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By mid-semester of the term before the internship,
contact one or more sites to find out whether they will need
an intern during the coming semester. Find out the kind of
work you will be doing. Be assertive about your own goals in
discussing a plan of mutual benefit with an agency.
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Check with the Internship Coordinator about
the acceptability of the site. You are responsible for obtaining
the internship site and approval to work there.
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Invite one member of the SGA Department and
a representative of another discipline to serve on your internship
committee. Check on possible times and dates for the pre-internship
committee meeting (about 20 minutes). A calendar of days and
times is posted outside the department office. Sign up for
a meeting time once you have talked with your committee members. You
are responsible for setting up this meeting.
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Fill out the Abstract
of Internship Form and give a typed copy
to each of the three-faculty committee members 3 - 5 days
before the scheduled day of the pre-internship committee
meeting.
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The Field Placement
Contract is to be filled out by the field supervisor
and brought to the pre-internship committee meeting. The
field supervisor is welcome, but not required to attend
the meeting.
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Attend the pre-internship committee meeting
and set a date for the final internship committee meeting within
the last 2 weeks of the regular semester before final exams
begin. Based on the Abstract of Internship, committee members
discuss the intern's objectives and roles so that both the
student's and the organization's needs are met, discuss issues
and questions for the student to research and report on in
the final paper, help the student achieve focus prior to the
start of work, and recommend appropriate readings. This
is an important meeting because the faculty members will provide
guidelines for the paper that are tailored to the needs of
the student and the worksite.
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Within one week after the meeting, the student
either retypes the form, if there are many additions and changes,
or simply submits a typed addendum detailing the topics agreed
upon by the committee. Submit a copy to each of the faculty.
- Complete the Request for Internship
Approval form so that you can register for the course.
