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The Internship
Program of the CIS (Computer Information System) department at Robinson
College of Business offers undergraduate and graduate
students the opportunity to get course credit while gaining working experience in
a CIS-related
technical and/or business area. Note: the CIS department encourages students
to get IT work experience even if they can not get course credit.
The program is designed to complement a student's formal education
with practical work experience. It is a unique opportunity for
students to clarify employment goals, develop a professional network,
and learn about a particular industry.
Participating corporations are expecting to receive high-quality work
and active participation from the students they sponsor. Experience directly related to
a student’s major makes
the students more marketable when seeking for full-time positions
after graduating.
Enrolled students in good academic standing, a GPA of 3.3 or
greater, and undergraduates which have completed their required 3000
level courses (3001
IT Project Management,
3300 Systems Analysis, and
3730 Database Management) are eligible to participate
in the program. Internships can be part-time, full-time, paid or unpaid.
An early search to identify an internship opportunity is recommended.
Essentially, the student must have identified a job/internship AND
received faculty approval so that the student can be given
permission to register for the appropriate undergraduate or graduate
CIS field study course that provides academic credit to the student for
the internship job. Course registration is during normal class
registration periods, so students interested in an internship must
prepare a semester ahead!
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 it 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 if they will be working at their internship during
that 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:
internship@cis.gsu.edu
404.413.7398
For additional information, please check the following links:
CIS Internship
Program Office
Student Information
Employer Information
Successful Internship Cases
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