Internship

(4 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This seminar consists of a four-week internship with a local community organization, research organization, business, or international NGO. The aim of an internship is to enable students to gain valuable learning experience and enhance their skills in an international professional environment. An internship is part of the student's experiential learning on the program and is in no way a paid-for activity. SIT will use its extensive network to facilitate placement with an organization. The organization and the student's internship activities, though, must be approved by the SIT's academic director. Regular reflection and assessment meetings are held with the academic director or internship coordinator to review the progress of the internship and learning associated with the internship experience. The student is responsible for submitting a signed learning agreement which outlines the learning objectives, activities, and deliverables of their internship experience. Students complete an internship and submit a paper in which they process their learning experience, analyze an issue important to the organization, and/or design a socially responsible solution to a problem identified by the organization. The paper should also document a comprehensive schedule and the specific skills and knowledge acquired through the experience. A focus will be on linking internship learning with the program's Critical Global Issue focus and overall program theme.