Higher Education Internship

HE 780: Higher Education Internship

Experiential learning that could include supervised on-the-job experience, academic service learning, community outreach, or research field work in approved college or university setting or public agency involved in higher education. Develops skills applicable to higher education.

Proposals are due one month to the HEP director for approval before the start of the semester. Students are responsible for finding their own internship site as well as a faculty member to serve as their internship supervisor. 

All course assignments will be pre-determined by the student and internship supervisor. While assignments and readings will vary, the final course proposal should follow the guidelines below: 

1. A statement of purpose and rationale for independent study
2. List/description of learning outcomes
3. A description of workplace responsibilities and list of proposed readings
4. A list of assignments/deliverables for the course (e.g. reflection journal, research paper on internship topic, etc) with due dates for each assignment included in the proposal
5. Proposed frequency of contact with supervisor/mentor or faculty member and the nature of discussions at those meetings
6. A description of how learning outcomes will be accomplished
7. A rubric or criteria describing how student learning will be assessed