School of Business - Clarkson University

What is the Required Professional Experience?
SB310 – Clarkson University School of Business Professional Experience: Internship Credits: (0)
Project-based professional internship experience in business, related to student career interests and/or field of
study. Completion of course requires CUSB approval of post-internship assessment by student and employer.
Students can complete this internship during the spring, summer, or fall semester. Offered Pass/No Credit.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, consent of the instructor.
• As a general rule, students are expected to work at least 150 hours towards this experience.
• Please submit all documents to your academic advisor.
• You are required to register for SB 310 in the semester following your experience.
• All supervisor assessments must be signed or sent via e-mail directly to advisor from supervisor.
• All submissions are expected to be professionally written with no spelling or grammatical errors.
Documents that are poorly written or those which contain errors will not be accepted.
Part 1: Pre-approval application – Please submit to your academic advisor
SB310 - CUSB Professional Experience: Internship
Student Name:____________________________________________ Today’s Date:____________________
Student Number:____________________ Major(s): _______________________________________________
Advisor: ________________________________________ Anticipated graduation date: __________________
Semester in which you intend to register for SB310: Fall 20_______ Spring 20_______
Employer/Organization: _____________________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________________________
Industry (for ex: hospitality, aerospace, retail): ____________________________________________________
Job title: ____________________________________ Start and end dates: ___________________________
Wage rate per hour: ___________________ Number of hours you work per week :____________________
1) Provide a one-page summary of your employer, location, specific job/intern duties (you may attach an official
job description if you have one), and a break down of your work schedule to include hours/wks.
2) Provide a one-page description of the specific learning objectives you hope to attain during your internship,
including specific knowledge, skills, and competencies.
To help you complete your post-internship assessment, you should look for and record the following throughout
your internship experience:
1. Instances where you see co-workers continuously updating their professional skills (training, professional development,
mentoring, etc). Why is this important?
2. Instances where you were required to learn new knowledge and/or skills effectively on your own. What was this experience
like? Why is this important?
3. Examples of leadership skills including, to the extent possible: goal setting, change management, ethical behavior, and
providing actionable feedback. Describe each of these and discuss your reactions to seeing these occur in the workplace. What
happened? What were the results of these actions? How can you incorporate what you saw with your managerial style?
4. Examples where you built teamwork skills such as building effective relationships with peers, being a collaborative team
member, and identifying and managing team conflict. What were the differences and similarities of these team experiences in
comparison to what you have seen in school?
5. Examples of where you observed co-workers providing service to the University, to the community, or to the profession. What
were the costs and benefits of the service activities you observed?
6. Please make an assessment of your internship site when you complete your course completion document.
______Approved Notes: ___________________________________________________________
______Not Approved _________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________ ________________________________
Dean or Associate Dean
5-2010
Date
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