{"id":464,"date":"2013-04-08T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T17:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/cesblogs\/?p=464"},"modified":"2013-04-11T20:39:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T20:39:36","slug":"internship-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/2013\/04\/08\/internship-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"Internships for Credit: Dispelling the Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bigfoot\"<\/a>There’s a common myth that if you get paid to pursue an internship, then you can\u2019t do it for credit. I hear this all the time and I’m here to tell you…it\u2019s not true<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

\u201cInternships\u201d come in all varieties: for-credit, not-for-credit; paid, unpaid. The word \u201cinternship\u201d has simply become a popular label for career-related experience\u2014internships may also be masked as part-time jobs or volunteer experiences. The key is that you are able to gain short-term, meaningful experience in an area of career interest.<\/p>\n

And while it\u2019s important to pursue career-related experience (aka internships) regardless of whether it\u2019s paid or unpaid, for credit or not, there\u2019s benefit in doing internships for academic credit.<\/p>\n

Many Puget Sound students find paid internships and elect to take those internships for credit.<\/a><\/p>\n

There are only three steps to prepare for an internship for credit:<\/p>\n

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  1. Find an internship\u2014you should have the internship lined up before you try to register (Hint<\/strong>: while you have until the add-drop deadline, lining up your internship can take some time, so don’t put it off too long.) You can start your search with InternshipLink<\/a> in Cascade, but don\u2019t stop there<\/a>! And if you need help finding and applying for positions, CES can help.<\/li>\n
  2. Complete the required paperwork<\/a> to register for the internship class (Hint<\/strong>: there are prerequisites to doing the internship for credit, so look closely.)<\/li>\n
  3. Submit your paperwork to CES, in Howarth 101.\u00a0 (Hint<\/strong>: CES typically has drop-in hours during registration week to specifically address internship questions.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here\u2019s what others have had to say about the experience:<\/p>\n

    Being able to combine my academic experience with a workplace environment has proved to be really interesting. On the surface of it, you wouldn\u2019t think there would be too many connections between college course material and a job like this, other than maybe a marketing course. However, the internship seminar at Puget Sound forced me to look at my internship on a deeper level, and recognize many similarities in the underlying ideas behind both worlds<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/em>Kevin Nuss ’12<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    <\/em>Although they come from different academic fields and have very different internship sites, students often face common problems in their work settings. \u00a0In particular, internships offer a preview of ethical dilemmas they will almost inevitably face. \u00a0The opportunity to think about these dilemmas and talk about them with others is a very important part of the seminar experience.<\/em>\u00a0 David Droge, INTN 497 instructor Fall ’11<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    As you think about class registration, consider pursuing an internship for credit.\u00a0 Visit CES to learn more about the options.<\/p>\n

    \u00a9 2013 Career and Employment Services, University of Puget Sound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    There’s a common myth that if you get paid to pursue an internship, then you can\u2019t do it for credit. I hear this all the time and I’m here to tell you…it\u2019s not true<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

    Many Puget Sound students find paid internships and elect to take those internships for credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":3285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","category-experience-spotlight","tag-internships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3283,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/3283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}