ATTACH RESPONSES TO SECTIONS II, III, AND IV
II. INTERNSHIP POSITION DESCRIPTION
a. Location of the placement – name, address, phone.
b. What are the specific duties entailed in your internship? Include day-to-day tasks and specific projects,
reports, attendance at conferences, special meetings, etc.
III. EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
a. Why is the internship being undertaken?
b. What are your specific goals and objectives?
c. What are your expected learning outcomes in terms of the application of theory or a method of inquiry,
acquisition of professional knowledge, or development of specific skills, etc.?
IV. METHODS OF EVALUATION
a. How will your agency supervisor evaluate your performance? How often and in what format?
b. Will the agency supervisor’s evaluation be used in determining a final grade? If so, how?
c. What evidence can be provided to demonstrate that your educational goals and objectives have been
achieved?
d. What evaluation data will your faculty sponsor require? For example:
- research paper(s): documentary, analytic, creative
- journal or log of activities, thoughts, impressions, analysis
- written reports, essays
- reports, papers, materials written for the agency
- written or oral expression
- reading lists
- other (explain)
e. What contacts will you have with your faculty sponsor (on-site visit(s) by your faculty sponsor or
consultation in person, by phone or mail) and how often?
f. Interns are required to do a written evaluation of the placement site. Give this evaluation to the faculty
sponsor at the end of the internship period.
GUIDELINES FOR INTERNSHIPS AND COLLEGE-SPONSORED EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION*
SUNY Plattsburgh
REQUIREMENTS
1. A student receiving credit for an internship must have a faculty sponsor and an agency supervisor for
the internship.
2. Interns are required to work in the internship placement for at least three hours per week (15 weeks)
for each academic credit hour. Internships may be full or part-time, paid or unpaid.
3. The specific field duties and responsibilities of the intern will be agreed to by the faculty sponsor, the
agency supervisor, and the intern, and they will be outlined in the learning contract.
4. Specific academic requirements appropriate to the placement will be established by the faculty sponsor
and specified in the Learning Contract.
ADMISSIONS STANDARDS
1. Students wishing an internship for credit must have junior, senior, or graduate class standing. The
minimum GPA for participation in an internship shall be established by the sponsoring department.
Departments may establish prerequisite courses and minimum GPA in these courses.
INTERNSHIP CREDIT
1. Course Credit – Interns will be enrolled under a department course: Dept. 498 (or Dept. 598) Internship
– Title. Students may take internships for major, minor, concentration, or elective credit Academic credit
may range from one credit hour to a maximum of 15; any departmental policies on the maximum or
minimum number of internship credits used to meet major, minor, or concentration requirements apply.
Failure to complete all requirements of the internship will lead to an incomplete (policy pertaining to “I”
grades will apply), or an unsatisfactory/failing grade will be given by the faculty sponsor.
2. Credit toward the baccalaureate: Usually, the total number of credits awarded for internships may not
exceed 18 toward the fulfillment of the credit hours required for a bachelor’s degree. The suggested
limit of 18 hours does not include any credit taken by interns in related courses such as a seminar that