? What will you do with this new knowledge and
perspective?