Course Description
Students are permitted to enter business establishments or governmental agencies for the purpose of obtaining practical and applied business experience. An in-depth paper based on an approved finance topic is required.
Athena Title
Intern and/or Coop Ed Hon
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in FINA 4800
Non-Traditional Format
Internship not involving formal lecture or laboratory. For credit the student must find a finance-related internship and work a minimum of eight full weeks (40-hour schedule).
Prerequisite
(FINA 3000 or FINA 3000H or FINA 3000E) and permission of Honors
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
This is a class for a student in finance who is working on an internship for a firm engaged in financial analysis in some way. While the real world experience of the internship itself is the main outcome for the student, the course requirements extend the learning benefits of the internship. Specifically, the student must write a paper discussing the company they worked for and a key financial issue the firm faces. Thus, the objectives are: 1) Get real-world financial experience in an internship. This benefits the student both in direct learning and in gaining experience valuable in their further career. 2) Apply knowledge from their business and other UGA classes to analyze a firm they have worked for and analyze a real-world issue facing the firm.
Topical Outline
Internship.
Syllabus