ENPH Internship #2

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

The mentored internship is meant to ground the student in the reality of daily life in their industry of interest. Students will work with the program director and other faculty mentors to identify their industry of interest and potential organizations, institutions, businesses, or non-profits that supplement their course of study in the master’s program. The student must be pro-active in arranging their internship. Once the internship conditions and scope of work have been agreed upon by the student, the program director, and the internship sponsor, the student will work with the director to design a short reading list (6-10 texts) to supplement their internship experience. Students will keep a weekly journal that they will turn in to the director and/or their faculty capstone advisor at the end of their internship. There is no prescribed format for the journal, but students should make connections between the reading list, their studies, and the professional experience as the internship progresses. As the internship finishes, students will also write a 7-10 double-spaced page report discussing the work they’ve accomplished as part of their internship. The weekly journal and the report, once complete, will be graded on a pass/fail basis for the student to earn academic credit for the internship. Students will on internship will meet in groups with the director for coaching and troubleshooting three times during the internship. If a student is part-time and separating out the six-credit internship into two three-credit internships over two summers, the student should still develop a short reading list (3-7 texts), keep a weekly journal, and be prepared to write a 4-6 double-spaced page report on their experience for each internship experience.