Information and Informatics Internship Proposal
Course # 04:547:450

Directions: Complete all information, have your internship supervisor sign the form (electronic signatures or email agreements are acceptable), and forward to Connie Pascal – y no later than the first day of the new semester (Sept 4, 2018). When your proposal is approved, you will receive a special permission number for the course.

Description of work: The student will negotiate or gain a work placement of approximately 150 hours. The internship provides supervised professional work experience in a corporate, research, or educational setting, where there is opportunity to apply and further develop knowledge and skills acquired in the Information Technology and Informatics course work. Upon completion of the internship, the student should be able to

  • Gain knowledge and experience of working as an information technology professional
  • Develop skills of negotiating job placements
  • Analyze work opportunities in terms of goals, responsibilities, tasks, outputs, and performance indicators
  • Apply knowledge and technical competencies acquired within the major
  • Analyze workplace survival and success mechanisms
  • Develop workplace problem-solving skills
  • Evaluate workplace experiences
  • Write a resume for the workplace
  • Develop an understanding the importance of professionalism and continuing professional development in information technology environments.

Student’s full name:

NetID:

RUID:

Preferred email address:

Preferred phone number:

Current street address:

Overall GPA:

ITI GPA:

Anticipated graduation date:

How did you find out about your internship? (check one)

Employer Website

LinkedIn

Online Job Posting

  • Which online job posting site? ______

Recruiter

Referral

Rutgers Career Services

SC& I Career Services

Social Media

Social Media Source (circle one) Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, Other ______

Other ______

Organization sponsoring internship:

Department:

Workplace supervisor name:

Workplace supervisor title:

Workplace supervisor email address:

Workplace supervisor postal address:

Workplace supervisor’s phone number:

Workplace supervisor’s signature(attached email from supervisor is acceptable):

Is internship compensated or uncompensated in any way?

If compensated, what is your rate of pay or compensation offer (including travel reimbursement, meals, bonuses or perks. This field is optional.)?

Internship dates: Fromto

Internship prerequisites: 24 ITI credits (not including 101, 102, or 103) must be accumulated prior to the start of the internship. Include number and name.

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Other relevant transfer credits (e.g. CS 111 and / or 112):

Description of organization sponsoring internship (in your own words: do not simply copy from their website):

Your position as intern:

Where are you going to be performing your work (location, online, etc)?

Your position / role as intern:

Overall job description and responsibilities:

Learning goals (These should be measurable goals, like “To learn to work with databases”; “ to design the front end of a database”, or “To create a website”, etc.)

How will at least three of the ITI courses that you’ve completed relate to your tasks at the internship? Explain.

Career Portfolio Assignment: Create an online career portfolio using the ePortfolio tool in Canvas. This will include a brief reflection on your experience that links your activities with your stated learning goals; includes an example of your work product / project you worked on (such as a website, software app, project plan, etc); your updated resume; and career path map. This final project is due on the last day of finals for the semester (December 21, 2018) of the semester.

Student’s signature and date:

I, agree to the terms of this internship and will complete my activities in an ethical and responsible manner representing my university and department with integrity.

Please submit this form, signed by internship supervisor and student intern, along with a copy of student’s resume and position advertisement (if applicable) to Connie Pascal –

Note to internship supervisor re. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):

1. At Rutgers' School of Communication and Information, an internship for credit has two aspects:

  • Work on site within an organization, under the direction of a qualified and experienced supervisor, in which students have the opportunity to participate in the professional practice of their field, and
  • An academic component, supervised by a qualified and experienced instructor, in which students are able to reflect on and learn more about how their work experience relates to their classroom learning and how to apply the theories and ideas they have learned in a work setting. Employers hosting student interns may pay them for their work and/or for their travel to the worksite. If the internship is unpaid, it must comply with the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act. Specifically, all six of the following criteria outlined by the U.S. Department of Labor must be true in order for the internship to be unpaid:

2.The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to the training which would be given in an educational environment.

  • The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern.
  • The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of existing staff.
  • The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern, and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded.
  • The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship.
  • The employer and the intern understand that the intern is not entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.

3.While student interns will be producing work for your organization, given the time that you and others may spend training and teaching them, the net benefit to your organization in hosting an intern may be zero. If you would have hired additional employees or required existing staff to work additional hours had the student intern not performed work, the intern is considered by the government to be an employee and must be paid.

4.Further resources:

  • Rutgers University's Office of Career Services:
  • Employer Internship Handbook:

Please sign here to indicate that you understand the FLSA and its impact on the internship you are offering: