COBE Management Department

Internships

How to Find Internships

Go to the Management Department Internship List page at http://cobe.boisestate.edu/management/internships/internship-list/

How To Apply

If you have a particular internship in mind, go to http://career.servicelearningpro.com and click onto “For Students Looking for Information About Internships”. Once you are at the registration long-in pages, you just need to use your student ID number and your last name to log in. Type in all the necessary internship details and print a hard copy of the internship form. Have the form signed by you and your supervisor at the organization you will be working for.

Gundars Kaupins will be notified via e-mail about your application. You will need to set up a time to meet with Dr. Kaupins (B313J, 426-4014, fax 426-1857, gkaupins@boisestate.edu, Fall/Spring Office Hours 1:30-3:00 T) to finalize your internship. Dr. Kaupins will submit your signed form to the registrar’s office.  At career.servicelearningpro.com, you will also be required to complete a diversity exercise shown there.

Internship Benefits

  1. Receive academic credit for management-related work experience.
  2. Internships count as BSU electives (MGMT 293, HRM 293, or ENTREP 293  for Freshmen and Sophomores and MGMT 493, HRM 493, or ENTREP 493 for Juniors and Seniors).
  3. Typical Internship: 135+ work hours for 3 credit hours, 1 credit hour per 45 hours worked. Pass-Fail.
  4. Internship credit hours count toward the 128 credit hours needed for graduation.

Internship Restrictions

  1. Academic Requirements: 2.5 Overall GPA, 3.0 Business GPA.
  2. Students are graded on a pass-fail basis.
  3. Internships do not replace any classes.
  4. 3 credit hour maximum per internship, 6 credit hour maximum per semester, 12 credit hour maximum per student.
  5. Under no circumstances may internship credit be received for experience prior to the date that the internship is approved. You must not have done that type of work before. This must be a new job.
  6. The activities of the internship must be management-related. Jobs that are too clerical (e.g., typing, moving files) or physical labor (e.g., lifting), or sales will not be counted as internships. Past internships have included writing job descriptions, developing surveys, analyzing survey results and false advertising, writing employee handbooks, training employees, and redesigning financial reports.
  7. The deadline for applications is always the drop date for classes (e.g., late February for the spring semester, late June for the summer semester, and late September for the fall semester).

Internship Requirements

  1. Fulfill your job duties as described in the application for internship form. If there is a major change in duties, please contact Dr. Kaupins as soon as possible.
  2. Complete a 4-5 page paper by the last day of the semester and turn it into the internship coordinator. The paper is double-spaced and typewritten. The paper:

a. Summarizes what you accomplished
b. Suggests how your performance can be improved
c. Suggests how your internship can be improved
d. Links your internship to the classes you have taken

Internship Coordinator in the Management Department
Gundars Kaupins, Head Coordinator
B313J Department of Management
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho 83725
208-426-4014, fax 208-426-1857, gkaupins@boisestate.edu

Updated November 2009 by Gundars Kaupins