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INTERNSHIP PROJECT
The Internship is available to you if you wish to combine academic work
with a practical experience which is either career-related or outside
your major area or career field. You may participate in an internship
which already exists within an academic department or be creative and
develop an experience which is unique for you. Student internships have
included working in a congressman's office, participating in a National
Science Foundation science internship, and traveling to Arkansas to be
a zoo intern. With the approval of the Honors
College Thesis Review Committee, you may submit an internship completed
within your major to fulfill this requirement.
In all cases, the internship must be placed within the context
of an academic or theoretical question. There must be a connection
between the internship experience and some specific research question
which you will address in your final paper. Keep a journal which will
become the appendix of your final paper. It should appear in the appendix
and be in typed form.
Primary responsibility for finding or creating an internship is yours, although there are people who can help you in most departments as well as in the Honors College. Clearly, your internship must be a legitimate learning experience for you and must involve more than mundane responsibilities.
| Once you identify an internship site that will be appropriate for your interests, the next step is to find an academic faculty member who is willing to act as your supervisor. The two of you will discuss and agree upon a reading list which will supplement the internship experience. Your faculty advisor will also help you to prepare a proposal to the Honors Thesis Review Committee. Explain how your internship experience will illuminate a controversy or topic in your academic field. |
As you undertake
your internship, complete the readings you have agreed upon but also keep
a journal of your experience and your reflections on that experience.
You will combine your readings and experience in a final paper. Your personal
reflections will become the appendix to your paper. One bound copy will
be submitted to your faculty advisor and two bound copies will be submitted
to the Honors College by Monday of the week prior to your oral presentation.
If your major is within the College of Business and Economics, your internship
must be business-related. You will register for one credit of UH 453 and
two credits of the appropriate departmental 499 within CBE.
