Internships for Credit in Economics

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Brief Guidelines for Credit Bearing Internships in Economics
(for complete details see program guidelines)

Beginning Fall 2008 students may register for an Independent Study (Econ 498) with Dr. Carrie Meyer to receive 3 hours of credit for an Economics related internship.

Who is eligible?

Enrollment is limited to Juniors or Seniors who have completed Econ 103, Econ 104, and at least 6 upper-level hours of Economics coursework.

Students must have an overall GPA of at least 2.5 and an Econ GPA of at least 2.5.

What counts as an internship?

Students have the responsibility to locate their own internship (working with Career Services, for example) and there must be some Economic content to the job.

Students may not use a “regular job” as an internship. The internship must be a new short-term opportunity to work with a private firm or public organization to learn something about the field.

Credit cannot be awarded for an internship retroactively – the student must be enrolled in Econ 498 and working as an intern at same time.

How much credit can be earned?

3 hrs of credit can be earned for an internship of at least 17 hrs per week for 8 weeks or 135 hrs total. We discourage internships of less than that. (CAS minimum standard is 45 hrs for one credit.)

No more than 3 hrs of credit in Economics can be earned with internships.