BUS 290 - Business Internship

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 8
This course provides students with a real world laboratory in which to gain work experience in various types of businesses or similar institutions. The work experience will be 120 hours in duration. The internship will be customized to meet the specific needs of the student intern. Consequently, specific learning objectives must be developed by the collaboration of the intern, the on-site supervisor, and the faculty sponsor. Some typical areas of student learning can be focused on: accounting, marketing, advertising, sales, management, finance, insurance, real estate, public relations, human resources, banking, or any business-related area that meets the student’s needs. In addition, interns meet one hour per week at a regularly scheduled time to discuss and share experiences. Internship logs and special reports are required.
Notes: 30 credits, including 12 credits in BUS or ACC, and a 2.5 GPA within the student’s major is required.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the department