Department of Geography and Environmental Planning

Internships

Once you have secured an internship, you need to decide if you want to do it for credit or not. If you opt for credit, you need to take the following steps:

Enroll in the Course

Enrollment is by permission only. To get permission to enroll, you must fill out the Internship Registration Form. This requires a signature. You can either print the form out, sign it, scan it, and return it to me or simply type your name and student ID and send it from your TU email account. Once the chair receives the registration form the department’s administrative assistant will set permission for you. He/she will contact you with a permission code and then you can go ahead and add the course.

The Next Steps

1. The Internship Learning Plan. Complete the learning plan with your supervisor and have your supervisor return it to me as an email attachment by the second week of class via his/her work email. Because I would like a digital copy, you can “sign” it with your name and student ID. Your supervisor can “sign” their name and by sending it from a work email.
2. The Internship Work Log should be submitted at the end of your internship and no later than the last day of classes. Remember that you need to have worked 40 hours for each credit (120 for 3, 240 for
3. Internship Mid-term Evaluation. Around the time you have worked half of the expected hours, have your work-site supervisor complete this evaluation and email it to me from the work email account. The work-site supervisor should share this with the intern.
4. Internship Final Evaluation. At the end of your internship (no later than the last day of regular classes), have your work-site supervisor complete this evaluation and email it to me from their work email account.
5. Internship Student Evaluation. At the end of your internship (no later than the last day of regular classes), complete this evaluation of your internship experience and email it to the chair.

To pass the course with a D, you must turn in all of these forms. Beyond that, whether you get a D, C or B will be determined by the quality of your evaluations. To get an A in your internship, you must earn a B based on your evaluations and you must also submit a paper that reflects on the internship experience. The paper can be in the form of either a week-by-week journal or can be a final reflection on the process. Either one should consider the Internship Learning Plan. (Note: submission of the reflection does NOT guarantee an A in the course.)

Department of Geography and Environmental Planning
Liberal Arts Building, Room 2210F (map)
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Phone: 410-704-2973
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