Information for Students

Basic Requirements

• CIS major

• GPA 3.3 or above

• Junior or above (Must have completed core 3000-level courses, which are: 3001, 3300, & 3730 )

Steps to complete the internship

• Here are the steps:
  1. Student finds a position which is a candidate for an internship.
   (Use the Robinson Career Management Center to help you find an IT-related position or find an IT-related position independently)
   - Undergraduates can contact Cynetta Freeman in the Robinson Career Management Center for assistance.
   - Graduate students can contact Sharon Cohen in the Robinson Career Management Center for assistance.

  2. A CIS faculty member must approve the internship.
    - Walter Rich, internship coordinator in the CIS Department, can provide the "request for authorization" form or get one here:
     Link to CIS 4970 Authorization Form
     Link to CIS 8391 Authorization Form
    * undergraduate students would be getting authorization for CIS 4970 Field Study in Computer Information Systems
    * graduate students would be getting authorization for CIS 8391 Field Study in Computer Information Systems

  A clear understanding of the internship needs to be documented and discussed with the CIS faculty member. Example provided:
  Proposal example

  3. After approval is given by a CIS faculty member, the student will be cleared to register for the field study class,
  either CIS 4970 or CIS 8391
   - Class registration is during normal registration periods - so the student must prepare (get a job and CIS faculty approval) BEFORE registration ends for that working internship semester.

  4. Note that the field study classes have tasks which must be performed during the internship.
  - Walter Rich, internship coordinator in the CIS Department, can help answer questions.
   Phone: 404.413.7398

   

Internship Office and Coordinator

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