Internships
An internship is a career/major-related work experience usually lasting one semester. It includes any experience during which students learn by taking on responsible roles as workers in organizations and observing and reflecting on the daily activities at the work site. The Honors Program offers credit to students from all departments wishing to pursue an internship.
Finding an internship
The Career Resource Center's website (http://www.crc.ufl.edu) provides an amazing starting point for searching for internships as well as useful advice and strategies for applying and interviewing for an internship. Useful general internship search engines:
Government internship information/listings:
Internship Programs that University of Florida students have worked with in the past:
- The Washington Center
- USDA Foreign Agriculture Service
- Institute for Experimental Learning
- National Hispanic Internship Program
- Student Conservation Association
- JFK Center for Performing Arts
- National Institute of Health
- FBI Honors Internship
Career Resource Center Tools
Co-Op/Internship Workshops
Interview and Resume Critiques and Workshops
Sample Cover Letters and Resumes
Internship Credit - IDH4940
Open to all students from any department who have earned a minimum GPA of 3.0 and have filled out and submitted an application. The application can be downloaded from http://www.honors.ufl.edu/forms/idh4940.pdf.
Requirements:
intentional learning agenda (what you hope to learn, how it works towards future goals)
training or service must be supervised
Grading:
S/U based on completion of a paper at the end of the internship and letter of support from your supervisor
Counts as upper-division elective credit and an honors course
Don't Forget:
You can earn internship credit for profit or non-profit work
If the business you want to work with does not have an established internship program, don't be discouraged! You can still set up a program with them, but you must consult an honors advisor to make sure that you can get credit.
