Course ID: | MGMT 4800. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. |
Course Title: | Internship or Cooperative Education |
Course Description: | Students are permitted to enter businesses, governmental agencies, or other organizations for the purposes of obtaining practical and applied managerial experience. A paper or suitable project associated with a description and analysis of this experience is required. Only 3 credit hours may be applied toward the fulfillment of major requirements. |
Oasis Title: | Internship or Cooperative Edu |
Nontraditional Format: | Internship. |
Prerequisite: | MGMT 3000 or MGMT 3000H or MGMT 3000E or permission of department |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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Course Objectives: | Course Objectives:
1. To learn about management and organizations through working with a real
organization. Learning is to come through observation and analysis in
addition to on-the-job experience.
2. To learn how principles and information exposed to in management and
business courses relate to a real organizations; and to learn by applying
some of those principles on the job.
3. To increase professional skill set (technical and interpersonal) through
on-the-job experience.
4. To allow participating organizations to assist in educating students;
and to provide them with opportunities for students to work on projects
and/or programs that enhance their organization. |
Topical Outline: | The following topics are covered in this course:
I. Secure employment. Through the co-op office at Clark Howell Hall
(or through student's efforts), student should gain employment as an intern
or co-op with an appropriate organization. The general expectation is to
work a minimum of 15-20 hours per week.
II. Arrange for a sponsoring professor. The student should contact any one of
the members of the regular Management faculty to serve as a |
Honor Code Reference: | All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of
honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers. The
penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and ignorance is not an
acceptable defense.
Academic honesty means performing all academic work without plagiarizing,
cheating, lying, tampering, stealing, receiving assistance from any other
person or using any source of information that is not common knowledge. |