Internships are offered in cooperation with a faculty sponsor who is responsible for academic quality and assigns the final grade. Student interns may or may not be paid for their work. The student must complete a standard internship contract, available from the Career Development Center (CDC).
Prerequisites:
Junior or senior standing with a minimum 2.25 QPA and approval of the faculty sponsor.
Registration:
The student must register for the internship under the course code (depending on your major) BUAD 399, ECON 399 or MGMT 399. A maximum of twelve credits may be applied toward graduation. Six credits may be applied toward the major with school approval. Generally, a minimum of forty hours at the job site is required for each credit hour granted. Additional research and assignments may also be required.
A number of internships are available each semester to qualified students. Details of local, national, and international internship openings are on file in the CDC (Career Development Center). Career counseling and resume information is available to students through the CDC. Students are also encouraged to arrange their own internships, but the details of these internships must be approved before an offer of internship credit is made.
The following steps are necessary to arrange an internship for credit:
| Step 1 | Contact the Career Development Center for an internship referral or make preliminary contacts on your own with a prospective employer. |
| Step 2 | Obtain a faculty sponsor in the School of Business and Economics willing to sponsor and grade you in your internship experience. |
| Step 3 | Develop details of your internship with a faculty sponsor including: credit hours to be granted, hours required at the job site, any additional research or projects that may be required, method(s) of supervision, and method(s) of grading. |
| Step 4 | Obtain and complete Internship Contract available through CDC. The following signatures are required:
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| Step 5 | Register internship by returning completed, signed Internship Contract to CDC. Pick up a registration authorization form at that time and turn in to the Registrar's Office. |
Internships - School of Business and Economics
The following is a listing of companies with whom School of Business and Economics majors have interned. In many instances more than one student interned at a particular company.
2007-2008 |
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3D I Technolgogies FMR | LC Schewel Hall |
AXA Advisers | LC School of Business & Economics |
C. B. Fleet, Inc. | LC M.B.A. Program |
| Davidson Doyle & Hilton | New River Packaging |
| Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. | Quick-E Food Stores |
| Government Performance Project | S & S Custom Cleaning |
| HCI | Seminole Trucking |
| Hicks and Hicks CPA | The Jefferson CPA Group, LTD |
| Hoffman, White Company, PC | Transforensic L.P. |
| J. Crew | Ward Dean, CPA |
| LC Career Development Office |
For more information about School of Business and Economics programs and course offerings, contact Dr. Joe Turek at turek@lynchburg.edu.