The goal of our Internship program is to give our students a pre-professional employment opportunity to gain practical and theoretical experience in the Information Technology Management or Supply Chain Management area. Any organizations seeking an intern should provide information to the ITSCM Department, relevant internship coordinator (see below) or to BroncoJobs regarding available internships.
Eligibility
You are eligible for an internship for credit if you:
- Have junior or senior standing within the chosen internship major, minor, or 2nd degree.
- Have completed all course prerequisites. ITM majors need 9 hours of ITM coursework beyond ITM104, 105, 106. The ITM prerequisite is ITM320 and the SCM prerequisite is SCM345. An approved internship may count as an upper-division elective, see your Checksheet for restrictions.
- Freshman/sophomore level students may take non-credit internships, ITM293. See your Internship Coordinator for details. ITM293 does not apply toward the ITM degree plan as an upper division elective.
Students should meet and discuss internship possibilities with the Department Internship Coordinator in the area for which they wish to intern. Department coordinators are:
Information Technology Management
Sharon Tabor, PhD
stabor@boisestate.edu
Supply Chain Management
Regis Terpend, PhD
registerpend@boisestate.edu
How to Find an Internship
Check with the appropriate internship coordinator about available jobs and to let them know what type of position you are seeking. Check the ITSCM department postings, and dign up for Dr. Tabor’s Twitter list (ITM_Interns) if you are an ITM major.
The BSU Career Center hosts general job information and applications for internships. From their site:
Log into BroncoJobs to search available public positions. If you find a position that interests you and would like academic credit, take the job description to your Department Coordinator for credit approval. If you are offered and accept the position, you will then complete the Internship Application for Academic Credit to receive academic credit. Please review the Registrar’s Academic Calendars for semester-specific application deadlines.
Please note that an internship usually may not be completed for the same organization for which you are currently employed, unless it is a new project or skills area.
Student Responsibilities
Internship approval and registration must be completed before actual internship work may begin. In addition to the Internship application form, the student must also register for internship credits. This registration process is completed in the Registrar’s Office.
You may use up to 3 hours (135 work hours) of internship credit as a upper division elective in your major. Any job related difficulties should be reported to the Internship Coordinator immediately. Occasionally, students will participate in a second internship. While this second internship appears on the student’s academic transcript, it cannot be used as another major elective toward your degree program.
Once the student begins work on the internship, the student is expected to:
- work a minimum of 45 hours for each hour of academic credit received for the internship
- provide the final written report to the Department Internship Coordinator at least two weeks before the end of the internship semester; the report should describe:
- the internship itself (what you did)
- the objectives of the job and how they were met
- the relationship between the internship and the student’s academic major work (classroom courses)
More specific information regarding the final report criteria may be obtained from your respective Department Internship Coordinator.